Bid Writer

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain and regularly review a detailed pipeline of current, upcoming and budgeted tender opportunities.
• Build effective relationships with framework providers, customers and internal stakeholders to gather market intelligence and identify future opportunities.
• Ensure relevant bid information, customer insight and opportunity updates are shared with the wider team.
• Support opportunity qualification, capture planning and bid/no-bid decision-making ahead of tender release.
• Ensure bid plans, capture tools, governance checks and stakeholder actions are in place for priority opportunities.
• Manage the full tender process once documents are published, including reviewing requirements, arranging kick-off meetings, coordinating contributors and tracking actions.
• Analyse tender documents, submission instructions and scoring methodologies to ensure all responses are tailored, compliant and focused on maximising available marks.
• Work with Business Units and subject-matter experts to gather accurate operational, commercial, technical and supporting information.
• Write, edit and coordinate compelling tender responses that clearly address the customer’s requirements and highlight the organisation’s strengths.
• Ensure all submissions are professionally presented, accurate, complete and submitted within required deadlines.
• Develop and implement RFPIO to improve collaboration, content management, consistency and version control across the bid process.
• Build and maintain a library of approved stock answers, case studies, policies, accreditations and other supporting tender content.
• Capture feedback, successful content and lessons learned from completed bids to strengthen future submissions and improve win rates.

Candidate Profile

• Previous experience in bid writing, tender coordination, proposal writing or business development support, ideally within an operational or service-led environment.
• Experience of responding to ITTs, PQQs, SQs, frameworks or other formal tender processes.
• The ability to interpret tender documentation, compliance requirements and evaluation criteria.

Your role will involve

• Excellent written communication, editing and proofreading skills.
• Strong planning and project-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and contributors.
• A collaborative approach and confidence working with colleagues at all levels of the business.
• High attention to detail, sound commercial awareness and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills; experience of tender portals, bid-management systems or RFPIO would be advantageous.
• Experience within waste management, logistics, transport, manufacturing, facilities management or a similar operational sector would be beneficial.