You have your SMEs full attention. What are you asking them? Here are five questions to make full use of the tender kick-off

Stand-up meetings provide a consistent and frequent opportunity for people to ask questions and provide clarity on a tender as it changes and evolves. Implement these five easy methods to ensure your stand-up is as effective as possible.

When you’re under the pump, a weekly wellness meeting can feel like sipping an ice-filled fruity mocktail on a humid Brisbane day. Here’s how to make it count even when you’re busy

What are the Tender Plus team members really like? We asked them to fill you in.

Meet Kate Wilson, National Grant and Funding Specialist (Sydney)

After a rigorous survey of 11 people, it is clear that there is no one-size-fits-all answer on music preferences when tendering. Here, a tendering mix tape for your listening pleasure.

Tania Field, Principal Tender Specialist at Tender Plus, shares her journey from her first tender experience to becoming a leader in the field. She highlights key skills for success today, such as critical thinking, flexible leadership, and productivity, while stressing the importance of continuous learning. Tania also advocates for recognizing tender professionals as subject matter experts in an evolving industry.

Just like any major task, sometimes the hardest part of writing a tender response is knowing how to start. Try these content planning strategies to set yourself up to create a full and considered response to the question.

When two or more parties join ranks on a bid, it’s important to clearly define the values and experiences that each brings to the table including both advantages and disadvantages for the tender.

Whether you are new to tender writing, tender reviewing or proofreading, or simply looking to hone your existing skills and practices, here are five ways you can improve your tender submission. 

There are a bunch of reasons why I keep stepping up to the plate and taking a swing at more tenders. If you’re wondering about a career in tender management, tender coordination, or tender writing, start here.

Just like a CV allows your potential employer to get a snapshot of who you are and how suited you are to the role that you’re applying for, a tender CV does the same thing, but the aim is for your company to get the job. Here’s how to get it right.

Flexible work arrangements have become the new norm, particularly in tendering where hours can be long. Remote work creates a better work-life balance, however, it can come with its challenges. Here’s how to make working remotely work for you.

Bidding can be incredibly challenging but rewarding work. Resilience as a skill will help individuals to push through challenges so that they can grow both personally and professionally. Try these techniques to help build resilience in bid teams.

It is imperative to adhere to the word limit when tendering, not only for compliance reasons as previously mentioned, but also to show evaluators who they will potentially work with. Here’s why a word limit is important.

I’d much rather read content that’s been written by a living person with feelings that can translate their life experience into words rather than read anything generated by a machine that’s been trained to understand context, grammar and semantics. Wouldn’t you?

To ensure that your bid team thrives during what can be a stressful process, here are five top tips to foster collaboration and teamwork during a tender.

Learn the fundamentals for effectively drafting and reviewing a tender submission. An effective tender drafting and reviewing process ensures consistency across the entire submission and warrants compelling and compliant responses.

Winning tenders is not just about meeting the tender requirements. It’s also about persuasively communicating your value proposition, your capability to deliver and how the benefits of your proposition meet the customer’s needs.

How effective and engaged the bid team is will directly influence how successful the tender management process will be. Try these three surefire ways to communicate effectively and get the best out of your team.