BidWrite's Insights & Articles

Our thanks to Barrett Consulting for inviting BidWrite Director David Lunn to contribute this piece to their latest annual 12 Sales Trends report. There’s a common buyer and seller challenge; climate change. When it comes to decarbonisation, buyers and sellers both have a responsibility to lead.

In late 2019, Senior Bid Consultant Nicole Coleman added a ‘mum’ feather to her cap. Now, after several months back in the BidWrite chair, she’s had time to reflect on balancing bids and a baby - describing some valuable parenting lessons and how they apply equally well to the practice of bidding.

BidWrite’s always done things differently, and the time is ripe for innovation to overcome current tendering challenges like timeline ‘choppiness’ and expertise demand exceeding supply. We’ve been busily hatching a solution. David Lunn reveals a fresh development – three new engagement plans that formalise the most effective and time-proven ways to use our services.

February 1 2021 was the day BidWrite brought a large group of new consultants into our organisation, instantly increasing our headcount by 43%. David Harvey reflects on our surge in staff numbers and the varied experiences and skills they have developed since joining the team, as we prepare to go to market for our newest

How are procurement professionals adapting to the ‘new normal’ and what can B2B selling organisations do to respond? Tendering processes have always involved uncertainty and this has only been exacerbated by the pandemic. We explore the challenges of the current procurement climate and outline what sellers can do to embrace ‘certain uncertainty’.

During the last year we’ve helped many businesses learn how to improve their bidding capabilities. We’ve enjoyed face-to-face training in Tasmania and Townsville, and have delivered more than twenty online training sessions with participants from across Australia and New Zealand – and even Singapore and the Philippines. Earlier this week, after an invitation from New

‘Oh Lord it’s hard to be humble, when you’re perfect in every way…’ sang Mac Davis back in 1980. In a few recent bid strategy development sessions I have come to wonder if the spirit of Mac is alive and well… given the prevalent and almost unassailable C-suite view that tenders are primarily an opportunity

Ever wondered how applying a fundamental soccer strategy can ensure you maintain momentum when writing a winning bid? Lillian Curthoys explains the peculiar, yet pertinent similarities she draws between a high stakes soccer game and a complex bid writing scenario, plus whether ‘eating a frog’ might help or hinder the process.

Different strokes for different folks At my interview for a bid consultant role at BidWrite, I was asked what skills or qualities I would bring from my former profession as a lawyer. The answer was obvious to me; drafting, writing and compliance. As a lawyer I could decode technical legal documents to deduce the answer