Winning Tenders Ltd - Exeter

Owen V. D. W.

It has been a great experience working with Winning Tenders, their service provided great value.

The team went above and beyond, helping us identify crucial points in the tender that we had overlooked, ensuring nothing was missed. The final submission looked impressive, exceeding our expectations.

Richard was a pleasure to work with, demonstrating professionalism, knowledge and excellent communication throughout. I highly recommend Winning Tenders for their exceptional expertise and client-focused approach.

Mary I.

Thank you so much Solent Partners (Nicky Smith) for inviting me to the Bid Writing Workshop last Friday.

It was a really useful experience and I learnt so much from it, and it has given me the confidence to consider applying for a tender in the future (although, I'd always prefer to work in a partnership).

The presenters, Philip Norman and Karl Wellstead - what clever, innovative and creative people; plus so very knowledgeable about their subject: they just knew their stuff and you came away thinking "they're the people I would love to work alongside." Laughter and interaction occurred throughout the workshop; who knew I learn so much about Spinach and/or Haggis flavoured ice cream!

A big thank you as well to the catering team at the venue; the GF food options (in particular the cheese twists) and coffee was probably the best I’ve had at an event such as this.

Highly recommended and well deserving of every 5 * received...

Mary Ive
Chair of Trustees
Level Up Gosport
www.levelupgosport.org.uk

David M.

While running a business, I crafted many proposals and some of them were successful. Experience has told me to avoid competitive tenders because of the amount of work involved and low hit rate.

Attending the workshop, run by Phil and Karl, stopped me in my tracks and caused me to reconsider my attitude towards public competitive tenders.

I came away feeling like I'd been given a superpower. Bestowing the powers of X-ray vision and teleportation, unfortunately, are outside of the capabilities of Winning Tenders - but this workshop has certainly emboldened me.

I value, and will use, the provided resources, including the slide deck. Most valuable, however, are the real-world insights gained from spending a day with Phil and Karl as they shared experiences as public procurement manager and commercial bid manager respectively.

The workshop was sponsored by Solent Partners and was attended by organisations from commercial, social enterprise and creative arts sectors. It finished with an entertaining practical exercise which reinforced the learning. Highly recommended - a memorable day which flew by.

David Marks.
Founder, Gosport Community Cinema. www.gosportcinema.org.uk
March 2024

Megane L. -. U. A.

Emma from Winning Tenders outreached to me to invite me to their Thinking about Bidding for Public Sector Contracts Workshop. The program and level of information were just what I needed as a Practice Manager of a small architecture firm to start getting my team and practice ready for the complex journey of getting onto public tenders and how best to find opportunities as well as the approach to bids. Emma also went above and beyond with a check-in call after the workshop to make sure I had all of my questions answered. Highly recommend this to anyone interested in getting involved in framework projects but don't know where to start.

E Z.

Attended the procurement training session and was lucky enough to attend on a quiet day and have ample time for questions which were thoroughly answered. The session was invaluable, I would highly recommend for anyone who is starting out applying for tenders, but even those who have been doing this for a long time. An excellent combination of suggestions both in terms of the nitty-gritty writing aspect, but also wider aspects to procurement strategy which honestly I was not expecting but gave me lots of food for thought. Look forward to attending other sessions when they come up. Thank you!

Warren L.

Attended an 'Intro to public tenders' workshop which was brilliant. Emma, Phil and Blaire delivered loads of actionable information and came across as very approachable. They also delivered the workshop in a very 'beginner-friendly' way so I understood the language being used which was mostly new to me. Thanks again - Sophie

Luke &. A.

Winning Tenders have become an integral part of Blueleaf’s Business Development function. They have a team of writers who have developed an excellent understanding of our business. They communicate well, have a robust quality assurance process and produce high quality responses in a timely manner to give us the best opportunity for success in the tender process. They have enabled us to secure significant new business whilst retaining and extending existing contracts. Over the past 12 months, these contracts have been worth in excess of £3.5 million - an ROI of at least £55:1.

Drew B.

It has been a real joy to work with Phil, Emma, Karl, and all of the team at Winning Tenders.
As an SME, concentrating on tendering for contracted business, I have found there knowledge of not just the tendering process, but the added value they offer post award to be invaluable.
Their recent help through the tendering process of a CCS (Crown Commercial Services) framework, ended with us gaining a valuable place, along with some of the largest players in our sector.
The relationship is now progressing to help us gain as much out of this opportunity as possible.
A must for any company needing a helping hand through the mine field that is tendering.