This unique book is a practical guide to winning contracts and funding through competitive bids, tenders and proposals. Written in a crisp, accessible style using examples and checklists, it explains how to create bids that are outstanding in both technical quality and value for money. This fully updated third edition extends the scope and content of the book to make it an even more useful and practical guide to successful tendering. New topics include bidding for lottery grants and lottery research funding; bidding for London 2012 contracts; summarizing the bid and structuring the work plan and creating a bid development timeline. A practical guide to winning contracts and funding through competitive bids, tenders and proposals, this excellent title gives the reader the benefit of powerful, best-practice techniques.

About the Author

Harold Lewis is a writer, editor and independent consultant with more than 30 years' professional experience of working with businesses of all kinds and with private and public sector clients. Having written over 300 successful bids and proposals, he is a leading authority on the development and writing of competitive tenders.

Prizes

Bids, Tenders & Proposals provides expert guidance on the entire process of tendering in the three key areas of public sector procurement, contracts for private sector clients and applications for research funding.

Reviews

"[U]ser-frienly and unfussy... essential addition to any bid manager's bookshelf." - "Supply Management"