Tender Management

Tender Management - for Client/Developer & Bidder

In today’s highly competitive marked driven by the current market supply/demand situation, the low targets of breakeven value for LCoE with limited or no subsidies from governments as well as the lower breakeven value on the oil price is influencing the supply volume in the Offshore wind market.

With the constant focus on how to gain cost savings both commercially and technically – on the whole supplier pool of the supply chain – it’s even more important than earlier to know your lowest possible bid price.

Price is the most important criteria but so are quality, service and many others key areas, such as:

  • being competitive on the current marked and increase your ability to win contacts
  • eliminate a potential bid where the price baseline structure is far from the reality once the project is won and handed over to the execution phase.
  • in a negotiated situation to be able to decide whether it is profitable to continue in the tendering process or to withdraw the tender bid.

Why V2E Service

Using V2E you will benefit from the extended Tender & Procurement Management experience & knowledge V2E have gained in positions heading tender processes on all sides of the table. Wether it is as a client, supplier, consultant or public authority, V2E Management have gained unique insight in all possible angles of any industry, value chain or processes and thereby secure our client a fast return of investment when using V2E as an external resource within your organisation.

V2E have a unique skillset supporting any strategic process in either a tender phase or pre-qualification process.

V2E can assist and facilitate based on your Company’s previous experiences and learnings are captured and updated so that your in-house business knowledge, benchmarking, track record system and valuable information of operational assets can be structured in a useful, generic tender tool for price estimation etc.

If you’re in need of a Tender Manager or need help with a tender related scope – or just interested in a dialog on how V2E can help benefit your Company – Contact V2E.

Why hire a consultant for tender work

Keeping up with the competition can be expensive. Engaging V2E for a specific project is a cost-effective way to add capabilities – when you need them, and;

  • Bring focus to a tender response that is hard to create internally with business-as-usual looking over your shoulder
  • Provide methods & tools to ease the pain of the tender process
  • Drive the process while you concentrate on the all-important development of response content
  • We deliver under pressure – we never missed a deadline.
  • Extend your bid team – never miss an opportunity but maintain quality – even during your busiest time
  • Boost capacity – extend your existing teams seamlessly, adding additional skilled hands and minds when you need them most
  • Improve your chances of winning business and leave you with a set of skills and resources that will serve you well for future tender responses

 

Tender service for client/developer

Prior to issue of tender material:

  • Tender Strategy (fx.:EU Tender, UK tender, Lots based tender, Stand alone tender)
  • FID Material
  • Definition of target LCoE, Cost savings and opportunities
  • Definition of Cost breakdown & Payment Schedule baseline
  • Definition of Tender Decision Criteria
  • Estimation of project target price (fx. per MW capacity)
  • Price Benchmark & Analysis (wrt. market knowledge, in-house track record & bidders price) 
  • Cost vs. price book
  • Tender Plan
  • Supplier identification (supplier longlist)
  • Pre-qual 
  • Preparation of Tender Material

After Issue of ITT 

  • Tender Process Management 
  • Tender price comparison & Evaluation 
  • Identification of tender findings 
  • Evaluate delivery security & lead time
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Contract Award & Contract Signing

Tender service for bidder

Prior to & during bid/tender process:

  • Tender/Project management
  • Perform bid, No-bid analysis;
    • Strategic fit with your business?
    • Project or client profitable for your business?
    • Or will you bid from a strategic standpoint? No matter – its beneficial that you know which client’s fit into the category and how much they are costing you
    • Do you have the needed capability & capacity to meet contract requirements
  • Tender Strategy
  • Cost book
  • Structured pricing overview/tool
  • Pricing Strategy & knowledge of your lowest possible price bid – considering all your expenses; both fixed, project specific and priced risks, overhead and needed depreciation on asset(s)) – both in the final best offer (BAFO) phase and as part of the evaluating whether the project is attractive or not profitable for your pipeline. 
  • Project risk profile – and it’s costs
  • Proper preparation of tender requirements
  • Review of the entire client’s requirements.
  • Tender response – ensure alignment with the tender requirements
  • Proper Tender planning
  • Facilitate workshops to discuss key requirements, address innovation, ideas and initiatives for cost savings as a single topic
  • Provide & assist on methods & tools to ease the pain of the tender process
  • General help with a specific tender response
  • Combine the tender process with a “health” check for your business
  • Evaluate delivery security & lead time
  • Help you develop a library of quality ‘re-use’ material.

Post-tender (both in case of wining and failing Contract Award) –  facilitate learnings to improve future performance, Company “Health” check

  • Lesson Learned and self-reflective process – to constantly improving your ability to win contracts
  • Gather insight in reason why tender is won/lost and develop competitive advances
  • Benchmarking – benchmarking your past bids against better practice can guide your continuous improvement process and highlight training needs.
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