A Day in the Life – Joining Impart in Lockdown
Category: Tendering
Having moved to Leeds from London a matter of days before lockdown, my first few weeks have been a little unusual – it certainly wasn’t the ideal situation in which to start my new role as a Bid Consultant at Impart. My experience of starting a new job in a new city has been very […]
Business Development – Proactive Bid Work
Category: Tendering
During the coronavirus “lockdown” many bid functions are finding themselves with less work – deadlines have been extended, tenders postponed and some even cancelled altogether. We believe this time could be fully utilised to deliver significant business benefit and provide real competitive advantage, whether it’s through creating a bid library, reviewing and honing existing content […]
Business Development – Business Leader Magazine
Category: Tendering
As an ambitious and growing company, it’s important that we promote our best practice tendering methodology and demonstrate how we can support organisations to be more successful. This is why we are delighted to be featured in the January-February edition of Business Leader magazine. On page 66 you can find us alongside other prominent Leeds’ […]
Tags: Bid writing, Impart
Business Development – Tender Health Check
Category: Tendering
Irrespective of whether our engagement with a potential new client is through a recommendation, a visit to our website, attending one of our talks / presentations, or an existing contact moving companies, it’s important we demonstrate how we can add value to their tendering activity from the outset. This often takes the form of a […]
Tags: Best practice bid writing, Bid consultant, Bid writing, Impart, Tendering
Business Development – TalkTalk Partner Roadshow
Category: Presenting, Roadshow, Tendering
It’s been a busy few weeks completing multiple tenders for a number of clients, across the IT and healthcare sectors. In between these, we’ve found the time to attend and present at TalkTalk’s Partner Roadshows in London and Manchester. It was great to be invited to share our insights on winning tenders with TalkTalk’s partners […]
Tags: Best practice bid writing, Bid consultant, Bid writing, Impart, TalkTalk, Tendering
A Day in the Life – A Bid Consultant’s Perspective (Training course)
Category: Tendering
Today we’re in York where Richard is delivering our Best Practice Bid Writing training course to healthcare professionals ahead of an upcoming bid. The course will introduce them to a methodology (process, tools and techniques) that can transform their internal tendering process to produce significantly improved bids, which are both compelling and customer focused. Through […]
Tags: Best practice bid writing, Bid consultant, Bid writing, Impart, Tendering, Training
Season’s Greetings: A Year in the Life of Impart
Category: Tendering
Now that Christmas music and fairy lights abound, it’s time to reflect on what has been a busy year at Impart. Although we would love to give you a month-by-month summary, we’ve selected some of our highlights to share. We’ve grown – two new team members, Dave Austin and Ben Major (and looking for another) […]
Tags: Best practice bid writing, Bid consultant, Bid writing, Christmas, Impart, Tendering, Xmas
Business Development – Making Tendering Easy
Category: Tendering
Tendering can be an arduous process for the best of us, especially if it has to be fit in around day-to-day duties. That’s why, as part of our best practice approach, we have developed a number of tools and processes to make tendering as easy and painless as possible. One of the issues that subject […]
Tags: Best practice bid writing, Bid consultant, Bid writing, Impart, review, Tendering
Best Practice – Red Team Reviews
Category: Tendering
It is best practice to undertake a Red Team Review (RTR), also known as a Critical Friend or a peer review, at the end of the bid writing-review cycle prior to submission. This ensures: 1 – The question has been answered fully and is a compelling read 2 – Your written messages are aligned to […]
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A Day in the Life – A Consultant’s Perspective (Interviews)
Category: Tendering
Today we are interviewing subject matter experts (SMEs) to strengthen their answers to a sexual health service tender. Due to the breadth of the questions we will require input from our client’s operational staff, clinical colleagues and partners. Working with SMEs during the bid writing process is a rewarding experience, but everyone works in different […]
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