Is it time we rethink how we recruit, resource and structure bid functions? Are more robust qualification processes needed, or should bid teams simply be bigger?

Hiring managers, what is more important to you when hiring? Would you hire someone with less experience but the right fit? Or do you need proven results?

Almost everyone has a moment early in their career where they say, “I wish someone had told me that sooner.”

We are delighted to share Bidding Quarterly 22 with you. Tackling this theme has been long overdue and whilst it airs some strong and contentious views, we believe it more than balance these with an abundance of solutions and ideas for overcoming the catch-22 situations plaguing our profession. Catch-22 and the Bidding Paradox has 28 […]

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Alana has been a Head of Bids in the construction industry for the past 15 years, working in public sector competitive tendering. Her bidding experience covers planned maintenance and capital works, Repairs and Maintenance (R&M), Total Asset Management (TAM), retrofit, building safety, facade remediation, and new build. She has also managed teams in the facilities […]

BQ21 – Coming of Age, has 26 amazing expert contributions, full of fantastic advice and thought provoking ideas for you to ponder as our profession comes of age. Bidding has never had a greater global platform from which to become a respected profession. Please people, keep calm and carry on bidding. Read it here.

I’m a big fan of technology and what it can do to make our lives more efficient and more importantly, less stressful. But I’m not always an early adopter. I’m rarely first in. I’m cautious. I’m not averse to change but that’s often how I’m typecast. As we ‘come of age’ as a profession my […]

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