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Bids & Tenders

Win more of
the right work.

Strategic bid, tender and grant writing for aged care, disability, health and community-sector organisations — plus B2B teams and government suppliers pursuing funding and enterprise opportunities. Senior, hands-on, audience-first.

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Tender & Proposal Strategy

For teams who want to win more of the right opportunities.

Structured guidance before and during the tender so your response is targeted, compliant and clearly differentiated.

  • Opportunity & policy research
  • Bid/no-bid support & pursuit qualification
  • Win-theme & value-proposition development
  • Storyboarding & response structure
  • Milestone reviews (Pursuit / Pink / Red)

Ideal for: SMEs, SaaS & service providers

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Capture, Research & Competitor Insight

Move earlier than the RFT — shape the opportunity.

Practical insight into buyers, markets and competitors to support stronger decisions and clearer positioning.

  • Client drivers, policies & decision-makers
  • Competitor & alternative analysis
  • Win-loss & risk considerations
  • Positioning maps & differentiator summaries
  • Recommendations for sales & bids

Ideal for: Established suppliers lifting win-rates

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Full Tender & Grant Support

When it matters and capacity is stretched.

An extra pair of senior hands across the full lifecycle — keeping your voice while strengthening structure, clarity and impact.

  • Planning, timelines & compliance checks
  • Drafting non-price criteria responses
  • Case studies, profiles & CVs
  • Grants, EOIs & funding submissions
  • Final review against criteria

Ideal for: Aged care, health & community-sector teams with limited internal capacity

04

Proposal & Sales Document Optimisation

Turn "good enough" into tools that win work.

Refine and standardise the documents that sit around your bids — focused on readability, consistency and alignment with how buyers assess value.

  • Sales proposals & quote templates
  • Capability statements & credentials decks
  • Website offer pages & service descriptions
  • Standard responses & content libraries
  • Internal templates & checklists

Ideal for: Organisations standardising their pipeline

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Bid Process, Playbooks & Training

Beyond heroic last-minute efforts.

Design and embed a practical approach that fits your size and culture — making bidding less chaotic and more predictable.

  • Lightweight bid process & governance
  • Bid/no-bid criteria & scoring tools
  • Content & evidence frameworks
  • Playbooks, toolkits & checklists
  • Practical training for non-bid specialists

Ideal for: Organisations building repeatable systems

Ways to Engage

Senior bid support —
without the full-time hire

Many aged care, disability, health and community-sector organisations don't have the volume — or the budget — to justify a permanent tender writer. Fractional and project-based support gives you senior bid expertise exactly when a tender or funding round lands. Get in touch for a tailored quote — NFP and community-sector rates available.

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Single Tender

One bid or grant, done properly

End-to-end support on a single tender, EOI or grant submission — from bid/no-bid through to lodgement.

02

Fractional Bid Support

A senior tender writer, on your terms

1–3 days a week, ongoing — covering your live pipeline of tenders, grants and funding submissions without a permanent hire.

03

Overflow & Peak Support

Extra hands when it's crunch time

Short-term surge capacity around a major tender or funding round — or while you recruit a permanent hire.

04

Bid Health Check

One-off strategic review

Process audit, bid library review, win/loss analysis and recommendations to lift your win rate.

Get in touch for a quote

The Approach

Working with Wellard Executive

Remote-First

Based in Melbourne, working with clients across Australia via video, shared documents and your existing tools.

Flexible Engagement

One-off projects, retainers or overflow support around your internal team.

Transparent Scope & Pricing

Clear deliverables, timelines and investment agreed upfront. Fixed-price or time-and-materials.

Calm Under Pressure

Deadline-driven, audience-focused. Always asking: "What does this buyer need to see to feel confident?"

Ready to talk about your next bid or proposal challenge?

Book a short introductory call to discuss your current bids, pipeline or document challenges — and whether Wellard Executive is the right fit.

Book a 20-Minute Intro Call

Proof, Not Promises

Recent wins — anonymised by sector

Disability services → community housing

When good work needs a government voice

A national disability services provider with a social-enterprise maintenance arm wanted a place on a community housing provider’s maintenance panel. Their story was social impact; the scorecard was compliance.

We restructured the EOI around the buyer’s mandatory sections: commercial rigour first, social impact as the evidenced differentiator.

Successful submission — advanced to the next stage

Essential infrastructure → state water utility

Three companies, one voice

A multi-partner consortium bidding for a program management role on a multi-billion-dollar, five-year capital program. Consortium bids fail in the seams — partners writing in different registers.

We wrote the executive summary as one story aligned to the buyer’s values — partnership, local jobs and legacy, value for money — with each partner a defined, credible role.

Successful — the consortium advanced

Essential services → utility contract re-tender

The incumbent’s paradox

A national field-services provider re-tendered for an essential-services contract it had held for years — now with a substantially expanded scope: new customer-service obligations, mandatory evidence requirements and a changed pricing basis. As the incumbent, it had to prove continuity and justify the increase in the same breath.

We managed the bid end to end — twenty response schedules, compliance matrices, capability and personnel sections, a transparent pricing narrative and a considered position on departures.

Successful — advanced to the next stage; outcome pending

40+
years’ combined experience
5+
sectors served
100%
senior-led — you work with us directly

Let's win more of the right work.

A 20-minute conversation is all it takes to find out if we're a good fit.

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How can we help?

Bids & tenders or social media — tell us what you need and we'll come back to you within one business day.

Prefer a direct line?

Loretta Wellard · Director - Bids & Tenders
0422 411 172 · loretta@wellardexecutive.com.au
Brett Wellard · Marketing & Communications Lead
0403 287 614 · brett@wellardexecutive.com.au