Tuesday, 13 May 2014

Tip of the Day - Evaluation

Evaluation should be planned and timetabled in to all bid processes. Surprisingly it is often overlooked in lieu of just getting the writing on time; it is not worth the risk doing this!

The first step is to timetable the evaluation in to your bid plan. I would suggest that leaving a week for evaluation at the end of the process is best practice. This gives enough time for a comprehensive evaluation, as well as to make changes that are recommended.

The next step is to get the right people to evaluate the bid. My suggestion would be one person to review the whole bid and subject matter experts to review specialist sections. In addition, potentially after changes have been made post-evaluation, have one proof-reader to check spelling and grammar.


An important note with all of the above is to give the evaluators clear guidelines and authority on what they can do. Ideally you want the evaluator to have the final say on how the bid should look, i.e. their word is law!

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