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How to Bid

by Keystone Procurement

How to Bid: A Procurement Podcast demystifies the world of public procurement, helping businesses, leaders, consultants and bid writers understand how to write winning bids, navigate tender processes, and build stronger, more competitive proposals. Hosted by Ross McCarthy and Donnacha Phelan of Keystone Procurement, each episode breaks down real-world procurement challenges into practical, actionable advice.

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  1. Map the Market Before You Bid

    How to Bid: Where to Start When You’re New to Public Tenders Winning public contracts starts with a map, not a tender document. Ross McCarthy and Donnacha Phelan, go back to first principles: map your market and target your top five buyers, build a bid library, understand the real cost of a bid,...

  2. Right Map, Right Territory: Getting Your Bid There on Time

    One file to upload. One deadline to meet. And a very bad ten to twenty minutes... Fifteen years into his bid writing career, Donnacha Phelan, director at Keystone Procurement, found out the hard way what an unfamiliar tendering platform can do. The platform was built for Windows, it needed an app...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

How to Bid: A Procurement Podcast demystifies the world of public procurement, helping businesses, leaders, consultants and bid writers understand how to write winning bids, navigate tender processes, and build stronger, more competitive proposals. Hosted by Ross McCarthy and Donnacha Phelan of Keystone Procurement, each episode breaks down real-world procurement challenges into practical, actionable advice.

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How to Bid: A Procurement Podcast demystifies the world of public procurement, helping businesses, leaders, consultants and bid writers understand how to write winning bids, navigate tender processes, and build stronger, more competitive proposals. Hosted by Ross McCarthy and Donnacha Phelan of...

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