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Episode Synopsis
One of the most baffling aspects of tendering is the points and weighting system. And what’s MEAT got to do with it?
Here’s how to understand tender scoring and maximise points on every section of your bid.
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Links and timestamps:
[02:25] Lowest cost Vs. MEAT,
[03:31] The points scoring mechanism
[05:46] A very simplistic four-step process to scoring the highest marks
[07:42] What is weighting?
[11:08] How do points and weighting work together?
[12:16] A little bit of weighting weirdness
What do points make? The original post *with easy to understand tables!*: https://www.ukbidwriter.com/2014/05/what-do-points-make-confusion-mostly/
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyndseywray/
Twitter: twitter.com/UKBidWriter
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Through her 30+ year career, Lyndsey Wray, a.k.a UK Bid Writer, has gained more than 21 years total bid writing and management experience and has spent the last ten years offering independent consultancy, writing and training services exclusively to UK SMEs: https://www.ukbidwriter.com/services
As a life-long contractor and independent consultant, Lyndsey has worked in almost every sector and industry you can imagine, in organisations from one-person start-ups to giant multinational corporations and everything in between. She’s also served her time on the other side of the procurement field.
Learn more about Lyndsey Wray: https://www.ukbidwriter.com/about/
Through her UK Bid Writer brand and podcast, Lyndsey aims to de-mystify the world of procurement and tendering and help micro, small and medium sized businesses find and win great contracts.
UK Bid Writer website: https://www.ukbidwriter.com/
Contact Lyndsey today: https://www.ukbidwriter.com/contact/
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Here’s how to understand tender scoring and maximise points on every section of your bid.
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Links and timestamps:
[02:25] Lowest cost Vs. MEAT,
[03:31] The points scoring mechanism
[05:46] A very simplistic four-step process to scoring the highest marks
[07:42] What is weighting?
[11:08] How do points and weighting work together?
[12:16] A little bit of weighting weirdness
What do points make? The original post *with easy to understand tables!*: https://www.ukbidwriter.com/2014/05/what-do-points-make-confusion-mostly/
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Visit ukbidwriter.com/pod
------------------------------------------------
Find Lyndsey on social – say Hi!
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyndseywray/
Twitter: twitter.com/UKBidWriter
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UKBidWriter
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Through her 30+ year career, Lyndsey Wray, a.k.a UK Bid Writer, has gained more than 21 years total bid writing and management experience and has spent the last ten years offering independent consultancy, writing and training services exclusively to UK SMEs: https://www.ukbidwriter.com/services
As a life-long contractor and independent consultant, Lyndsey has worked in almost every sector and industry you can imagine, in organisations from one-person start-ups to giant multinational corporations and everything in between. She’s also served her time on the other side of the procurement field.
Learn more about Lyndsey Wray: https://www.ukbidwriter.com/about/
Through her UK Bid Writer brand and podcast, Lyndsey aims to de-mystify the world of procurement and tendering and help micro, small and medium sized businesses find and win great contracts.
UK Bid Writer website: https://www.ukbidwriter.com/
Contact Lyndsey today: https://www.ukbidwriter.com/contact/
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Support this podcast on Ko-fi!
It'd be great to offer you more stuff: exclusives, freebies, discounts and more!
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