Tender Writer – Five more essential skills required to write winning tenders

Tender Writer – Five more essential skills required to write winning tenders In a previous article I outlined 5 skills required by a tender writer to craft great tender responses. Tender writing is not a skill most people can just pick up – a quality Tender Writer will refine their craft over years and so it takes time to get to the point where your responses to tender are consistently high quality.

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Following are five more essential skills that I believe an

effective tender writer requires:-

Collaboration:

collaboration really is important. Firstly collaborating with others will take the pressure off you as you won’t have to be the fountain of all knowledge and you can get others to assist you to reduce the workload a little.

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Secondly you will probably need to collaborate and get the specialised input from others in the organisation because they will have some specialised knowledge about pricing, about the experience of senior/integral personnel, about organisational policies or insurances, about your competitors – there is lots of information you will have to pull together from a variety of sources.

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The more you can collaborate with others the more rounded and comprehensive your response should be.

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Analytical: it is vital that you use your analytical skills in many different contexts when writing ten ders or considering to write a tender. Initially you need to analyse just what tenders to pursue and what tenders to miss. You only should be applying to those tenders that fit your organisation and business perfectly. You then need to analyse the tender requirements and each question and criteria and identify exactly what information or supporting documents you need to prepare a robust answer/response. Further your analysis skills should be used to review and analyse financial data, statistics, research which might help support your tender response.

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Financial:pricing is a very important aspect of successful tender writing. You have to be competitive on pricing or with your budget and that means you have to analyse your financial situation and use your financial management skills to that you can compete in the same ball park as your competitors. You need however to ensure that whatever pricing/budget strategy you develop that this won’t affect your future sustainability.

Written:obviously you need decent written skills to craft responses and to prepare comprehensive answers to questions and criteria. You don’t need to write like you are writing a University thesis because you need to write with a passion and a flair but yes decent writing skills are essential.

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Time Management:ď Ź This is an essential skill. You need to be able to plan your tender response and manage all aspects of it to ensure you meet required deadlines. ď Ź Many tenders are very complex and require significant input and therefore you really need to plan these thoroughly to ensure you get all the information/supporting documents you need. ď Ź Remember a tender submitted after the deadline will almost certainly be rejected and not considered. Very very rarely will they make an exception.

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