Finding your business the opportunities it deserves
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With clients including Luminate Education Group, Cubby Studio, Permanent Futures, Milton Keynes College Group, Bradford Council, Smarta Water, the BBC, and contracts won for European Social Funding, Local and Combined Authorities, ,Police, Education, Crown Commercial Service and NHS contracts (to name a few) you can be sure you’re in good hands.
Specialisms
Public sector tenders
Education & Training contracts
EU and UK education and skills funding, e.g. ESF, ERDF, UKSPF.
Digital transformation and innovation bids
Social value and sustainability in procurement
Higher & Further education and skills research and LMI analysis
Key Figures
£220m+ contracts won
194 Projects undertaken
66 Clients supported
92%+ success rate
Bid Management & Writing
- Completing bids, tenders, proposals, RFI, RFP, ITT, EOI, SSQ, & DDQs
- Preparation of supporting documents or supplying templates – e.g. policies, procedures & strategies
- Preparing responses, liaising with subject matter experts and stakeholders to gather and create content
- Proofing, reviewing, editing and feedback in line with the specification and eligibility criteria
- Managing the clarification process and communicating updates to stakeholders
- Ensuring bids are compliant and submitted, or handed over to, clients well in advance of deadlines
Project Management
With 13 years’ experience developing, managing and delivering European projects we can support all aspects of project management. This can range from providing interim or contract support within a project to assist with specific areas. For example:
- Monitoring & Evaluation within the context of Project and Programme Environments
- Embedding Cross-Cutting Themes (Equality and Diversity, Sustainable Development and Carbon Reduction, Social Value, Tackling modern slavery and Poverty alleviation) into policy, actions and behaviours
- Helping clients maximise their use of relevant Labour Market Intelligence, influencing programme design to meet national, regional and local priorities
Research & Development
We work with companies to develop bespoke briefs to meet defined objectives and growth targets. Recent work includes:
- Designing fundraising strategies & bid pipelines to unlock business growth
- Market research & segmentation for University and College groups
- Independent annual review & appraisals of CSR and grant-giving schemes
- National grant funding & tender research
- Feasibility studies, grant & project evaluations and stakeholder mapping
- Targeted funding & contract searches (inc. reviews of 1000s of Trusts, Foundations, grant-giving bodies & e-tender portals VCSE organisations and micro-businesses)
- Co-designing business strategies & templates, e.g. social value policies, carbon reduction and net zero plans, user-led design papers to support curriculum re-design
