News at BidPartners
NEW Home Office announces e-Borders contract award
In November 2007 a BidPartners client was awarded the £650m UK Home Office e-Borders programme. The Trusted Borders team have the goal of offering the UK government a value-for-money, assured and comprehensive e-Borders solution. Working for the Prime Contractor within the Trusted Borders team, BidPartners were instrumental in formulating the win strategy and provided bid management, relationship building, commercial strategies and competitive analysis on this key UK immigration and security programme. For more details please see the official Home Office Border & Immigration Agency press release.
NEW BidPartners supports local charity events
In an innovative move, we have recently agreed to provide a charity allowance to everyone within BidPartners. In July 2007 we supported a London to Paris bike ride for Ataxia and Crohns disease, and, in June 2007, the Landseer Music Festival in North London, and the Oakwood School Ball in St Albans. Other events are planned later this year.
BidPartners continues to grow
We have added new 3 permanent staff to the team. Alastair Middleton has joined in a bid coordinator role, whilst Tom Lasparini and Alan Brennan have joined to complement our bid management capability. We also continue to expand our use of Associates, to add both breadth and depth to our client activity.
Supporting APMP and BDCMM
As both we and our industry grow, BidPartners plans to take an increasingly active role in the implementation of Proposal Management accreditation and associated activities, including support for the Association of Proposal Management Professionals and the Business Development Capability Maturity Model. In October 2007 we once again attended the APMP conference, where Strafford Watson presented a paper on how elements of 'mega-deal' best practice can be applied to all bids.
BidPartners launches new 3 year strategy
In September 2006, after 3 successful years during which we have proven our proposition with many of the leading industry players, BidPartners is launching an ambitious growth plan which will see the company expand into new sectors, whilst retaining its core values of supporting its clients to win long-term sustainable business, through applying our expertise in complex procurements.