Tender Writer- Skills of a Quality Tender Writer

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Tender Writer Skills required by a quality
Tender Writer

• Tender writing is not rocket science and you
  dont need a degree
• in economics BUT the quality tender writer
  will have significant
• relevant skills and abilities which most
  lay people just dont
• have.
• You can learn some of the skills and techniques
  by attending
• training or being mentored but unless you
  are a creative person
• with above average written and research
  skills well you probably
• are going to struggle being a good tender
  writer.

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Tender Writer Skills required by a quality
Tender Writer
Following is a list of skills and attributes that
most really good tender writers will
possess- Patience Of Job Tender writers have
to have patience that only a saint or Job can
match. The need to be able to wait to gather
information, they need to wait for tenders to be
released, they need to rely on others in the
organisation they have to wait wait wait.
Impatient tender writers will jump in, they wont
read all the documents required to understand the
tender requirements they will be overly quick to
commence writing they will make mistakes plain
and simple.
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Tender Writer Skills required by a quality
Tender Writer
Research skills Tender Writers require great
research skills to find tender opportunities and
to undertake research to identify data,
information, statistics etc to support their
tender proposal. At times these research skills
are vital within their own organisation so that
documents and vital information can be found
which will be essential in preparing the tender.
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Tender Writer Skills required by a quality
Tender Writer
Organisational skills These skills are vital in
preparing tenders. Tenders have specific
deadlines and therefore you need to be organised
and virtually project plan the preparation of the
tender from start to finish taking into account
the closing date for the tender and the method of
lodgement required. Tender writers with
organisational/project planning skills obviously
will be better placed that the tender writer who
is not organised and is managing chaos.
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Tender Writer Skills required by a quality
Tender Writer
Coordination skills Again these are vital.
Information will need to be gained from a variety
of different internal and external sources in
order to prepare a comprehensive tender response.
You will need to coordinate with others,
coordinate timelines and coordinate information
and as such you will need to have great
communication and interpersonal skills.
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Tender Writer Skills required by a quality
Tender Writer
Interpersonal/communication skills If you need
to coordinate with others within and external to
the organisation to gain information, documents,
statistics etc you will need to have great
interpersonal and oral communication skills.
People dont mind helping someone friendly and
engaging and who can communicate their
requirements properly. They tend to refuse to
help those with poor communication skills or
those who are abrasive. In fact some people will
go out of their way to subtly hinder progress and
help if you are viewed with suspicion or anger
within the organisation.
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Tender Writer Skills required by a quality
Tender Writer
Notice that at no stage yet have detailed the
great written skills you require to be a quality
tender writer. Yes you do need good written
skills however you can have the best written
skills but if you dont have these supporting
skills and attributes it wont matter how great
you can wordsmith your tender responses will
generally be found wanting. Contact us at Red
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should you require more information about this
article or if you require specialist grant or
tender writing experience to help your
organisation or business win grant funding or
achieve successes with tenders.
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Tender Writer Skills required by a quality
Tender Writer

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