Bidworker – taking the strain out of meeting bid and proposal deadlines

Professional bid writing service helps you compile winning proposals on time and with less stress

Fact File

A recent survey showed that enterprise companies using a document or proposal automation tool have an average win ratio of 48 percent. Whereas those who don't use one have a win ratio of only 26 percent.

Having to burn the midnight oil is an unfortunate reality when you need to get an important bid or proposal submitted to deadline. Indeed, it is not uncommon to find yourself greeting the dawn chorus before your material is ‘ready to roll’.

Wouldn’t it be nice to have someone work with you – through the night, if necessary – to help you meet deadlines? Plain Words’ Bid & Proposal Consultancy Service does just that.

Our bid writers act as professional back-up to ensure your proposals are completed to deadline and are of the highest quality (something that can slip when you are under pressure).

We carefully edit your material to create a sharp, uniform, and grammatically correct writing style.

Mistakes like inconsistent terminology, wordiness, and poor spelling, grammar and punctuation can kill a lucrative contract in its tracks.

The truth is, a prospective client may well rush off an e-mail to you with the odd typo. But they won't accept it from you. Not in a proposal. Informality can come later – when you've won the contract.

Being precise wins contracts

We also weed out ambiguity. It’s all too easy to be vague in your writing or over complex – especially when you are so close to the products or services you sell.

Being precise wins contracts. No prospective client will look on you kindly – no matter how big your organisation – if they have to waste precious minutes puzzling over whether a particular service or product is included in the package or offered at extra cost.

It might be clear to you, but if the client doesn’t ‘get it’, you stand to lose the contract to someone else. The solution is clear and precise writing.

Besides helping you edit and format proposals, we cast a critical eye over them. This outsider’s point-of-view can literally make the difference between a proposal that wins and a proposal that loses.

It’s very much like the novelist who insists on having a trusted friend read over their manuscripts before submitting them – the ‘outsider's eye’ making the difference between a book becoming a bestseller or ending up in the remainder bin.

We also iron out the formatting and style differences that always occur when different authors are working on a project. We make sure all terminology is consistent and correct and that documents are formatted with the same look and feel.

We also re-work or write material from scratch

Did you know?

A recent survey revealed that users of sales effectiveness solutions spend an average of 47 percent less time compiling documents and 27 percent less time gathering background information.

As specialists in bid writing we can help you assess whether your proposal would benefit from re-working. It might need to be more focused and organised. Or it might need to be more compelling and persuasive.

Our bid writers know how to inject just the right degree of sales into the executive summary (too much and you are ‘shouting’; too little and you fail to get across the benefits).

If you are short on time or manpower, we can help write up your proposal from scratch. In which case, we make sure it is tailored precisely to your prospective client’s requirements – along with making a powerful case for the benefits of choosing your company over competing bidders.

Whatever level of help you require, we make sure your proposal pushes the right buttons and is written with a positive, confident tone.

Bid & proposal automation tool

To help speed up the process of creating proposals, our bidworker software is easy to use and automates much of the process of compiling proposals.

We first create a well-organised library, or framework, from your standard in-house documents. Then we plug in the bidworker application, which builds and customises proposals to meet your requirements.

With this system in place, you will be able to...

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To find out how we can help make your bid, proposal or tender response process easier and more successful, call us today and ask to speak to a Bid and Proposal Consultant.

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Produce Bids Automatically With bidworker™

Using your own library of in-house documents, bidworker automates the process of creating bids, tenders, and proposals – saving you time and effort. With bidworker, you will be able to:

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Call us now to find out how you can save time and effort by plugging this powerful application into your bid and proposal process.
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Plain Words Diploma in Bid Writing

Would you like a professional qualification in bid writing from the UK’s foremost business and technical writing company?

Plain Words offers a full training and accreditation programme that leads to the Plain Words Diploma in Bid Writing.

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