Tender Writing Tips

Rarely has it made more sense than now to outsource tender preparation for your business. With businesses under competing pressures to cut costs but to win more work, it is increasingly challenging to successfully respond to tenders.

Small and Medium Businesses – Turn on a Bid Team only when you need it

For small and medium businesses who cannot justify full-time bid resources, outsourcing makes perfect sense.

A tender briefing is a useful method for buyers to provide information about a tender process with potential respondents and may even involve a visit to inspect a proposed service site.

Tender briefings may be conducted prior to the tender being advertised, however usually it is conducted within a week or two of the tender being released to the market.

As in any walk of life, when it comes to tender writing, tender preparation is key. Regardless of if you’re an experienced tenderer, or you’re looking to break into tendering for the first time, there are various considerations you should keep in mind when preparing tender document.

What is Tendering?

In simple terms, a tender is a job application, except that it’s businesses that are applying, rather than individuals.

Purchasers (state and federal government departments, local councils, or even some companies) will issue a request for tender, or RFT, when they’re looking for suppliers of a product or service that they need.