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Freelance Bid Writer
Deborah Rowcroft
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Preston, United Kingdom
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With over 16 years’ experience in opportunity identification, reading and understanding bids that are detailed and complex; outlining how the organisation would meet a contract's requirements that cover a wide range of issues, from health and safety, customer care, social value, quality, commercial and project delivery through to added value to the client.
Comfortable working at all levels within an organisation. Responsible for the planning, management and day-to-day aspects of all bid activities as well as ensuring the creation and maintenance of the bid library.
Now looking for freelance bid writing work; working from home.
Comfortable working at all levels within an organisation. Responsible for the planning, management and day-to-day aspects of all bid activities as well as ensuring the creation and maintenance of the bid library.
Now looking for freelance bid writing work; working from home.
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United Kingdom
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English
Fluently
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Ongoing relation / part-time
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2019 - ?
job
Bid Coordinator
Lantei Ltd.
My role within Lantei was to coordinate and produce the Bid/Tender/PQQ documents to a high level. Responsibilities include the introduction and implementation of all
necessary document version control procedures and processes, as they have not had
anyone processing tenders for over two years. The role requires forensic levels of diligence and an ability to work under pressure and to demanding deadlines.
The role also encompasses essential skills include ability to build relationships, both
internally with the estimating team, design team, commercial team, sales teams and
operational delivery sector to dealing with the client's representatives and the subcontractors tendering for work on the project.
Core Responsibilities
• Production and delivery of compliant, professionally produced proposals within
customer defined timeframes.
• Coordinate proposal input from a variety of stakeholders, involving contributors
from Sales, Marketing, Operations, Planning, Housing, Remedials/Install and Finance.
• Work with operational managers, mobilisation managers (where applicable)
and customers in quality and process improvement initiatives in order to further
develop partnership working.
• Use effective project management skills to ensure that all information is
received on time, is relevant to questions being asked and in line with the 'win
themes'.
• Coordinate clarification questions, forward to client and monitor responses.
• Ensure proposal documents follow standard formatting and quality standards,
along with implementation of quality standards.
• Provide advice on flow, language, and grammar to content owners.
• Consolidate sections and/or documents developed by other team members into
the required Bid/Tender format.
• Maintain and make available master document sets of Bids.
• Ensure consistent branding for all company specific documents.
• Coordinate the production of information packs for mobilisation/operational
team handovers to include all aspects of the operational solution and liaison on
all key matters on the contract. Work with Project and Contract Managers on
newly won Bids through mobilisation and the initial stages of transition periods
to ensure all elements of the bid are fully understood.
• Ensure thorough feedback is received for no-wins and log all lessons learned.
• Report and track all Bid outcomes.
necessary document version control procedures and processes, as they have not had
anyone processing tenders for over two years. The role requires forensic levels of diligence and an ability to work under pressure and to demanding deadlines.
The role also encompasses essential skills include ability to build relationships, both
internally with the estimating team, design team, commercial team, sales teams and
operational delivery sector to dealing with the client's representatives and the subcontractors tendering for work on the project.
Core Responsibilities
• Production and delivery of compliant, professionally produced proposals within
customer defined timeframes.
• Coordinate proposal input from a variety of stakeholders, involving contributors
from Sales, Marketing, Operations, Planning, Housing, Remedials/Install and Finance.
• Work with operational managers, mobilisation managers (where applicable)
and customers in quality and process improvement initiatives in order to further
develop partnership working.
• Use effective project management skills to ensure that all information is
received on time, is relevant to questions being asked and in line with the 'win
themes'.
• Coordinate clarification questions, forward to client and monitor responses.
• Ensure proposal documents follow standard formatting and quality standards,
along with implementation of quality standards.
• Provide advice on flow, language, and grammar to content owners.
• Consolidate sections and/or documents developed by other team members into
the required Bid/Tender format.
• Maintain and make available master document sets of Bids.
• Ensure consistent branding for all company specific documents.
• Coordinate the production of information packs for mobilisation/operational
team handovers to include all aspects of the operational solution and liaison on
all key matters on the contract. Work with Project and Contract Managers on
newly won Bids through mobilisation and the initial stages of transition periods
to ensure all elements of the bid are fully understood.
• Ensure thorough feedback is received for no-wins and log all lessons learned.
• Report and track all Bid outcomes.
Marketing, Design, Branding, Project Management, Operations, Management, Finance, Sales, Content, Implementation, Coordinator, Production, Processing, Processes, Customer
2003 - 2019
job
Bid Manager
Walker Fire (UK) Ltd.
I first started working for Walker Fire February 2003 as a receptionist. Since then I had
progressed through the Company and in June 2012 was promoted from Bid
Administrator to Bid Manager.
I carried our many different roles within the Company, from purchase ledger,
quotations, CRB checks, running the monthly payroll and managing the HR
department. I also manage the health and safety for the Company.
Completed and submit the annual CHAS assessment, Safecontractor,
Constructionline, Altius Approved Vendor and Exor, as well as managing Achilles
Building Confidence annual audit.
Qualified to NEBOSH and manage of all the Companies health and safety
requirements.
My title was that of Compliance & Data Protection Manager, although I still worked on the bids daily and that is where my main interest and experience lies.
progressed through the Company and in June 2012 was promoted from Bid
Administrator to Bid Manager.
I carried our many different roles within the Company, from purchase ledger,
quotations, CRB checks, running the monthly payroll and managing the HR
department. I also manage the health and safety for the Company.
Completed and submit the annual CHAS assessment, Safecontractor,
Constructionline, Altius Approved Vendor and Exor, as well as managing Achilles
Building Confidence annual audit.
Qualified to NEBOSH and manage of all the Companies health and safety
requirements.
My title was that of Compliance & Data Protection Manager, although I still worked on the bids daily and that is where my main interest and experience lies.
Audit, Receptionist, Data protection, Compliance, Safety, Assessment, Health, Administrator, Audit, Manager
2002 - 2003
job
Receptionist
Guys Thatched Hamlet, Bilsborough.
Working on the hotels front desk, taking bookings, meeting and greeting guests and cashing up at the end of a shift. I left this job due to the unsociable hours as I had a
young child at the time.
young child at the time.
Receptionist, UP
1982 - 1992
job
Production Assistant
Kemple Group.
Working in a factory environment in the production side. I was employed at Kemple
for 10 years before leaving to start a family.
for 10 years before leaving to start a family.
Production
My education
n/a
Unspecified, N/a
Unspecified, N/a
Preston College
N/a, Accordance
N/a, Accordance
n/a
Secondary, N/a
Secondary, N/a
n/a
BSc, N/a
BSc, N/a
Longridge High School
Hndhncorequivalent, Construction Health & Safety
Hndhncorequivalent, Construction Health & Safety
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