Profile

An experienced Bid Manager and Bid Consultant with over 13 years' experience supporting organisations across healthcare, social care, recruitment, education, housing, construction and public sector markets. This Associate has a proven track record of managing complex public and private sector bids from opportunity identification through to contract award, supporting both SMEs and national organisations.

Particularly skilled in healthcare, homecare, supported living, complex care, children's services and recruitment, she provides strategic bid leadership, tender management, bid writing, opportunity assessment and procurement consultancy. She is highly experienced in translating complex service delivery models into compelling, evaluator-focused responses that maximise scoring and improve win rates.

Key Achievements

Achieved bid win rates of up to 95% within high-volume tender environments.

Successfully secured contracts across healthcare, social care, recruitment, education, housing and construction sectors.

Led and managed end-to-end tender programmes for national healthcare and recruitment organisations.

Successfully supported providers with framework applications, DPS applications, public sector tenders and market engagement exercises.

Delivered significant contract growth across homecare, supported living, healthcare staffing and education recruitment markets.

Developed bid libraries, governance processes and bidding best practice frameworks for growing organisations.

Experience

Over 13 years' experience within bid management, tendering, recruitment and healthcare services. Has held senior bid leadership positions including Head of Bids, Bid Manager and Bid Consultant, supporting organisations of varying sizes and maturity.

Most recently supported a national healthcare workforce provider on a nine-month contract, managing bids relating to NHS staffing, workforce solutions and insourcing services. This included supporting opportunities across acute, community and specialist healthcare settings, alongside framework and direct award procurement routes.

More recently provided bid consultancy support to a specialist building surveying and construction consultancy, leading submissions for stock condition surveys, housing disrepair services, building consultancy frameworks and wider public sector property services opportunities.

Also experienced in managing the full bid lifecycle, including opportunity qualification, bid strategy development, stakeholder management, compliance reviews, solution development, tender writing, bid reviews, submission management and mobilisation planning.

Strong sector experience across Healthcare, NHS Insourcing, Workforce Solutions, Homecare, Supported Living, Complex Care, Children's Services, Recruitment, Education, Housing Associations, Construction, Building Surveying, Property Services and Public Sector Procurement.

An excellent communicator with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels and quickly establish credibility with operational, commercial and executive teams.