Bid Coordinator
Location Bolton (Hybrid)
Hours 37.5 (Mon - Fri)
Salary £26,227.50 - £35,000 depending on experience, with
annual salary review and profit share bonus
What you’ll be doing
At its core, bid coordination and administration is a vital
function for any business and working with a core client base, you will be core
to their work winning. You will help them identify and select opportunities,
manage the submission process and continuously improve their bidding.
Tasks you’ll be
undertaking as a Bid Coordinator include:
• Monitoring tender
opportunities and initial steps of opportunity review to support our clients'
bid/no-bid decision
• Overseeing tender related communications e.g. via
mailboxes and tender portals
• Tender portal management, including to access documents,
management of clarification queries and submission of documents
• Completion of tender qualification information
• Tender information management, focusing on improving
access to key information and keeping a bid library
• Researching markets, competitors and other
framework-related topics
• Building effective working relationships, stakeholder,
relationship and account management, internally and with clients
• Adding value to our clients’ bids through creativity,
knowledge and ideas
• Ensuring compliance with all bid requirements including
the Thornton & Lowe house style where relevant
Person specification
What you’ve done so far (Essential Criteria)
Ideally, you’ll be educated to NVQ Level 4, HND, Degree
qualified or equivalent OR are from a journalistic/professional writing
background or equivalent
You have the ability to work calmly and efficiently in a
fast-paced environment with demonstrable experience of prioritising workloads
and working to deadlines
What you’re good at
Thinking creatively and using your initiative
Communication – excellent written and proofreading skills
Working effectively as part of a team and independently
Ideally (desirable but not essential) have 1-2 years’ work
experience within a professional business or sales environment with some
understanding of procurement and the bid writing process.

Thornton & Lowe are Public Sector Supply Chain Experts, providing bid writing & strategy for SMEs who want to win Public Sector contracts.
Additionally, we provide:
- Comprehensive procurement, compliance, and value-for-money services tailored for the Public and Third Sector.
- Expert bid writing training courses with a 5 star rating
- Digital Marketing Services