Bidhive, an award winning bid management platform for supplier tendering, today announced that it has been named as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service's (CCS) G-Cloud 13 agreement which went live on 9th November 2022. This contract follows Bidhive's prior...

For organisations where bidding plays a large part of how they secure and maintain customers and contracts, Bidhive helps them quickly compile their bid teams, allocate tasks, set decision gates and build on the success of their previous bids.

Doing business with government. Where to begin? Government contracts offer businesses a lucrative opportunity, but there's a lot to learn about how to win a bid through the tender process. For many small to medium sized businesses this process is perceived as being...

When submitting a bid, it can be tempting to focus solely on price. Non-price criteria – or quality requirements – are increasingly taken into consideration when contracts are awarded.

In the very near future bid management will combine robotic process automation (RPA) with cognitive technologies such as machine learning technologies such as machine learning, speech recognition, and natural language processing. These technologies will help to automate higher-order tasks wtih AI assist that in the past required the perceptual and judgement capabilities of humans. These are just some of the ideas that we at Bidhive dream of for our industry. Read about them in our whitepaper.

Are you tracking win rates, team performance and analysing the market? Bid-related data is increasingly being used by companies to improve and enhance all bidding and tender related activities. We discuss why bid data is being increasingly being captured and analysed,...

Non-compliance vs non-conformance in tendering Knowing the difference between a non-compliant and non-conforming tender can be make or break for bidding success. Tenders provide businesses of all sizes with access to various opportunities to sell to the government,...

Data science and bid management are converging Do you have line of sight visibility of your bid risk and performance? The cost to your business for the chance to win a contract is considerable, and winning the wrong project can financially ruin your organization. In...

REAL STORIES SHARED BY OUR READERS * Names have been changed Lost bid blame game all started over the non-compliance and subsequent disqualification of the bid submission. A major contractor has been shamefully disqualified from a major public sector works program for...

Connect your sales, bid and estimating team – all in one place. Bid management is a process that brings together internal stakeholders across the business leading up to, and during, a tender. Strategy, bid/proposal solution, risk management and pricing are some of the...