Bid writing

We have a tremendous wealth of experience in bid writing services, with some fantastic clients onboard who are achieving increased bid success rates as a result of our support.

There are huge opportunities to win business in the public sector (please read further below) and these are growing with preparations for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. We are delighted to support an extensive and growing portfolio customers to win business in the public sector and have an established, highly experienced and successful team in place to help facilitate this.

Carrley Business bid writing services are geared to winning business in the public sector, although increasingly applied also to the private sector, where larger companies also run Approved Supplier lists and tender processes.

We are often asked what differentiates us from other bid writers. Our Unique Selling Point (USP) is that Carrley Business is a full services business consultancy. We specialise in bid writing - and don't, therefore, just write good copy. Of course, quality of copy is highly important and we are capable of compiling the strongest written material.

However, where our consultants add substantial value is through knowledge of funding agency strategic frameworks and the ability to align this to quick and effective understanding of your business, carrying out all analytical work necessary to write the strongest bid possible. We also fully understand the sometimes difficult terminology used in the public sector, and have extensive experience in both supporting clients to write their own successful bids and in delivery of complete end-to-end bid writing services.

The Market

There are over 100,000 public bodies in the UK, issuing a current total of 70,000 Invitations to Tender (ITT's) per year. As a barometer of spend levels, Central Government spends around £13 billion annually on procurement of goods and services, whilst Local Government expenditure stands at £80 billion per annum, with Councils in England alone buying in £40 billion of goods and services.

In addition to the above, with four years to go to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, there are £21 billion of business opportunities which will be put out to tender and won competitively by businesses throughout the UK.

Whilst public sector business is often hard to win, the rewards can be substantial – in the form of stable, ongoing revenue streams with invoices paid promptly.

Winning bids are often those that meet all ITT (Invitation to Tender) criteria plus position the bidder as an experienced, financially and operationally stable, well-resourced, capable, innovative and dynamic business which takes provision of quality services very seriously. The bidding process is rigorous, often demanding and designed to exclude all but the top contenders at an early stage.

Whilst the bidding process is rigorous (-and rightly so, as contracts are funded through the 'public purse'), small businesses should be encouraged by the Chancellor's March 08 budget announcement of a target to be introduced of 30% of small firms winning public sector business contracts during the next five years.

Bid writing services

Carrley Business provides bid writing services although we also work with existing in-house writers to provide strategic frameworks, tighten up processes, professional training and advice on best practise.

We provide a professional, timely and high-quality bid writing service for a wide range of public sector tenders - from government department to regional development agency and those issued by local authorities and city councils. Our bid writers have many years experience of success and have won client funding through European Regional Development Funding (ERDF), European Social Funding (ESF), RDA and other complex funding streams.

Our services are comprehensively tried and tested and include ‘Fit2Bid?’ This highly acclaimed analytical service aligns critical bid success factors to the client’s business, identifies gaps based on best practice and flags any necessary actions to be taken in advance of bidding. Our client feedback tells us this is both valuable and revealing, enabling them to adjust operational processes quickly and maximise chance of future bid success.

Other bid support services include Help Desk and best practise analysis of past bids, and we’ll be very happy to provide you with any further information required.

Please phone on 08700 636842 or email info@carrleybusiness.co.uk for further information. We’ll also be happy to make case studies available upon request.

What our clients say

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