Bid Support

Dalcour Maclaren is an innovative and highly dynamic multi-disciplinary consultancy working on a huge range of exciting and diverse projects for a growing client base within Utilities and Infrastructure – think HS2, Offshore wind farms and Nuclear Energy! We are immensely proud to be working on some of the largest infrastructure projects taking place across the UK (and beyond!) which are instrumental in shaping the future of our planet. If you want to play your part in helping the earth become more sustainable, and to reach NetZero by 2050, you would be making the right choice by joining the team here at Dalcour Maclaren.

Key activities:

• Review of procurement portals and reporting in relation to Contracts Advance outputs and forecasting of new tender opportunities and related timelines
• Regular / at least 6 mthly review of portal coding’s / categories to ensure capturing full range of DM services
• Review new tender portals / emails to assess relevance to DM teams
• Work with individuals in Sector teams working on tender responses to ensure agreed timelines met and deliverable outputs achieved
• Manage bid library / TenderBot inputs and look to utilise to create ‘1st draft’ of tender responses before handing over to relevant deliverables / question owner
• Review and summarise tender scope and requirements and draft tender deliverables for initial Bid Manager review
• Own compliance question responses to ensure relevant business services respond in a timely manner, for both PQQ’s and ITT’s
• Review time entries for tenders to understand and report on costs of responding to individual tenders
• Manage DM CV’s to ensure most recent and relevant DM CV’s are put forward for respective tender responses
• Review tender clarifications responses and advise tender team of pertinent responses which change scope / original tender question requirements
• Report and provide analysis on tender outcome statistics in order to ensure continual improvement of tender responses and success rate
• Provide support to key stakeholders in the company to develop a team of people in each Sector who are proficient at producing tender responses and understand tender processes.
• Identify improvement areas in Bid Management activities and share with Bid Manager, working to resolve and improve as directed
• Maintain and improve own expert knowledge and skills through company run and specialist CPD.
• Format and enhance tender responses
• Submitting Expressions of Interest following individual business decision and monitoring portals for any updated information
• Population of bid systems / spreadsheets with all relevant information to enable tracking and report production​
• Liaise with and support cross functional departments to ensure knowledge is up to date and accurate information is supplied in all responses
• Manage any mini bid processes and take the lead on smaller, less complex tenders
• Undertake research utilising a range of portal and websites to propose individual client opportunity ‘win themes’ for related tenders
• Work closely with Bid Manager to ensure proposal responses contain innovative solutions to demonstrate capability

The successful candidate will:

• Have proven experience within a bid support role
• Creative and bold – we want to bring our bids and presentations to life with innovative ideas.
• Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Strong project coordination abilities, including the capability to support with multiple bids concurrently.
• Holds a critical eye and passion about supporting the delivery of the best possible bids.
• Ability to support teams and bid manager to ensure all are able to meet deadlines.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and subject matter experts.
• Proficiency in use of bid portals and Microsoft Office Suite.

Why Dalcour Maclaren? What makes us different?!

Really and truly, it’s our people and our culture. We are ‘One Team’, and this is the lifeblood of our organisation. We champion new ideas and are fully committed to Corporate Social Responsibility, and our Diversity & Inclusion. Our winning formula for success is investing in the fantastic people within our team to deliver an unparalleled and unique service to our clients. If you are looking to work for a growing organisation who are not afraid to be brave, bold, and push the boundaries to challenge the ‘norm’, then a career with DM should be the one for you!

Benefits:

• Annual performance bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus 1 day to celebrate your birthday
• Vitality Health Membership (including Private healthcare, subsidised gym membership and other discounts)
• Flexible working through our ‘Flexible Advantage’ supporting working families & your work/life balance
• Pension Scheme via The Peoples Pension
• Life insurance (4x Base Salary)
• Free on-site parking in non-city centre offices
• Cycle to work scheme
• 26 Weeks paid Maternity Leave
• 2 Weeks paid Paternity Leave
• BHN Extras – provides discounted gift cards for hundreds of popular retailers
• Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme (provided by Octopus Electric Vehicles) effective at 1 years’ service
• Sabbatical Policy effective at 3 years’ service
• Professional development – paid study leave
• Military service paid leave (7.5 days per year)
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) plus wider Mental Health & Wellbeing support
• 2 x Company-wide events every year, in addition to multiple office socials throughout the year

Dalcour Maclaren is an equal opportunities employer.