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Tender writing can be a very challenging process but the effective tender writer will have a personality, a skill set and an approach that sets them apart from the run of the mill tender writer. I believe the really important qualities that a tender writer needs to possess are an ability to stay calm under pressure; an ability to org anise other people within the organisation and to organize resources, information and supporting documents or material and an ability to develop the strategy and approach that pitches the organisation in the right light to win the attention of those assessing the tender response. I will now discuss these qualities in further detail. Calm Under Pressure Tender writing can be a very pressurized situation. There are deadlines to meet. Responses need to be submitted by a specified time, in a specified format and in a specified way. Sometimes tenders need to be hand delivered, sometimes they need to be electr...
Applying for or responding to tender opportunities is a vexing question in the tender writing world. Should we apply for all, some, which ones, which ones should we steer clear of these are all important questions for the tender writer. The skilled tender writer will ensure they carefully analyse each tender, analyse the direction of the organisation, analyse the goals of the organisation both long and short term goals and ensure that if successful in winning the tender that :- 1. They can deliver fully on the requirements of the tender 2. That winning the tender will support the overall organisational objectives 3. The tender will be financially viable. In arriving at answers to these issues the grant writer should consider the following in some detail :- Capacity and Resources One of the key issues to be considered is does the organisation have the capacity and resources required to deliver the requirements of the tender in full. That means – do we have...
Price price price is all that most tender writers concentrate on when putting their tender together. There is a misnomer in the tender writing world that price is all that matters. In this article we will discuss the importance of price because yet it is important but also discuss a number of other issues that are also essential considerations for those entities offering the tenders. In our view price is important in your tender response. It however is not the overriding consideration for the tender assessment panel but the quality tender writer will know that unless your price/pricing strategy is not in the general ball park and if your price is too expensive then you really are going to struggle to win the tender. That doesn’t mean you have to be the lowest price – just hopefully don’t be the most expensive unless you are offering a massive range of add ons and value adding components which blows your competitors tender response and offer out of the water. A pricing st...