Precise Proposals

28/07/2024

Just one month ago, we celebrated the start of our 12th year in operations.

A big THANK YOU to all our clients who have trusted us to take their business to the next level. Through thick and thin, we work together!

We just got very positive feedback on a tender we prepared for a green energy project in Denmark. The awarding company reported that our client is "the front runner" for the job and are seeking to move to contract soon.

Win rate still more than ten times the national average (according to FSB Research) so we are still going by the grace of God!

30/01/2024

Comments like this make our day!

"𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘭,

𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭.

𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 [𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥] 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 [𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥] 𝘺𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭.

𝘖𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶."

This was a particularly satisfying result:
- our client had been unsuccessful in previous attempts
- we had some exceptional challenges in the tender submission
- this was the first time we had worked with this client
- this client is a relatively small business seeking to break into larger construction contracts.

It is brilliant to see a family-run firm achieving results like this. This kind of scenario makes the hard work worth it.

20/06/2023

Looking forward to speaking at this event on Thursday at 10:20 am on the Supply Chain, Logistics & Procurement Stage!

Want to find the single most important factor to drive up your proposal win rate and reduce proposal costs? Come have a listen, chat afterwards and get a copy of the slides for insight!

We are thrilled to announce that Michael Gerner CF.APMP, Principal Director at Precise Proposals will speak at the Northern Ireland Manufacturing & Supply…

27/04/2023

Our Principal Consultant, Michael Gerner, will be up on stage in Dublin on 23rd May. Come and connect!

28/01/2023

Checking through our history reveals the gem below from over 5 years ago. It tells a story of a contract won with The Executive Office of the Northern Ireland Assembly even though the Executive had collapsed.

Strangely enough, we are back in the same position regarding Stormont. Non-functioning.

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

Thankfully, some good things haven't changed either Our Client still has a 100 % win rate with now 13 contracts tendered for over the years. All won and most with 100% marks.

We know it's not luck: quality work done with grace and favour. Very thankful!

Par la grâce de Dieu.

25/09/2022

𝟴𝟴% 𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿.

That's more than 10 times the national average. Plus it includes us helping some clients who were novices at bidding.

𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀.

Well done to all our clients!

What is one of our secrets to success? Having a robust checking process. When digging for treasure, we make sure the opportunities are real and worth the effort. Best to find that out before getting in too deep...

23/06/2022

Really looking forward to this talk by Linda O'Hare of BSO PaLS!



It might be a hard act for me to follow!

11/04/2022

Privileged to have been an invited panel speaker at the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce & Industry - Winning Business event. Some great discussions on effective tendering!

10/12/2021

Thankful for three contract wins this week. Our win rate for 2021 is now at 88%

Happy clients!

21/11/2021

Wonderful quote from another satisfied client:

"I wanted to let you know that I just received a perfect score on the quality response of a tender I was working on this month. We were appointed today and I am awaiting the written scoring feedback, but over the phone the client said my response was 100% in all areas and extremely well structured and detailed.

I hoped to share this for you as a testimonial of how impactful your workshop and the process of working with you has been already."

News like that is a great way to finish another busy week!🙂

13/09/2020

Every cloud has a silver lining. 2020 doesn't figure prominently in years to celebrate for most of us, but that elusive silver lining is there if you look for it.

Our silver lining is that, in the year to date, we've thankfully had a 90% win rate (36 out of 40) tenders and proposals.

Notable wins included:

G-Cloud 12. Our client was a novice to tendering, yet won places on both the lots submitted.

Another was for a multi-million Euro construction contract in Dublin. The requirements documents were so complex even the Authority didn't understand them properly! However perseverance through clarifications paid off. Our client's responses were rated "excellent" or "outstanding".

Another was for a client who won a £million plus contract for the first time. They previously subsisted on a diet of £10k public sector jobs but wanted to try for the big time, and reaped the rewards.

Another was for a client who now has a 100% record of wins on 10/10 tenders. They have a long term partnership in place for their bid needs and it's really paying dividends for them.

Still, tendering never stands still. Standards are climbing all the time. We keep learning and we keep pushing on by the grace of God! New horizons beckon...

08/06/2020

People buy from people, so very pleased to see this survey. Sustaining satisfaction is our next challenge!