Bid Writer

Our client is one of the leading suppliers of facilities management services (security, cleaning, events) across the public and private sector in the UK. Due to a recent restructure (based on exponential growth) they are now looking for an experienced Bid Executive or Bid Writer that can prove a desire to develop a career within Bid Management.

“a great company to work for with inspirational senior management team”

Your primary objective will be supporting the sales teams achieve their key business objectives aiding in the completion and submission of; Expressions of Interest (EOIs), Pre-Qualification Questionnaires (PQQs), Requests for Information (RFIs), Tender Responses and Presentations. You will be responsible for co-ordinating the bid completion process and undertaking a quality check on all outgoing sales material to ensure that the correct nomenclature and grammar is used in all cases.

The bid team is critical to delivering the on-going success of the company and the Bid Writer will quickly achieve a high profile in the business and with it the potential to move into either more senior bid management positions or other management roles across the rest of the company.

What are they offering?
Competitive salary in the region up to £42000 is on offer.
Growing ambitious company/group: creating numerous career opportunities
Comprehensive Benefits package including private health care, life assurance and pension

What are they asking for?
• Strong interpersonal skills professionalism
• Commercial Awareness, Problem Solving, Sound judgement, Persuasiveness
• Excellent PowerPoint, Excel and Word skills.
• Experience in a professional services environment.
• A proven track record of working within a bid team.
• Experience of designing and producing bids.
• Ability to construct cogent arguments from existing texts.

It would be advantageous if you had experience in any of the following as the role is expected to develop into a more involved bid writing role depending on the successful candidate’s capabilities:

• Indesign
• Experience of the Facilities Management or Security market
• Techniques and methods of tender writing to tailor tenders to specific client needs and expectations.
• Knowledge of OJEU Procurement procedures and use of eTendering and eProcurement systems
• ability to write responses for PQQ’s and tenders and research/ produce relevant information
• Familiarity with the use of on-line tendering portals
• Awareness of Standard Form Contracts/Experience of Framework arrangements.

Responsibilities:
• Support the Sales Team in the delivery of high quality pre-qualification and tender proposals.
• Liaise with others within the business; predominantly department heads to gather information, ensuring responses are received in line with strict deadlines.
• take existing text and accurately and professionally construct customer responses and be creative in relation to writing new text to support answers to customer questions
• Proof reading, checking drafts for readability, clarity, grammar, spelling and punctuation.
• Researching and producing supporting information such as case studies, CV’s and new working policies for individual tenders.
• Incorporate themes, relevant research and data into proposals.
• Maintain bid library and identify new suitable materials required.

Key Search Terms: Bid Writing Security ITT RFI RFP OJEU Tenders Pre-qualifications Presentations

Palmer McCarthy is a specialist recruiter to the FM Industry and acts as an agency for their client