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Bid Report Writing Training Course
Introduction:
Our bid writing training course focuses on creating winning bids by helping you with bid structure and content and making your tender document more visually attractive.
Course Objectives:
The course will show you how to:
- set clear objectives throughout your bid response
- get your key messages across
- make your bid response reader-centered
- write confidently and clearly
- keep your audience reading, by making the tender document 'flow'
- build a persuasive argument
- give the tender document more impact
- leave a positive last impression
- write the executive summary
Who Should Attend?
Purchasing and supply chain professionals at all levels of the organization who are involved in Bid Writing, and bid selection activities, as well as the personnel who are involved in the purchasing process.
Target Competencies
- Procurement planning
- Business analysis
- Structured thinking
- Business forecasting
- Inventory planning
- Performance evaluation
Course Outlines:
- Free format bids versus prescriptive bid documents
- Analyzing the ITT (Invitation To Tender)
- Where do I start with my bid response?
- Reading between the lines
- Developing your bid response
- The process of gathering information from those contributing to the bid document
- Identifying the audience and managing their expectations
- Create a visual theme for your solution (using outlines, storyboards, etc.)
- Developing a strong objective throughout your winning bid
- Designing your structure
- Different structures for different types of bid responses
- How to create a logical structure
- Using a bid template
- Creating an executive summary
- When to write the executive summary
- What should the executive summary contain?
- How to get your key ideas across quickly
- Working on your writing style
- What goes wrong in the bid documentation
- Learn the principles of clear writing
- How to maintain your writing style
- Avoid being sidetracked when writing
- Some tips on layout and style
- Using headings, lists, and tables
- Editing your work
- Make sure your writing style is consistent
- Using illustrations within your bid document
- Polishing
- How to punctuate lists
- Proofreading your tender response
- Spelling and grammar checkers
