BidSkills

Winning business is an art. Learn the skills and techniques to master your craft and improve your bidding game

Professional Growth

Bid training

Winning business is an art. Learn the skills and techniques to master your craft.

Why:

Be the best you can be at bidding

Bids are only as good as the teams that create them. And if your team lacks the skills or is unsure of what ‘good’ looks like, then you won’t get the best results.

Good training goes beyond telling people what to do. To fully understand, absorb, and apply the learning, your people need to understand why it matters. This leaves them better equipped to test new approaches and problem-solve for themselves.

What:

Training needs

We start by listening to your training needs and build a plan around them. After all, this is about you, not us. Want to focus on capture management and bid strategies? Not a problem. Rather spend more time on bid writing and reviewing? We get it.

Our courses can be delivered in-person, online, or with a flipped seminar approach using our eLearning academy platform followed by a live session. Whatever you prefer, our courses are interactive and engaging, with exercises and group work to give you the best learning experience.

Bidding Fundamentals

Our Bidding Fundamentals course guides you through the essential bidding practices across the whole bidding lifecycle.

We step through the key stages and activities and explain the why, what, how, who and when to help you apply the learning straight away.

Our Bidding Fundamentals course is perfect for people new to bidding, technical subject matter experts, or seasoned professionals wanting a refresher of good bidding practices.

Bidding Masterclasses

We use our real-world learned experience to unpack high-impact bidding topics, such as:

  • Public sector procurement
  • Bid strategies
  • Pre-mortems
  • Evaluation and scoring
  • Advanced bid writing.

As well as online or classroom courses, our masterclasses can be based on a live opportunity to combine the learning with real-world application.

Masterclasses are ideally suited to practitioners who want to take their understanding to an advanced next level.

Results:

  • Improve results by mastering the art of bidding.
  • Challenge or validate existing practices for yourselves.
  • Integrate new starters and align teams around best practices.
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Career Transition Partnership

We are a Preferred Supplier to the CTP

What:

Armed Forces support

The CTP scheme provides resettlement services to those that are leaving/have left the Armed Forces and are looking to apply for civilian jobs – from creating a CV, learning skills and researching/applying for jobs.

Part of the scheme is a list of preferred suppliers that have been vetted to supply training. We are the only supplier approved for bid and proposal training (APMP or otherwise).

BidCraft are a preferred supplier to the Career Transition Partnership
Why:

Skilled people

Why are we doing this? People leaving the Armed Forces bring exactly the strengths our industry depends on: leadership that’s been tested, decision making skills, clear communication under pressure, meticulous planning, disciplined delivery, sharp analysis, and calm coordination of diverse teams. These are the foundations of effective bid management.

We’re building this pathway because Service Leavers deserve a straightforward transition into roles where their experience is valued, and because our industry benefits directly from their professionalism, integrity and focus.

Our aim is simple: turn ambitious military capability into successful civilian careers, and strengthen the bidding profession in the process.

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Instant impact

Working with BidCraft has been a really positive and collaborative experience for our business growth team. Providing insightful and actionable advice, their support has enabled us to implement immediate improvements in our bid processes.

Through engaging instruction and activities tailored to our specific needs, Jon drew on real examples from our submissions and empowered our team to challenge old habits and adopt new methodologies.  Our team now approaches bids with improved evaluation skills and attention to detail which has already made a noticeable difference in our results.  For other companies seeking to elevate their bidding capability, we wouldn’t hesitate to recommend BidCraft.

Rupert Irons, Commercial Director, C3IA
Putting North on the map

“We invited BidCraft to support us with a major Higher Education bid in early 2024, the first time we have used them.  Since then, they have gone on to provide extensive training to the team and carried out a business wide assessment against the new BSI bid code of practice PAS 360.  This left us with a clear plan which has formed the basis of major investment in our people and processes.  Their work has been instrumental in helping us develop a blue print for future development that is opening up new growth prospects particularly amongst Public Sector customers.  What started off as a request for help has resulted in the beginnings of a major transformation for our business that has enhanced skills amongst our colleagues who now approach new bids with a renewed sense of confidence and optimism.  Thank you BidCraft.”

Andrew Foster, Managing Director – Public Services, North
Best of teammates
Working with Bid Craft has been a game-changer for our Strategic Bid Team. They have consistently delivered high-quality services that have helped us win some of our most challenging bids. Bid Craft has been an invaluable partner, offering us expert advice and support on evaluation, authoring and improving our bid skills via well planned training. We highly recommend Bid Craft to anyone looking for a professional and reliable bid consultancy.
Donna Tweedie, Bid Director, AtkinsRéalis
You never lose it!

“We have partnered with BidCraft on a number of projects including workshop facilitation, which helped us improve our ways of working, supporting the team with their professional APMP accreditations and working alongside us on live bids. The BidCraft team are supportive and collaborative partners who really do work hard to understand the outcomes we are striving to achieve and work alongside us to help get us there. I highly recommend them to any organisation looking to #BidLikeYouMeanIt, and we will be continuing our collaboration in the future.”

Nats James, Bid Hub Lead, Leidos
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