If you are involved with bid submissions, you’ll know even the best‑prepared teams can face a frantic race to the finish line. Subject matter experts get pulled into urgent work, content gaps appear, and the solution changes at the 11th hour. Meanwhile, the deadline moves ever closer.   Having helped countless companies reach their submission deadline on time, even when the tender seemed to be slipping off track during the final stages, we’re launching a new, stand-alone service called Bid…

“Clearly, we wanted CCF to be in the best position to win the council bid, and that was our core objective. But with BiD Masters on board, we also gained in ways we didn’t expect.” Jade Luke, Founder, Customer Care First   Scaling customer service excellence training   Jade Luke is on a mission to transform the face of customer service. Since founding Customer Care First (CCF) in 2016 to deliver customer service training for large organisations, the company’s focus…

BiD Masters attended DPRTE this year, and the event proved to be an invaluable opportunity to meet organisations from across the defence ecosystem. Throughout the day, the team spoke with companies of all shapes and sizes, from SMEs and tech start‑ups to the big primes, and heard from influential voices shaping the future of UK defence procurement.   The conversations reflected a sector undergoing rapid change and looking for practical ways to respond. Defence reform (and the Procurement Act driving…

The launch of Atlantic Bastion marks a pivotal moment in the UK’s defence landscape. Positioned as a hub for cutting-edge technologies – AI, autonomy, cyber resilience, and advanced data systems – it signals a clear recognition that the future of defence capability will be defined not just by hardware, but by the intelligence, adaptability, and innovation embedded within it.   For SMEs and start-ups, this is more than a policy announcement – it’s an open door. The Ministry of Defence…

Celebrating 30 years of BiD Masters, we interviewed our founder and CEO, Pete Coyle. In this enlightening Q&A, Pete highlights how the bidding profession has evolved, what changes may happen going forward, and how companies can improve their bidding approach to increase the chances of winning new contracts.   What was bidding like 30 years ago?   Bidding has always been about developing new business, but in the late 90s it was quite different from today’s standardised process. Typically, the…

A BiD Masters interview with Charlotte Davies, Head of Defence Commercial at ADS* *ADS is the UK trade association advancing leadership in aerospace, defence, security and space, to enable prosperity and clean, secure growth for our nation.   Whether you’re a small or large company, effective bidding can be an enabler of business success. But it’s more than communicating a great product and knowing what your prospective customer needs. To be successful at bidding, you must have bid management skills…