Tender Management Consultancy – Find Your Consultant
Here at Hudson, we know the importance of good tender management consultancy. We have heard horror stories from clients who have had poor tender management. They have then missed questions, deadlines and ultimately failed in their tendering efforts.
Our tender management consultants are on hand to offer expert advice and guide you through the process.
Jill Hudson
Jill, our founder and Growth Director, is an expert tender manager and consultant. With almost twenty years of experience under her belt, Jill has sat on both the buyer’s and supplier’s side of the tables during the procurement process.
Jill is well-placed to help businesses of all sizes to win work and for purchasing organisations to streamline and improve their tendering processes.
Since the start of her career, Jill has worked in the creative, IT and technology sectors and hence is particularly experienced in delivering bids across the UK digital industry. Indeed, Jill regularly delivers bids across sub-sectors including:
- IT consultancy and support
- Web Development
- Digital and Film
- Audio and Visual
- Marketing,
- PR
- Events Management
Jill has sold, project managed and marketed hundreds of creative products throughout her career. She is well-known for delivering results, having won clients over £300m worth of work to date.
Whilst Jill’s main focus is now on driving forward the growth of the business, she regularly delivers work and is on-hand to give the benefit of her experience and expertise to our bid team.
Daniel Hall
Dan joined the firm back at the end of 2017 as Procurement and Content Manager. He has rapidly risen through the ranks to become Head of Bid Management, offering expert tender management consultancy services.
Dan has delivered work across every conceivable sector during an impressive and varied career.
He is particularly experienced in the following sectors:
Utilities
Energy
Facilities Management (security and manned guarding)
Dan is also experienced in writing bids from the construction industry. He has a proven track record of success in winning work for clients on large, multi-disciplinary construction contracts.
He works closely with clients and is our bid team’s key point of contact for most tender-related queries. Every day, Dan brings to bear his extensive multidisciplinary experience in Public and Private sector procurement to advise clients and the wider team.
He is constantly drawing on insights gained over the course of his career.
Dan also delivers our Start level masterclasses on our free learning platform, Tender VLE.
Since launching the resource in 2018, Dan has lead classes discussing topics such as:
- CPV Codes
- The importance of evidence in your responses
- How to avoid making common mistakes.
Nick Eyley
Our Bid Manager, Nick, has nearly a decade of experience in tendering and has written across multiple sectors in that time. Nick has previously worked in Bid Management positions, writing bids for clients across multiple sectors including:
- Engineering
- Research
- Construction
- Technology
Nick also gained experience writing bids for the education sector whilst working with Universities.
During this time Nick was responsible for managing funding opportunities for non-profit research companies. In addition to this Nick also brings experience from the other side of the table. Whilst working in the research sector, Nick was also responsible for the buying process and filtering tender responses. Our clients will greatly benefit from this first-hand knowledge as Nick can craft responses that will stand out to buyers.
Nick’s management skills supplement our tender management consultancy offering. His particular specialisms include the technology and Construction sectors. He looks after our technology clients and regularly manages bids and writes proposals for subsectors including:
- Software development
- IT consultancy
- PHP
- SAP
- Website Development
- IT recruitment
Here at Hudson, Nick supports Dan in overseeing the wider team. Aside from client management and delivery, Nick’s duties primarily involve supporting qualitative reviews and hosting training. This helps to grow the skills of our diverse team and ensure quality for our clients.
Drew McColgan
Drew recently joined the Hudson Succeed Team as a Bid Manager. Coming from a Professional Services background, Drew brings years of experience to the role. Drew previously managed a team of 25 and maintained an impressive 100% client retention rate during this time.
On a daily basis, Drew liaises with our Bid Writers, Bid Coordinator and Head of Bid Management to complete coherent and compelling tender responses. Drew is responsible for completing bids for businesses of all sizes and multiple disciplines. As well as this, Drew works closely with our Head of Bid Management to oversee the daily operation of the Succeed Team and the workload of our Bid Writers.
Amanda McCready
Amanda is our Bid Coordinator. She works with the wider tender management consultancy team. She ensures that our bid writing services are delivered to clients at an excellent standard and in compliance with the submission deadlines.
In previous roles, Amanda has worked with international businesses in countries including Australia and New Zealand. During this time, Amanda was responsible for coordinating operations in industries including Hospitality and performing administration duties in government departments.
Katherine Kane
Katherine is a Bid Writer in the Hudson Succeed department. Katherine works alongside fellow Bid Writers to ensure that our clients submit the most compelling and professional bids possible.
She is responsible for winning new contracts for our clients by creating persuasive and coherent tender responses.
Katherine is an accomplished writer, previously working on a freelance basis for various publications. As well as this, Katherine is a skilled editor and transcriber. She has worked in the English Legal sector, producing accurate and complex documents whilst maintaining high levels of discretion.
Katherine provides the team with valuable insight into the following sectors:
- Creative
- Legal
- Care
- Facilities Management
Jonathan Worthy
Jonathan sits on the Bid Writing team, working with clients, daily, to produce bid responses. Jonathan completes bid writing work for clients in numerous sectors including:
- Facilities Management
- Healthcare
- Marketing
- Finance
Previously, Jonathan has worked for several large-scale organisations. Most recently Jonathan performed remediation handling duties for an international banking group.
This experience provided Jonathan with excellent business practice knowledge that he brings to the team at Hudson Succeed.
Olivia Backhouse
Olivia is a Bid Writer here at Hudson Succeed. Olivia works alongside the wider tender management consultancy department to create winning responses to bids for multiple disciplinaries.
She is a proficient writer, graduating from Durham University with a BA in Modern Languages. As well as her talented writing background, Olivia has previously worked in a number of sectors including:
- IT
- Hospitality
- Non-profit organisations
Such experience in these industries allows Olivia to create accurate tender responses for clients in varying fields.
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