We keep losing tenders on the written submission, and nobody in the business has time to do them properly.
Most tenders are lost on scoring, not on price. The submission that wins answers the question that was asked, in the order it was asked, with the evidence attached. We run the bid as a function — the library, the writing, the compliance schedule and the deadline.
Dinmore Bell runs bid writing as a standing function: the bid or no-bid assessment, the written submission scored against the published matrix, and a maintained library of policies, accreditations and evidence. Where a procurement raises a legal challenge, specialist procurement counsel are instructed; Dinmore Bell does not conduct litigation.
How we own it
The bid/no-bid decision
A tender you cannot win costs the same to write as one you can. We assess the specification, the incumbent, the weighting and the realistic scoring before anybody starts writing, and tell you when to walk away.
The submission itself
Written against the scoring matrix, not around it. Every question answered in its own terms, method statements that describe what you actually do, and social value and quality responses that carry evidence rather than adjectives.
The library that compounds
Policies, accreditations, case studies, insurance certificates and standard responses held in one place and kept current, so the next tender starts at seventy per cent rather than at zero.
Where specialists come in
Where a procurement raises a legal challenge — a standstill-period dispute, an allegation of unequal treatment, or a claim under the procurement regulations — we assess the position and instruct specialist procurement counsel to advise and act. We do not conduct litigation.
Sectors we run this for
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What a fully loaded General Counsel actually costs
The comparison is not our fee against an hourly rate. It is our fee against the hire you would otherwise make.
- What does outsourced tender writing involve?
- Dinmore Bell runs bid writing as a standing function: the bid/no-bid assessment, the written submission scored against the published matrix, and a maintained library of policies, accreditations and evidence so each tender starts from a base rather than from nothing.
- Do you only write the tender, or manage the whole process?
- The whole process. That includes the compliance schedule, the clarification questions, the internal deadlines and the final submission. The writing is the visible part; the deadline management is usually what determines whether a bid goes in at all.
- What happens if we want to challenge a procurement decision?
- We assess the position and instruct specialist procurement counsel to advise and act. We coordinate and hold the budget; we do not conduct litigation.