Winning Big. The Masterplan for Winning Bids and RFPs.

In the world of bidding, AI like OpenAI’s ChatGPT has emerged as a game-changer. However, the effectiveness of these tools greatly depends on the quality of the prompts used. Learn why ‘dumb AI prompting’ can fall short and how leveraging deep domain expertise can lead to smarter prompts, optimised bid responses, and improved business outcomes.

Bidding for every opportunity without careful consideration can lead to significant risks for businesses. Diluting expertise, inadequate preparation, financial strain, reputation damage, and customer dissatisfaction are potential consequences. Learn from real-world examples like CGI Federal, IBM Australia, and G4S to understand the pitfalls of bidding without proper resources and expertise. Discover best practices to make informed “no bid” decisions and protect your business’s reputation.

Crafting a compelling business case for bid management software implementation is crucial for driving your organisation’s digital bid transformation. Explore the key considerations, pain points, and growth opportunities that bid managers can leverage to demonstrate the value and benefits of adopting bid management software. From addressing inefficiencies to showcasing competitive advantages, learn how to unlock growth and profitability through streamlined bidding processes.

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.

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,...

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...

Worldwide, there has been a shift in the scale and frequency of tenders coming to market, making bidding the preferred method to procure goods, services and works for governments worldwide.  

What are the common symptoms of a reactive bidding process? We highlight the common themes and behaviours of an immature bid operation.