

experienceD bid specialist
GrowTH THROUGH TENDERING FOR PUBLIC SECTOR CONTRACTS
85%
WIN RATE
£450M
WON
Hello and welcome

For over 18 years, I’ve been fully immersed in the fascinating world of public sector bids and tenders.
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My hands-on experience with end-to-end bid management for both Tier 1 Contractors and SMEs has resulted in securing multi-million-pound contracts across various sectors.
This extensive background means I can offer valuable insights into the bid process and help businesses navigate the complexities of public sector tendering, provide strategic solutions, bid coaching and training, expert advice and a range of other services detailed here on this website.
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Whether you're looking to learn how to tender or want to enhance your bidding skills, please do get in touch as I am genuinely here to help.
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I look forward to helping your business grow through successful bidding!
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services to Drive Your Growth

Mastering Public Sector Tendering for Success Workshop
This one-day comprehensive workshop is designed to boost your skills, improve bid win rates, enhance bidding efficiency, strengthen your value proposition, and gain a competitive edge.
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Bid Essentials is a 'SkillsBoost Worcestershire' Approved Supplier. Worcestershire residents can claim 50% of the workshops back.​

'Get Bid Ready' Coaching
Programme
An easy-to-follow bespoke coaching programme for SMEs who are looking to 'Get Bid Ready' either before they start their bidding journey, or to enhance their existing offering.
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Comprehensive, step-by-step assistance in navigating the process seamlessly, and ensuring you and your teams are thoroughly equipped with all the supporting material and knowledge you need for successful bidding.
Karen is a pleasure to work with and will fit into any team easily. She was professional, organised, patient, diligent and very knowledgeable. Karen is very experienced, has a great positive ‘can do’ attitude and stayed calm throughout the process.
She is very thorough, has excellent organisational, communication and time management skills, she works well under pressure and is always very reliable and nothing is too much trouble.
I would not hesitate to recommend or employ Karen she is ‘one of the good ones’
Carl Yale, Regional Refurbishment Director
Karen clearly understood the brief and delivered above and beyond our expectations.
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She is clearly well versed in this field and a consummate professional .
MD, Security Systems Sector
The quality of the training was AMAZING, and so insightful and you have such a wealth of knowledge. Thank you!
MD, Business and Leadership Coaching Sector
Thank you so much for the fantastic workshop! I thoroughly enjoyed the session and found the content incredibly insightful.
The interactivity was really helpful, and I appreciate you taking the time to answer all of our questions.
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I’ve received the presentation and will definitely use it as a reference moving forward. I also appreciate the links to the materials on the penultimate page!
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I look forward to applying what I’ve learned and hopefully seeing some success with future bids.
Faith Brynel, Insights CIC
I have been working with Karen for a number of years now and could not ask for a better person to have a professional working relationship.
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Her expertise and knowledge is unsurpassable and I highly recommend that if you are looking for help with your bid than you have found the right person for your project.
Alison Arellano, Designs on the Web
We participated in the 'Get Bid Ready' Coaching Programme and it was a game-changer for us.
The coaching modules and insights provided were invaluable and really got our teams on-board. We now know how to improve our bid responses and do not feel as overwhelmed as we did before.
We're excited about our future prospects.
Client Engagement Manager, Customer Service Centre
I worked with Karen on a bid and being new to the business and bids Karen took the time to explain to me how the bid process works.
Karen taught me the fundamentals of the bid process and best practice. Karen provided guidance on how to set up a bid library and suggested ways to make managing our bid process more efficient.
Nothing was too much for Karen and she was happy to answer any questions that I had.
The quality of Karen’s work and support is unmatched she is a truly dedicated Bid professional. I would definitely recommend Karen to any person or business looking for support within their bid team.
AN, Housing Partnerships
Co-ordinator