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How to write a winning tender

Writing a tender can be a big undertaking: there’s a lot of documentation to amass and a big time commitment to plan and articulate your offering. (more…)

Your Proposal and Tender Health Check

A check-up on the health of your proposals and tenders is always beneficial. (more…)

Ready, set, go tender!

Starting to submit tenders is often on the to-do list of SMEs. If this sounds like your business, here’s some advice to get you started. (more…)

Why invest in a professional tender writer?

The two factors that most deter a business from putting together a tender are lack of time and lack of resources. (more…)

How to target your tender to hit the bullseye

It’s not what you’ve got, but what you can do with it that matters. (more…)

To tender or not to tender?

If you’re still wondering if tendering is worth all the time and effort, then here are ten good reasons why you really should consider it. (more…)

Didn’t win a tender? A good debrief can help relieve the pain.

Not winning the government tender you’ve worked so hard to put together can be a bitter pill to swallow. (more…)

How to respond to a Request for Tender (RFT)

What does the Tenderer really want? How to ask questions during the Tender process. Once you’ve read all the Request for Tender (RFT) documents supplied by the client, the chances are that you will have many…

Tender writing – what to avoid

When writing a tender to any level of Australian government – local, state or federal – you need to be 100 per cent sure your response is 100 per cent compliant if you want to…

Practical steps to tender writing success

What steps you can take to make sure you write your tender or proposal so it stands a chance? Preparation is vital Tendering is undoubtedly a big user of that rarest of commodities: time. You…

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Free Guide – How to Write Successful Government Tenders

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Tim Richardson

Writer and Editor,
Proof Communications

Tim’s passion is helping our clients to develop and write compelling, compliant and successful bids, tenders and proposals. Tim is very skilled at delivering the expertise and support required for each tender opportunity and he thrives on helping clients to maintain and win new business.

He leverages skills and experience built-up over his long career in corporate and government sales environments.

Tim’s corporate career included senior roles at Telstra as a bid lead responsible for the development of multi-domain solutions (Telstra & 3rd Parties) and formal bid responses for complex corporate and government tenders and sales proposals. This experience provided Tim with a deep insight in the dos and don’ts of successful bid writing which he applies to his support to Proof Communications’ clients.

Kelly Handley

Tender Writer and Editor, Proof Communications

Kelly is a creative and results-driven tender writer with more than 20 years’ experience working with leading Australian brands, SMEs and start-ups.

She has a track record for producing sharp, original and persuasive content that enables businesses to achieve tender success.

Kelly’s passion for writing developed during her time at Fairfax Media, where she was responsible for producing communications for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun Herald to an exceptionally high standard.

Kelly has a Bachelor of Economics, Majoring in Marketing, from Macquarie University.

Jasmine Hanna

Tender Writer and Editor,
Proof Communications

Jasmine is an experienced and versatile tender writer with a background in journalism. During her career she has written content for organisations in many industries, including property, construction, finance, manufacturing, hospitality and travel.

Jasmine joined Proof Communications as a writer and editor in mid-2020. She is an exemplary member of our team, supporting our clients in the legal, mortgage broking, financial services, facilities management and IT services sectors.

Jasmine brings you her demonstrated versatility as a writer, able to produce content on a wide range of topics; creativity, writing engaging and useful content which weaves in key messages; experience in sympathetically drawing out information from interview; and reliability in meeting briefs and deadlines.

Jasmine has a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) from Western Sydney University.

Sue Jackson

Senior Consultant,
Proof Communications

Sue manages our clients’ tender response processes and prepares powerful tenders and corporate communications.

She is an enthusiastic, motivated and articulate B2B writer in the professional services and financial services sector.

Sue has 15 years’ experience in business development and business communications. This includes five years in business development for a major Australian retail bank and eight years as the public relations manager of professional services organisations at state, national and international level.

With qualifications in law, communications and governance, Sue brings you:

her ability to quickly synthesise the complexity of your business, your client’s industry and the requirements of the request for tender
efficient and courteous collaboration with your multiple external and internal stakeholders to answer those requirements
lateral thinking around key concepts and service delivery options
strong writing skills that present the RFT response clearly and powerfully
focus and ability to work under pressure to meet strict deadlines.

Glynis Skepper

Senior Consultant,
Proof Communications

After a long career in customer service management, Glynis altered course to begin work with Proof Communications in 2013.

She is one of those people for whom typos, grammar mistakes and style inconsistencies simply leap off the page. This skill, combined with her meticulous attention to detail, is what makes Glynis an exceptionally thorough editor and proof reader.

Glynis’ first step in the world of work was selling life insurance by cold calling. From this unlikely beginning, Glynis spent many years working for AMP; her last role as the presenter of Financial Services for Women seminars.

A move to the UK gave Glynis the chance to establish her own training consultancy. After a number of years running her own business, she headed home to Australia. For the next eight years Glynis served as the National Customer Service Manager for a privately owned promotional apparel company in Brisbane. Throughout this time, Glynis applied her eye for detail to her employer’s corporate communications.

With her enthusiasm, care and commitment, Glynis brings our clients her ability to greatly improve the quality and readability of their documents, making them the best they can be.

Rosemary Gillespie

Director

Tender Writers is powered by Proof Communications, established by Rosemary Gillespie in 2000. Rosemary began her copywriting, editing and proofreading career working at the BBC in London, before moving to a large global Swiss-based business. It was here that Rosemary discovered her eye for detail that marks out her skills as a superior tender writer, editor and proofreader.

On moving to Australia, Rosemary’s copywriting career continued to flourish. She became a tender writer for global consultancy KPMG and later for top tier law firm Allens Linklaters, before launching Proof Communications.

Since 2000, Rosemary has led Proof Communications’ tender writing success for hundreds of companies. Rosemary has worked on literally hundreds of tenders to government, private companies and listed companies. She has seen every tender/bid scenario and type of response.

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