About Us
Brunton Bid Writing helps recruitment agencies who do not have dedicated bid writers to compete with the "big boys" who do
When might you use us?
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- When an existing client puts their business out to tender and you have to bid if you want to remain a supplier
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- When you want to target new business that fits well with your core services.
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- When you need help with specific areas of a tender such as company policy documents, contract implementation plans, sample SLAs etc.
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- When you receive tender documents but don't know where to start.
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- When you don't have time to put together an effective tender response because you're too busy with the day job!
So, how do we help?
Quite simply, we will help you to jump through the required hoops and put together bids and tenders that will increase your chance of winning valuable recruitment business.
Why not call Fiona Brunton to find out more?
Meet the team
Fiona Brunton
Performance and outcomes focused, Fiona owns Brunton Bid Writing and specialises in providing customised recruitment bid and tender writing services. She has over 25 years' operational and business development experience in the recruitment sector with specific responsibility for winning new business by writing successful proposals, PQQs/SQs, bids and tenders. Specific experience includes:
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- 20 years running the Brunton Bid Writing Team with the aim of helping smaller recruitment agencies to compete with the "big boys".
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- Trusted Partner to the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) and previous winner of APSCo's Recruitment Service Provider of the Year.
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- Extensive track record of winning new business at all levels from operational to executive, temporary, contract and permanent in the public, private and third sectors with a win rate of over 85% across all tenders and almost 100% on the public sector frameworks.
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- Demonstrable experience of developing company policies required for successful tendering and RQIA/Care Inspectorate applications.
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- Over 15 years' experience in delivering bid writing training.
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- Leader of the Brunton Bid Writing team.
Carl Wale
With 20 years' recruitment experience working for niche, national and multi-national agencies, Carl provides specialist bid and tender writing services to the recruitment sector. He's a key member of the Brunton Bid Writing Team and has won bids ranging from single placements to contracts worth millions of pounds. He has a particularly enviable track record within the healthcare, social care and public sector domain.
Carl has hands on experience within recruitment at Consultant and Management levels and this enables him to understand how agencies operate - something which is vital when writing compelling tenders that go on to be both deliverable and profitable.
Carl has managed and won numerous large-scale contracts for clients across the UK and Ireland; covering a range of delivery models from onsite managed services, through to insourcing, preferred supplier lists and national frameworks. Business wins include:
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- Health and social care frameworks including MOD, Workforce Alliance, DoH, CCS, HealthTrust Europe and ESPO
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- Central Government contracts including HMRC and Department for Education
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- Multiplie contracts for Local Authorities
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- Managed service contracts including but not limited to Transport for London, ESPO, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, MoD and SUPC.
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- Other large organisations including Procurement for Housing, Dublin Airport, Gatwick Airport, Marks & Spencer and Lyons Davidson
Carl's business, Bids & Tenders Consultancy Ltd, is a strategic partner to Brunton Bid Writing.
Catherine Turner
The first addition to the Brunton Bid Writing Team, Catherine in the recruitment industry since 1996, and spent 16 years at senior management level.
She has extensive experience in public and private sector tendering with specialist knowledge of NHS procurement processes. Since working with Brunton Bid Writing, Catherine has maintained an exceptional track record of business wins (with values of £200k - £20m!) for agency clients of all sizes with organisations including purchasing consortia, NHS frameworks, Local Authorities, Central Government and private sector businesses.
Catherine also has an enviable track record of implementing new contracts - turning business wins into £.
Catherine's business, CT Consulting & Business Support Ltd is a strategic partner to Brunton Bid Writing.
Monica O'Neill
Monica has almost 25 years' recruitment experience gained across a wide spectrum of clients in a number of business sectors, both within an agency environment and onsite RPO. She has worked for global, national and boutique agencies and has held a number of senior roles, including, Account Director for the RBS Group (Hays' largest client globally), National Operations Director where she managed a UK-wide bid team, and Client Relationship Director for Search Consultancy in Scotland, with responsibility for all multi-divisional tenders.
Monica has managed the tender process for a range of clients, skillsets, locations and disciplines including commercial & call centre, banking & financial services, IT, construction, energy, FMCG, telecoms, industrial and healthcare within both the public and private sectors.
Monica's approach is methodical, detailed and collaborative; she takes real pride in her work and ensures her clients receive an exceptional service that delivers results.
Monica's business, Croga Consulting is a strategic partner to Brunton Bid Writing.
Philip Pitt
Philip has over 24 years' recruitment experience working for large, small and niche agencies and has gained a wide range of skills and experience providing recruitment services to both the public and private sector including Government, NHS, IT, utility and financial services. For the last 14 years he has provided specialist bid, proposal and tender writing services for all the major frameworks in all sectors including managed services, temporary & permanent recruitment and exectuve search.
Business wins include multiple frameworks run by Crown Commercial Service, Workforce Alliance, HTE, HSCNI and Common Services Agency, many Local Authorities and various charities and private sector organisations.
Philip's business, Hawkeye Solutions Ltd is a strategic partner to Brunton Bid Writing.
If you're struggling with a recruitment tender and want to consider outsourcing some or all of the writing, just give us a call and we'll find a solution that suits you.
Alternatively, check out our tender writing testimonials to see how we've helped other agencies in the past.