UK firms bid for public work worth around £400 billion a year. Our bid writing training is about winning a …
Course Duration
Lifetime Access
Last Updated

5 October 2026

Students Enrolled

385

Total Time

6 hours, 50 minutes

Course Level
4.9
Original price was: £45.00.Current price is: £21.99.

Description

UK firms bid for public work worth around £400 billion a year. Our bid writing training is about winning a share of it. A stranger with a scoring sheet reads every bid. They won't ring you to clarify. Private clients work much the same way. A bid can lose before anyone reaches the good bit. Price off, word count blown, an answer that skirts the question they actually asked. The course covers costing, quality control and the structure that keeps those straight. It finishes on the client presentation, because the writing is not always the last step. Who's writing doesn't change the job. A tender writer spends most of the week on bids. Business owners squeeze them in between everything else. Both win more when the writing is right. Our bid writing courses cover planning through to the pitch.

Bid Writing Training Course Features:

  • 100% online learning
  • Free CPD-certified digital certificate
  • Optional printed certificate
  • Lifetime course access
  • Free assessment retakes
  • Study between deadlines
  • Covers planning, pricing and quality control
  • Includes client presentation and templates
  • Written for beginners and working bid teams
  • No prior bid experience needed
Most of this bid writing training is the stuff nobody tells you until you've lost a few.

What Makes Our Programme Different

Bid writing has no licence and no legal qualification behind it. What it does have is APMP, the professional body. It runs Foundation and Practitioner certification that bid teams recognise. Ours isn't that. Think of it as getting fluent in the process first. Plenty of working bid writers never sit an APMP exam at all. If you do want one later, this is the groundwork rather than a substitute.

Bid Writing Training Learning Outcomes

Once it's done, you can:
  • Explain how a bid moves from advert to award.
  • Plan a bid before you write a word of it.
  • Structure a proposal so an evaluator can score it.
  • Read what the client actually asked for.
  • Name the selling points that set your firm apart.
  • Estimate the work behind the price.
  • Price a bid without giving away your margin.
  • Edit out the errors that cost marks.
  • Present to a client once the paperwork is in.
  • Build templates you can reuse on the next one.

Assessment Method

You'll take a short quiz after each part of the course. Get 60% and you move on. Don't stress if you miss it the first time, because you can retry as many times as you want.

How Long Does the Bid Writing Training Take to Learn?

Bid deadlines don't wait, so this fits around them. A few evenings clears most of it. Some tender writing courses run for weeks, though. This isn't one. Come back mid-bid if you need to check the pricing module again.

Recommended Renewal

Public procurement rules moved, and the guidance is still settling. We'd come back to it in about two years. The certificate doesn't expire, so there's nothing to renew.

Key Takeaways from This Training

What you'll have when you're done:
  • A CPD certificate for your file.
  • A repeatable process for planning a bid.
  • Pricing and estimating you can defend.
  • Templates you can reuse on the next one.

Write the Bid That Wins!

Most contracts go to whoever answered the question best on paper. Start our bid writing training and learn how that's done. Then go after the next one properly. Enrol now!

FAQs About Bid Writing Training

1. What qualifications do I need to be a bid writer?

  • None by law. What gets you hired is a folder of bids you've actually written. APMP certification helps once you're established.

2. How to train as a bid writer?

  • Learn the process, then practise on real tenders. Our bid writing training covers planning, pricing and quality control.

3. Is there a free bid writing course available?

  • Free samples exist but tend to stop at the basics. Ours runs through to pricing and the client pitch.

4. How much does a bid writer get paid?

  • There's no set scale. Sector matters, but a track record of wins matters more.

5. Is bid writing a good career?

  • Yes, if deadlines don't bother you. Contracts come up for renewal constantly, so the work keeps coming.

Curriculum

    • Module 01: Bid Writing 00:25:00
    • Module 01 Final Quiz Exam – Bid Writing 00:10:00
    • Module 02: Planning and Developing the Bid 00:30:00
    • Module 02 Final Quiz Exam – Planning and Developing the Bid 00:10:00
    • Module 03: Structured Approach to Writing Bids 00:20:00
    • Module 03 Final Quiz Exam – Structured Approach to Writing Bids 00:10:00
    • Module 04: Understanding the Proposal 00:15:00
    • Module 04 Final Quiz Exam – Understanding the Proposal 00:10:00
    • Module 05: Proposal Process 00:30:00
    • Module 05 Final Quiz Exam – Proposal Process 00:10:00
    • Module 06: Focusing on Clients and Customers 00:30:00
    • Module 06 Final Quiz Exam – Focusing on Clients and Customers 00:10:00
    • Module 07: Finding Unique Selling Points 00:20:00
    • Module 07 Final Quiz Exam – Finding Unique Selling Points 00:10:00
    • Module 08: Estimation Method 00:20:00
    • Module 08 Final Quiz Exam – Estimation Method 00:10:00
    • Module 09: Costing and Pricing 00:35:00
    • Module 09 Final Quiz Exam – Costing and Pricing 00:10:00
    • Module 10: Quality Control (Editing) 00:15:00
    • Module 10 Final Quiz Exam – Quality Control (Editing) 00:10:00
    • Module 11: Client Presentation 00:25:00
    • Module 11 Final Quiz Exam – Client Presentation 00:10:00
    • Module 12: Templates for Proposal Building 00:25:00
    • Module 12 Final Quiz Exam – Templates for Proposal Building 00:10:00

Study Method : Online.

Support : 24/7 Support.

Course Access : Lifetime.

PDF Certificate: CPD Certified.

Guarantee : 14 day Money Back.

Original price was: £45.00.Current price is: £21.99.

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