Preconstruction (Tendering)

Bid Management and
Writing

Bid Management Fundamentals
Effective bid management involves overseeing commercial responses,
clarifications, and contract comments to enhance success rates. Cynllun can take a holistic approach to your whole bid process completing as much or as little as required, complimenting existing resource.

Competitor Analysis and Stakeholder Mapping
Conducting competitor analysis and stakeholder mapping helps identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for bid submissions, as well as guiding strategy formulation and identify which tenders or frameworks should be targeted. Cynllun can carry out this process together with stakeholder mapping to ensure key relationships are leveraged as much as possible.

Bid Writing
Cynllun can facilitate workshops, tailored responses, or templates for all tender and framework requirements. They can complete individual or whole responses or simply coordinate internal contributors as required.

Tender Strategies
and Technical
Review

Several aspects lead to a successful and compelling tender which are detailed here, Cynllun can facilitate and complete as many or as few as required based on the needs of the tender and/or complimenting existing internal resource.

Tender Strategies Overview
Tender strategies involve the brainstorming and mapping of win strategies to maximise win opportunities through the bid submission. Cynllun can lead this process to ensure they are captured and moreover, incorporated within the bid.

Design Critiques and Risks
Design critiques review the whole tender documentation assessing and documenting potential risks and issues that may need to be priced, programmed or qualified within a bid submission. Cynllun can complete this process as part of the holistic bid management process or as a standalone review.

Supply Chain Selection
Effective supply chain selection and engagement are crucial for ensuring the best resources and partners for project success. Cynllun can use its local Supply Chain knowledge and connections to ensure the best SCP are selected within a tender submission.

NZC and BREEAM Workshops
NZC workshops provide a platform for stakeholders to collaborate on design and NZC strategies, declining project targets and outcomes., Cynllun can facilitate or simply attend these.

Governance, Risk Management and
Social Value

Risk and Opportunities Register

The Risk and Opportunities Register is essential for identifying and managing project risks while seizing potential opportunities ensuring they are captured in the tender submission. Cynllun can manage this through the bid process.

Governance and Adjudications

Effective governance involves completing or setting up adjudications to
ensure transparent and fair decision-making processes. Cynllun can establish internal governance processes or support the navigation of existing processes.

Logistics Planning and Management

Robust logistics planning and management are crucial for the successful execution of projects and client services. Cynllun can develop these to meet the needs of tender requirements.

Social Value Considerations

Social Value has become a key factor in all frameworks and tenders, Cynllun can support to understand the landscape and complete the various portals and KPIs ensuring they are integrated into projects from the outset and sustained throughout the project lifecycle.