This unique book is a practical guide to winning contracts and funding through competitive bids, tenders and proposals. Written in a crisp, accessible style using examples and checklists, it explains how to create bids that are outstanding in both technical quality and value for money. Acknowledged expert Harold Lewis provides 'best-practice' advice on every step in the process, including: *Bidding for public sector contracts *The EU procurement framework *Tendering for the private sector *Tendering for research projects *Analysing client requirements *Managing bids *Resourcing and researching the bid *Building a bid team *Developing and writing the bid *Defining outputs and deliverables *Communicating added value *Presenting CVs *Describing professional experience * Producing and submitting tenders *Stating your price *Understanding how clients evaluate tenders * Making presentations to clients *Doing your own tender auditing.