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Bids, Tenders & Proposals: Winning Business through Best Practice

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With more and more corporations opting for "preferred supplier" lists, bids and tenders have become a fact of business life. For the small or medium sized corporation without a specialist bids-and-tenders team, bid preparation can take great amounts of senior management time. Here's where this book comes in: practical and written in an accessible style, it uses examples and checklists to explain how to create bids that are outstanding in both technical quality and value for money, and that stand a good chance of being successful. Lewis provides "best-practice" advice on every step in the process, including: bidding for public sector contracts; tendering for the private sector and for research projects; analyzing client requirements; managing bids; resourcing and researching the bid; developing and writing the bid; defining outputs and deliverables; communicating added value; describing professional experience; producing and submitting tenders; stating the price; understanding tender evaluation; and making presentations.

278 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2003

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September 1, 2009
Solid guide to contract bidding

Proposal writing expert Harold Lewis offers scads of helpful tips and step-by-step guides for successful bidding. The author helps readers evaluate bidding opportunities, explains what to do (and not do) in creating a bid, and discusses how to make a compelling presentation. While the book does provide some model forms, it is not a book of sample bids and presentations for those wanting to plug and play. Instead, it focuses on teaching you to make uniquely compelling proposals and bids. If you want to create and sustain a winning process for making bids, getAbstract recommends this practical guide to you.
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إذا كنت تعمل في مجال تقديم العطاءات أو تسعى للفوز بعقود تنافسية، فهذا الكتاب يمثل دليلاً عملياً لا يُقدّر بثمن. لن تجد فيه نماذج جاهزة تُنسخ وتُكرر، بل ستتعلّم كيف تكتب عرضًا مقنعًا بأسلوبك الخاص، بناءً على فهم عميق لحاجات العميل وآليات التقديم الفعالة. أكثر ما يميز هذا العمل هو تركيزه على الجوانب الاستراتيجية والعملية للعروض: من اختيار الفرص المناسبة، إلى صياغة القيمة المضافة، وصولًا إلى مهارات العرض النهائي. يضعك الكاتب أمام مسؤوليتك المهنية في كل خطوة، ويُشعرك بأن كتابة العطاء ليست مهمة إدارية عابرة، بل هي فن وتخطيط واستراتيجية. أنصحك بأن تقرأه بعين الباحث عن التميز، لا الباحث عن القوالب الجاهزة. ستجد فيه ما يصقل مهاراتك، ويزيد فرصك في كسب العطاءات لا بمجرد الكلمات، بل بالإقناع والثقة والمهنية.

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