Bid Consultant

Profile Bid Consultant with specialist expertise in the Social Housing Maintenance and Contracting Sectors covering bid management, technical writing and business development. Highly proficient implementing bid strategies from opportunity identification through to proposal delivery. Key Achievements Versatile approach handling tenders from £15k to £300m, achieving consistently high quality submissions, delivering winning bids in Social Housing Sector for Repairs, Voids, Refurbishments, Cyclical, Gas and Electrical tenders. Supporting SME contractor through a 15-month period to increase PQQ success from 50% to 95% with subsequent ITT win ratio of 88% (7 from 8 tenders) and resulting company growth of 125%. Developed targeted business development programme with Maintenance Contractor - improved win rate from 30% to 80% over 18 months. Worked with 10+ contracting organisations over 3 years improving their ability to get through PQQ process and enhance ITT submissions to match / exceed their competitors. Experience Worked within Social Housing Repairs / Maintenance Sector for 30+ years, last 18 years being senior management positions in commercial and bidding roles with a variety of SME / National Maintenance Contractors. Varied roles include management of contractors' in-house resources, assistance in establishing bid team and complete responsibility for bid process from risk review, completion of documentation, involvement in competitive dialogue process / interviews and mobilisation / feedback briefings. Demonstrable knowledge in financial / performance management, supply chain inclusion and customer focus. Proven business development acumen - 12 years at Director / Shareholder status, supporting business growth at rapid, but controlled rates.