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To home base or not to home base
Hi Martin
I am group Bid manager for a Print solutions company currently going through acquisition.
The new company are looking to have all the Bid Team based in their Head Office, this will mean that the existing team will be made redundant and their less experienced team will be in place to respond to the complex bids and Public Sector requests we currently work on.
Having worked in many sectors for a fair few large corporates I am of the opinion that the location of the Bid Team is not the issue, for me it is flexibility and adaptability which gives the greater success rate.
I am proposing to the new company that the existing team could be home based and have legs.
Are there any case studies out there or based on your experience what are the industry best practices?
Regards
Dawn Osborne
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