Bid Better

The Keyne Group are an experienced team of individuals that have the capability to understand how your organisation works and leverage that knowledge to provide a fully integrated and compatible approach to bidding that helps you generate proposals that sets you apart from your competition. We are more than just bid writers though - we manage complex bids, solution optimal delivery models, help you price competitively, and provide you with written narrative that distils the benefits of your business into meaningful and winning technical proposals. With a pedigree of working on, and winning major opportunities across a variety of sectors, we have the right-skilled team ready to support your organisation, whatever the requirements.

An integrated approach to bidding

We take a pragmatic and holistic approach to delivering outcomes for complex bids

Bids are seldom won by individuals or consultants. They are won by a coordinated effort to bring together the best of what each organisation has to offer, combining layers of capability and experience into an articulate and relevant bid that fulfils the needs of what each buyer wants and needs. This is why, at the Keyne Group, we advocate for the integration of organisation-wide capabilities and competencies to deliver well-considered solutions that fulfil the requirements for each opportunity, leveraging the strengths of the organisation to produce a leading proposition. This is why we see ourselves not just as experts in bid management and writing, but also as facilitators to work alongside our clients and help focus the best of what they have to offer. So, if you have a need for any aspect of bid management, bid writing, solution development, legal reviews, and pricing, we have the experience and team to help deliver you successful outcomes as a trusted partner.

Bid management

Optimising activities, dependencies and governance for complex bids

As a collective of experienced bid professionals who have a track-record of supporting multiple complex bids, we know the challenges that coordinating multiple personnel, activities, and data has on meeting demanding timelines and outputs. We recognise though that the successful management of a bid isn't only about following process, it's about having the understanding of the technical requirements for the specific opportunity being bid while being aware of the dynamics of the bidding organisation and the individuals working within it. This is why our bid managers at Keyne are experienced individuals with strong management experience, tested technical knowledge, and proven communication skills. If you have a need for bid management, or want to align an experienced bid manager with your own teams to develop their capabilities, get in touch and we can talk you through our flexible approach to helping your organisation succeed.

Bid writing

Developing and reviewing critical content for technical submissions

Many organisations we work with have individual styles of writing and supporting content that they have evolved over a period of time. Our intention is not to replace this embedded knowledge but to work alongside your internal stakeholders to enhance written content and to fully align it to the technical requirements set out within a specific procurement opportunity. Much like our bid management approach, our technical bid writers at Keyne are typically subject matter experts in specific areas, capable of writing knowledgeably about a topic while aligning written outputs to agreed win themes, organisational strengths, and optimal service delivery models. Our teams work on an iterative approach to bid writing, producing outlines and drafts that can be tested and validated throughout the bid timetable to assure quality, alignment across all response areas, and relevance to the question being posed by the buying organisation.

Solution development

Supporting the design, implementation and validation of efficient service operating models

Integral to every successful bid is the underlying service model that depicts how each bidding organisation will deliver their service in a cost-effective, compliant, and appealing way for the buyer. The service model is reinforced by the wider capability of the organisation, captured and embedded within a holistic solution that assures operational delivery while being aligned to the needs of the buyer. The development of an optimal bid-winning solution requires technical insight and the ability to understand how corporate capabilities can be leveraged for market advantage. The solution also needs to withstand the advantages offered by competitors and consideration of alternative approaches such as technology or risk-based methodologies. At the Keyne Group, our tools, frameworks and solution development processes have been developed and tested to support a significant number of complex bids across multiple industry sectors. Get in touch to see how we can support your future bidding needs.

Commercial management

Competitive estimating support and commercial management of opportunities and live contracts

With increasing market risks and uncertainty being imposed upon buyers' organisations, the commercial environment and the terms of supplier engagement are becoming more complex and burdensome. This manifests in a number of ways, from more aggressive contract terms to more elaborate commercial models and pricing mechanisms that are built upon risk and service outputs. While the focus following contract award is typically on joint working and shared commitments, the preceding procurement is a defining period that can be utilised to generate a greater understanding of commercial risks and opportunities allowing them to become embedded within the service model, pricing, and technical bid content. The Keyne Group can support your bid teams through all commercial aspects of bidding, from legal reviews of the contract terms through to estimating each opportunity based on your organisational outputs and norms. Get in touch with us today to see how we can support your future needs.

Our Sector Experience

Bringing over £15bn of experience to support your growth

We are a collective of industry professionals with over £15 billion delivered across hundreds of complex bids in defence, government, commercial and technical facilities management and support services. Beyond bidding, we provide operational oversight and improvement for live contracts, strengthening strategy, governance, performance and retention. Based in London and Glasgow, we support clients across the UK and overseas.

Defence Bidding

End-to-end delivery of services and complex bids for estate management, training, equipment support, secure facilities, and logistics contracts both in the UK and internationally.

Government Bidding

Full support to contracts and complex bids under the RM6232 FM framework, including TFM, hard services, and soft services within the education, healthcare, welfare, and transportation sectors. Bidding for justice and blue-light contracts across diverse service areas and property types. Framework bidding, and ongoing CCS and government relationship management.

Commercial & Technical Bidding

Development of maintenance frameworks and proposals for hard and soft services in controlled and critical areas, including data centres and manufacturing facilities. Bid support and service improvement to UK banking, multiple UK manufacturing facilities, UK power stations (including nuclear).

Support to Bidding

Design of bidding protocols and collateral for global technology firms, including data centre maintenance and lifecycle frameworks. Development of secure technology platforms for service management, and innovation management and development for group-wide deployments.

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We know your time is precious, so if you'd simply like a proposal from us for assistance, please give us some details and we will get something prepared and sent right over to you - normally within 24 hours.

Experienced Support.
Ready When you Are.

We help facilities and service organisations win more work, transform operations, and retain contracts by embedding work winning routines, improvements and strategic governance to raise win rates, reduce risk, and drive sustainable growth.