Retained and Outsourced Bid Management
An extension of your team, combining long-term strategic support with scalable delivery capacity.
Build a longer-term bid partnership that gives your organisation dependable capacity, continuity and greater control across the pipeline. We help you plan ahead, reduce pressure on internal teams, strengthen bid systems and carry learning and evidence from each opportunity into the next.
Our scalable model combines senior bid leadership with experienced bid coordination and administration. Strategic decisions remain senior-led, while routine activity is delivered efficiently at the appropriate level. This provides dependable capacity and better value without compromising quality, oversight or governance.
Choose the right level of partnership:
- Essential Partner – an outsourced bid function for SMEs requiring reliable expertise and flexible capacity;
- Growth Partner – proactive support for a developing pipeline;
- Embedded Partner – senior leadership and additional capacity for established teams; or
- High-Volume Partner – coordinated support across multiple opportunities.
Each partnership is shaped around your tender rhythm, internal capacity, pipeline priorities and growth objectives.
Essential Partner
Outsourced bid support for SMEs that need reliable expertise without employing an internal bid team.
This can include pipeline reviews, opportunity assessment, bid planning, live tender support, document control, portal administration and access to senior advice.
You receive agreed monthly capacity aligned to your priority opportunities, with access to senior advice when needed.
Best for:
SMEs that need a dependable outsourced bid function, with the flexibility to increase support as their pipeline grows.
Embedded Partner
Outsourced bid leadership integrated into your organisation’s operating rhythm.
This can include pipeline governance, bid/no-bid decisions, live-bid leadership, contributor coordination, review management, bid-library improvement and ongoing content development.
You receive ongoing bid and pipeline strategy, coordinated management of live submissions and senior oversight across the tender cycle.
Best for:
Organisations that need senior bid capability embedded into their operating rhythm without recruiting a complete internal bid team.
Growth Partner
Regular support for organisations with a developing tender pipeline.
This can include capture planning, bid/no-bid support, live tender input, content development, review support and monthly reporting.
You receive regular pipeline oversight, agreed bid priorities and support tailored to your growth objectives.
Best for:
Organisations tendering regularly and seeking stronger control, better evidence and more consistent submission quality.
High-Volume Partner
Enhanced capacity for organisations managing multiple or overlapping tender opportunities.
This can include weekly governance, capture planning, multiple live bids, bid-library development, evidence improvement, reporting and team capability building.
You receive scalable support across priority opportunities, with clear governance, workload planning and additional capacity during peak periods.
Best for:
Organisations managing regular or overlapping opportunities, stretched internal contributors or a pipeline requiring stronger prioritisation and control.