Bid Manager - National Frameworks

Building a sustainable tomorrow. What if your next step led further than you thought? With a reputation built over 150 years, BAM has the depth, scale and momentum to offer you more than a next step. We offer you a path. One that can take you across sectors, into leadership, or even around the world. We invest in development because we want our people to stay and grow. Wherever you want to go, we’ll help you get there.

You will play a key role in work winning through client engagement, bid strategy, implementing bid processes, preparing answer plans, bid writing and reviews and coordinating multi-disciplinary bid teams in such a way that establishes the conditions for high performance and work winning.

The role of the Frameworks Team is to bid and manage Frameworks for key construction customers such as Central Government, regional and commercial customers. The ability to help draft winning bids and managing pre-engagement, bid management and contract execution processes are core parts of the role.

Key responsibilities of this role include:

• Manage the lifecycle of bid management: pre-tender preparation, SQ, ITT, clarifications and contract execution and continuous improvement.
• Develop and manage the bid plan, including: bid programme/responsibility matrix, all trackers, reminders, resource schedule and bid governance.
• Draft prequalification and tender submission documents, co-ordinating technical elements, managing consultant input and carrying out the bid review process.
• Manage the flow of Client Information, the clarification process, including the distribution of the clarification log and managing the internal actions.
• Coordinate bid preparation and strategy workshops.
• Coordinate external consultants when required.
• Develop market intelligence and bid strategies.
• Coordinate and record meetings e.g. weekly progress calls and the bid review gateways.
• Ensure submissions and project documents are compliant, high quality and delivered on time.
• Where required, work with the graphics team to produce high quality images and graphics to improve the presentation of documents.
• Manage the presentation of the submission and issue to the client.
• Contribute to ‘best practice’ and consistent approach to the management of tenders.
• Conduct bid reviews and corrective actions.
• When required, work with regional teams to secure positions on local regional frameworks and call off projects.
• Prepare papers and supportive information for Tender Settlement and the internal governance gateways.

Other Responsibilities:

• Maintain the standard documents library to support bids, project documents, presentations, marketing materials and project data sheets.
• Develop Framework networks and positively promote BAM Framework profile and maintain excellent relationships with BAM teams, Clients, Framework partners and other key stakeholders.

Your team will involve a mixture of working from home and working out of any regional office. Travel required to the Central Frameworks office in Leeds. BAM operates a flexible working policy.

What’s in it for you? In addition to an attractive salary we offer a significant benefits package including an electric car or car allowance, contributory pension, BUPA, life assurance, 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays), gym subsidy, BAM social club membership and many more exciting benefits.

What do you bring to the role?

• Must currently work for, or have previously worked for, a Tier 1 Construction Contractor.
• Must currently hold the position of Bid Manager.
• Must have proven success in securing places on National Frameworks, such as DfE CF21/CF25, P23 and CCS.
• Must have experience operating at a national level, including bidding for major projects valued at £100m or more.
• Essential - Framework tender knowledge and experience.
• Relevant construction bid management experience.
• Experience of bid writing of winning tenders.
• Excellent communication skills for liaising with regional teams, specialist digital sustainability and social value teams.
• Must be capable of developing and drafting tender responses.
• Flexibility to working hours might be required towards the end of tender periods.
• Good communication skills.

About BAM: Building a sustainable tomorrow. That’s our mission and our promise at BAM. It’s how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe. We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

The application process: BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at any time you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.