Edinburgh has a strong economy and commercial sector that gives rise to many opportunities for businesses to write bids and tenders and secure public and private sector contracts. Our team of bid and tender writers here at Tsaks Consulting have helped hundreds of businesses in Ediburgh and across Scotland to secure contracts across a range of different industries.

Edinburgh has a growing tech sector, strong tourism industry and a large government sector all of which contribute to the many tendering opportunities available. Our bid writing consultants in Edinburgh help local businesses write bids both nationally, across the UK and internationally. Our writers will work with you to understand the potential contract, read between the lines of the requirements, assess the strengths and benefits you can bring to the contract and write a compelling and persuasive response. We can also help with graphics and infographics to ensure your bid has a professional look and feel.

Bids and tenders are a great opportunity for businesses and organisations in Edinbrugh to secure new clients and retain existing contracts.

Industries and sectors our bid writing consultants in Edinbrugh will assist with

If you are looking for bids and tender writing services in Edinbrugh, our team of consultants are able to assist. We have experience helping clients from across all industries and sectors and bring a wealth of experience in writing and winning bids to any tender from ant industry. Examples of some of the industries from which we have helped clients win contracts include:

Medical and life sciences:

Our team has assisted many businesses in Edinbrugh to bid for NHS and private sector medical contracts. We are familiar with the Edinburgh BioQuarter and have clients in the Quarter for whom we have helped write bids, proposals and funding applications (grants). Our experience extends to the pharmaceutical industry and are experienced in writing Research and Development funding applications. This includes responding to requests from local Universities, as well as Universities based national and international.

From an NHS perspective, we have helped medical and health care sector businesses in Edinburgh and across the wider region to bid for National Health Services tenders. Our NHS Tender Writing and Medical Bid Writing capability in Edinburgh extends to dentistry, orthodontics, social and domiciliary care and all other disciplines in the medical tender arena. We understand the NHS procurement processes and the important of focusing on patient outcomes as well as Scottish Healthcare procurement in general.

Clients that need help writing bids to the pharmaceutical industry or want to know how to win NHS tenders in Scotland enjoy the writing support our team provides as well as our knowledge of medical and NHS terminology.

Construction, trades, maintenance and building bid writing

Our team has a track record of helping local construction companies win contracts in Edinburgh and nationally. Our bid writing team have experience writing bids and tenders across all sub-sectors of the construction industry including in asset maintenance, building maintenance, commercial construction, asset upkeep contracts, facility management and tenders for Planned Preventative Maintenance. Clients often come to us for guidance on how to win more construction tenders in Edinburgh as well as for help writing bids for construction projects in Scotland. We help them win major contracts and improve their success rate in public procurement contracts by:

• Writing comprehensive building methodology statements that clearly explain the proposed program.
• Writing in context – i.e. leverage on our understanding of the site and the local area to ensure we incorporate local and site-specific challenges and solutions into the bid.
• Leveraging on our experience in writing tenders and proposals for construction frameworks to ensure you provide a comprehensive response to each question that scores well.
• Creating tailored graphics and infographics that provide easy to understand solutions to complex construction and building issues.

We have also helped tradespeople, including electricians, plumbers, joiners and carpenters and HVAC technicians to respond to PQQs, ITT and RFPs for the provision of installation and maintenance services both to the private and public sector.

Transport and Logistics

We have helped many companies from the transport and logistics sector to bid for public procurement tenders as well as private sector tenders in Edinburgh and more broadly Scotland. Our team has providing bid writing consultancy services to supply chain management companies, freight and haulage companies as well as refrigerated and other transportation entities. Our experience in this area also includes writing proposals for logistics companies that provide freight forwarding services, maritime logistics services and are freight.

For smaller businesses, we can help you develop the required transport management plans that may be required for a bid or tender but you may not have in place.

Professional Services Bid Writing (legal, accounting and recruitment)

Our founder, Jason Cooney, started his career as a bid writer at a mid-tier law firm with insurance, commercial and workplace law practices. Since that date, he has specialised in writing bids and tenders to the professional services sector. We have helped law firms, accountants, property valuers and recruiters write tenders and bids to the government sector for the provision of legal, recruitment and accounting services, as well as the private sector including to major multinational corporations.

We are skilled and experienced in producing professional and polished proposals that resonate. We also incorporate a graphics design capability into our bids and are privileged to have assisted a number of firms in Edinburgh to grow their revenue streams through bids and tenders.

IT, ICT, and Technology bid writing specialises in Edinburgh

We have strong experience in the IT and ICT sector with one of our writing consultants specialising in helping IT companies bid for contracts across the UK. We have helped local Edinburgh and Scotland-based businesses bid for tenders associated with Technology services, ICT, Cybersecurity, software development, cloud computing and data centre management.

We also have some knowledge of tenders and bids associated with AI services and automation and have helped a number of businesses in Edinburgh write bids in this market. Our team understand public sector procurement and have assisted our clients to respond to ITT, PQQs and RFPs from government departments across all different levels of government. We are familiar with IT Procurement Frameworks in Government and understand the terminology, social value components, and detailed solution based approach required to win government bids.

Bid writing services for all industries

The above, is just a sample of the many different industries we are able to service through our Edinburgh bid and proposal writing consultancy. We have worked on bids from Defence, to charity and not for profit, and everything in between and are passionate about helping our clients win more contracts.

We help clients across the Lothian region, including in South Edinburgh, East Edinburgh, North Edinburgh, Midlothian Edinburgh and West Edinburgh.

Our services

We help our Edinburgh based clients create winning bids and tenders by:

• Working with you on a bid/no bid analysis
• Assessing the market and establishing your win-themes
• Helping you draft new content where required
• Creating supporting documentation where required
• Working with SMEs to ensure you have engaging and comprehensive responses
• Developing infographics and a template to ensure a professional presentation

We are able to assist you with both private and Government bids and tenders. Our lead consultant, Jason Cooney, leads our tender and bid writing service in Edinburgh. We can assist you in securing contracts with the government and private sector such as the City of Edinburgh and the Scottish Government.