Review / Uplift Service
It is important to ensure your writing is clear and error free; your submission needs to create a positive and professional impression. Our reviewing, editing and proofreading services ensure your business, professional and technical documents are absolute best-practice. It is critical to have a thorough review procedure when writing any bid, grant, tender or framework agreement.
Understanding how to effectively review any submission can be the difference between winning and losing. Their should be a distinct structure / theme in place, which undergo a number of robust reviews throughout the writing process, along with a final review prior to submission.
It is important to note that the review process can be time consuming so you must allow this time when plotting your application timeline. This will avoid any last minute edits that has lacked the time for a thorough evaluation & ensure you are 100% happy prior to submission. Capti stand ready to support you at any stage of your writing journey.
The Capti team can help with the following:
Structural editing
An overall look at structure, language and content that are consistent with your objectives and tailored to the readers’ expectations.
Copy editing
We cast a careful eye over each sentence, looking at grammar, spelling, punctuation, and consistency.
Proofreading
Just before you are ready to submit, we check for typographical errors, consistent formatting and well-presented layout.
At Capti, we pride ourselves on delivering an effective end-to-end writing and management service. We understand the intricacies of the space, delivering the confident, skilled support you need to navigate the tendering process. With strong writing skills and a depth of industry knowledge, we deliver a bid writing service that’s tailored to your needs and uniquely suited to achieving your goals.
Extensive experience working alongside organisations of every size across a range of industries allows our bid writers to manage inputs from internal stakeholders autonomously, freeing up time for you and other leaders to focus on continuing to grow your business. The result? Less time spent by your staff on the bid, offering you both the best possible chance of success and more time to devote to your business’ core functions.
Put your faith in a partner with the drive and ability to help your business succeed. Win tenders and secure new contracts or funding by backing yourself with a team you can trust – speak to Capti today to learn how we can support the next stage of your company’s growth with a bid of the highest quality.
Who should review the bid?
The person evaluating the submission should either be a bid manager, another team member or a third party such as Capti. When using a team member it is necessary that they have a good understanding of both your company and the bid itself. There is no point in using someone who has no knowledge of the submission.
How many reviews?
Deciding how many times to review a document completely depends on the writer and reviewer. If the team have worked together on many bids you can often just allow for one review followed by a proof check.
Teams just starting out or those using a novice bid writer should strongly consider using a greater number of reviews in order to get the best quality submission.
As standard Capti would suggest using a two-review system as employed by our company. Each response is assessed once by a bid manager before being passed back to the writer to amend. The entire document is then reviewed once more before submission, along with a thorough proof check.
Incorporating feedback
Incorporating feedback from your reviewer is usually a relatively simple process, but in some cases it is worth having an in depth discussion.
It is important for the writer to understand exactly what the feedback means and learn from the process. Both the writer and the reviewer are constantly learning and should treat the exercise as one that will greatly benefit the company in the long run.
In many cases it is worth having your submission evaluated by a professional. We provide this service to a wide range of clients who use it to improve their submissions.
What to look for
When evaluating a response there are a number of questions to ask:
- Does it answer the question?
- Is evidence provided?
- Is the answer relevant to the bid?
- Does it comply with the specification?
This is the basic structure of the analysis but it can often go into much more specific detail. The key areas to focus on are the relevance and compliance of the response. You will lose marks for answers that stray from the question.
Similarly, not backing up your points with evidence means that you will not score as highly as you could. Look out for a lack of supporting evidence and highlight these areas for improvement.
10 Reasons to work with Capti
(1) We like to win! 80% overall win rate on tenders, grants and bids (100% on Framework Agreements)
(2) Plain speaking – Yes / No should we proceed?
(3) Capti will help you build a robust funding strategy that is not just limited to grants
(4) Effective two-stage review process
(5) Comprehensive SWAT analysis to understand the market
(6) We can respond at short notice & tight deadlines
(7) Designers of high-quality submissions
(8) Capti Project manager assigned to your project
(9) Global presence with multilingual writers
(10) Capti are an extension of your organisation