Plain Words Diploma in Bid Writing

Would you like a professional qualification in bid writing from the UK’s foremost bid and technical writing company?

Plain Words offers a full training and accreditation programme that leads to the Plain Words Diploma in Bid Writing.

The Diploma comprises the following modules:

• Module one: Brush Up Your English! (one day) or Business English as a Second Language (one day)
• Module two: Write Winning Bids (two days) or Bidding for Funding (two days)
• Module three: How to Write Executive Summaries (one day) or Essential Presentation Skills (one day)

Who will benefit from this?

This Diploma is a useful qualification for anybody who wants to make sure that they have the correct writing skills to create bids or proposals that win.

What you will learn

By the end of this programme, you will know how to:

• Use techniques to plan and design the structure of your bid
• Collect, evaluate and manage the information gathering process
• Handle prescriptive bids
• Use a checklist to review the quality of your response and edit and proof read your own and others’ work
• Use techniques to make your writing persuasive
• Create an Executive Summary that contains your key messages and captures the reader’s interest
• Make the best use of illustrations
• Get the best out of writing tools and templates
• Avoid common grammatical mistakes
• Construct simple and complex sentences without using unnecessary words and phrases
• Use punctuation properly – and learn why it’s necessary to do so
• Avoid commonly-confused words or miss-spelt words
• Present your bid to the client (optional)

What our customers say

“Just to say a short thanks for the help and advice provided through the bid writing process. We recently submitted a bid that applied many of the features and ideas gained from the course programme our company has undertaken with you over the last few months. A measure of success was that the bid was not only successful in winning the contract for us, but that it was held up as an exemplar by the contracting authority and causing one of the companies competing for the project seeking access through a FOI request. Thanks again. Our learning through your programme of support has been significant.”

PW, Nord Anglia

Programme details

You can attend our open courses or we can deliver the courses at your premises to a number of delegates or to individuals.

Six to eight weeks after the course, we ask you to supply a sample of writing for assessment. You must reach a pass rate of 75% or more to qualify for the Plain Words Diploma in Bid Writing.

To help you reach the required standard, we provide:

• Free email coaching for eight weeks after the last course;
• Discounts on further training and on editing rates.

To start the programme all you need to do is send us two to three pages of a recent bid you have written. We promise to keep the material you send us confidential but feel free to change the names of the product/service and client if you wish.

We will assess the sample free of charge and provide you with a graph showing your writing ability in ten key areas. We will also advise you on which areas need improvement and how to get the best out of the Diploma programme.

Book Now!

You can book a private course or call us on +44 (0)844 445 7743.