Support for a range of businesses

BDS has worked with clients to:

  • Mentor/coach staff through the tender process

  • Identify and win contracts with public sector organisations

  • Train staff so they can identify and assess business development opportunities

  • Develop a bid/no bid decision matrix

  • Review submissions to identify areas for improvement

  • Prepare to tender

  • Identify and apply for grant funding

  • Review grant applications prior to submission.

 

Testimonials

I’ve worked with Shiona on submitting my first Public Contract Scotland tender. From the first meeting, nothing was too much trouble, she responded promptly and provided very constructive feedback and gave valuable insight in to my submission. She’s super organised, put all the dates in my diary and fed back quickly, reviewing way more versions than we agreed on! The submission is in, 2 days ahead of the deadline and I feel very supported in the process. Wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Shiona if you need support like this.
— Mentor Client

Shiona recently supported us with a successful consortium bid for a public sector contract. As I was someone new to this type of bid writing, her expertise was invaluable helping us to understand the process and fine time our responses. She does all of this to strict timelines and with immense patience and good humour. She was very much one of the team for our bid and I will certainly use her service again and recommend her to other small businesses.
— Mentor Client

Shiona is a public procurement expert and has been a huge help to me and many others in pursuing tender opportunities. She understands the detail and complexity of the public procurement process and leverages this knowledge to help sole trader and SME’s to tender and win valuable contracts. Shiona can Do, Teach and Coach. This means that you can select the right opportunities to tender and submit a high quality and competitively priced bid, substantially improving your success rate. If you have not thought of tendering for public sector contracts then please contact Shiona for insights and opportunities.
— Mentoring Client

Shiona initially inspired me to try tendering for public sector contracts and then showed me how. With her supreme patience and expert advice I have now been successful getting on to several public sector frameworks. She has always been approachable and happy to give advice whenever I have needed it and so I would highly recommend her if you want to win more public sector business.
— Mentoring Client

I was referred to Shiona by another one of her clients a few months ago and found her incredibly personable and efficient. Having recently started working on a new contract I had struggled a bit with some of the terminology and wording required on the form I had to fill out. I instantly remembered her knowledgeability when I came across this obstacle and reached out to her.She got back to me on the same day with an eloquent and terrific solution to the issue and helped me to wrap up the project.Could not recommend highly enough! 10/10
— Mentoring client