Our Bid & Tender Writers & Wider Team

Alan leads our work on the most strategically important bids for clients and has gained excellent reputation in the industry.

Alan delights clients by:

• Leading the full bid process through to submission
• Advising on procurement regulations, writing style, and suggested content
• Turning solution into compelling narrative
• Aligning responses to evaluation criteria to deliver best possible outcomes.

He has a broad range of experience, with specialisms in justice, immigration, and FM.

Key contract wins include:

• Largest ever contract win for a FTSE 250 public outsourcing company
• £5.9bn strategic framework for a major European firm
• Five lots for a UK civil engineering group – more than doubling their turnover.

Prior to founding Kittle Group, Alan served as Director for a major Central Government Department.

Christian leads quality assurance across the business, acting as a source of advice and best practice for writers and carrying out many of our bid reviews for clients.

Christian has led writing teams on highly complex or resource intensive bids. Strategic clients repeatedly request Christian to provide in-depth reviews and practical feedback against evaluation criteria. Christian holds experience in varied sectors, including justice, construction, and information technology.

Professional highlights include:

• Leading a team of writers in successfully supporting a FTSE 250 company on a multi-billion pound framework
• Delivering an exceptional track record on complex technology bids for several clients
• Instrumental external review for multi-national construction firm, resulting in £130m contract win.

Christian has a Law degree from the University of Kent and is currently completing an MSc in Computer Science.

Sam joined Kittle Group in 2017 as the third employee, tasked with growing the business and managing client accounts. The role has grown with the company and now Sam:

• Leads company strategy and recruitment
• Forges relationships with potential new clients
• Manages bids – from resourcing and planning through to submission, serving as an integration point between clients and writers.

Sam prides himself on his positive, transparent, and honest approach to delivering on clients’ goals and interests.

Professional highlights include:

• An instrumental role in the company’s growth from three to 25+ staff and a five-fold increase in turnover
• Bid management for a successful submission into the Home Office for a FTSE 250 company
• A successful submission managed on behalf of a UK Strategy Consultant for a must-win CCS framework.

“Sam has transformed the way we manage our bids, taking away the stress and time commitment. He uses a structured approach to bid management, which he has adapted to suit the way we work. His energy, determination, commitment and enthusiasm is very evident and contagious and has a great ability to make bidding fun. We always have confidence that all is under control and bids will be submitted on time and to the highest quality. As a result of working with Kittle our win rate has increased.”

Calum joined Kittle Group in January 2018. As a Senior Bid Writer, Calum leads writing teams on highly complex and resource-intensive bids. His specialisms include justice and immigration, soft and hard FM, and Tier 1 construction.

Professional highlights include:

• Leading a bid for a FTSE 250 company across multiple stages of a £200m bid for the Home Office, resulting in contract award
• Leading both stages of a strategically important bid for the MoJ for a FTSE 250 company
• Developing the bidding processes and collateral for a repair, maintenance, and construction company over the course of a one-year contract
• Leading a team of 7 writers on the first stage of a bid into the MoD, working for a new client unfamiliar with British bidding. He guided them through the bidding process, liaised with MoD representatives, and drafted technical responses.

Calum has an MSc in Ancient History from the University of Kent and a BsEcon in International Politics and Military History from Aberystwyth University.

“Calum is comfortable in constructively challenging technical specialists to ensure content is persuasive and appropriately evidenced. Calum is conscientious and clearly communicates and identifies the key messages. Calum is specialist in his field and has really enabled us to submit compelling submissions and I look forward to successfully winning more submissions with Calum in the future.” – Client Testimonial

Joel joined us in January 2018 and fulfils the training of Kittle Group’s new joiners. As a Senior Bid Writer, Joel has supported a wide range of bids, from justice through to logistics and construction. He has also supported a number of grant-funding applications for charities and universities.

An all-round excellent writer, Joel’s self-stated goal is ‘making the complex compelling and technical accessible’.

Joel has a PhD in English from the University of Southampton.

Alex joined Kittle Group as a Bid Writer in January 2019. As one of Kittle’s more experienced writers, his skills include criminal justice and custody, facilities management, transport infrastructure, and defence. Alex is also qualified as a PRINCE2 practitioner, which allows him to support clients in the management of their bids.

Professional highlights include:

• Supporting the inaugural bid of a newly formed joint venture between two major facilities management companies. This successful tender into the MOD secured a contract valued at £3.4bn over 7 years.
• Leading a bid into the Department of Work and Pensions on behalf of a global leader in health and employment services. As a critical bid for an inexperienced team, Alex’s experience supported the effective organisation of the bid and provided reassurance to SMEs who had not bid before. This successful tender won a combined £800m over 5 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years.
• Supporting a major outsourcing company in successfully securing a place on a seven-year framework valued at £4bn for the management, operation, and maintenance of prisons across the UK.

“Professional, efficient and organised. Working with Alex was a pleasure and made my role as an SME much easier.” – Senior Strategic Asset Manager, Multi-national utility company

Zoë joined us in 2020 and has gained experience in transport (particularly rail), justice, charity, and nuclear decommissioning. Zoë is one of our senior writers and helps deliver our comprehensive training and development programme for new cohorts of bid writers.

Professional highlights include:

• Supporting a family-owned community interest charity, specialising in providing rehabilitation services for women, winning their first Call-Off contract within the Framework
• Creating a 68-page bid for a Tier 1 construction firm, for a £275m HS2 Interchange project. This project will support the Government’s Levelling Up initiative, making the location of the project one of the best-connected places in the UK
• Producing a winning £350k bid for requirements management into a prestigious Government Programme
• Supporting a successful £5bn bid with a Tier 1 construction company for defence infrastructure, providing quality assurance and writing support.

“Zoë led for us on the development of a bid response which required a fast turnaround. The requirements were complex, and Zoë was flexible and supportive. Her organisational skills and proactive approach enabled us to maintain focus.” – Technical Lead, UK Strategy Consultancy Company

Will joined Kittle Group in 2021. He received a degree in Law from the University of Surrey. Will’s sectors of interest include justice, education, engineering and charity. He enjoys diving into details with clients to plan, draft, and deliver high quality bid responses.

Professional highlights include:

• A long-term bid writing secondment working with an international construction and engineering company, assisting with a number of diverse bids across the construction sector
• Successfully supporting a charity to secure three contracts in Leicester to prevent violence against women and children
• Helping a client bid for a contract with a renowned public research University, carrying out extensive interviews with the client and receiving high praise for the bid itself following submission.

“What drew me to working at Kittle was the opportunity to use and develop my writing skills professionally. I enjoy the process of figuring out the ideal language and structure to present our clients’ message as clearly and compellingly as possible. Being a part of a rapidly growing company also means constant exposure to new sectors and subject areas, both well-known and niche, which makes every bid an opportunity to learn new things.”

Lauren joined us in 2021 following her degree in English and Creative Writing from the University of Birmingham. Lauren particularly enjoys supporting engineering and justice system bids.

Professional highlights include:

• A long-term bid writing secondment working with an international construction and engineering company, assisting with a number of diverse bids across the construction sector
• Supporting a FTSE 250 outsourcing company with multiple bids from police custody services to immigration removal centre operations
• Working with a team of four writers for a major UK transport company to secure a large contract in Greater Manchester.

“Collaborating with and supporting clients achieve positive outcomes is really what motivates me as a bid writer at Kittle Group. I thoroughly enjoy talking with subject matter experts, taking the technical information they provide and presenting it in a clear and compelling narrative.”

Sam joined us in 2021. He received a degree in English and Japanese Studies from Oxford Brookes University. He enjoys working on bids with tangible results that make a positive difference and impact on livelihoods, and going the extra mile for clients ensuring they feel supported and informed. Sam is also adept at IT and is often called upon to support with IT and Excel-related issues as well as software development.

Professional highlights include:

• Working for a small family-led construction business, breaking down the bidding process for them, supporting them throughout, and seeing the positive impact it made
• A long-term writing secondment working with a FTSE 250 construction and engineering company, assisting with a number of diverse bids across the construction sector
• Creating an automated bid library using Power Automate and advanced features in Microsoft Excel for an international provider of visa and consular services.

“I am really pleased with everything you have done for us with this, you have been so organised and efficient and have alleviated a lot of the stress we usually have completing tenders so I can’t thank you enough. I will definitely use your services in the future.” – client testimonial

Luke joined our Business Development team in 2021, bringing industry insight from his previous role in IT. This includes working with clients to understand their requirements, and how we can best meet them. Luke has expertise in analytics and a natural ability at building customer relationships. His sectors of interest are IT, engineering, and transport.

“I enjoy helping Kittle grow as a company and maintaining our position as the market leader in bid writing within the UK. I’m passionate about building lasting partnerships with our clients and helping them to grow their businesses with key strategic contract wins.”

Will joined us in 2021 after receiving a Master’s degree in English Literary Studies from the University of Exeter. He has a particular interest in environmental bids, such as where the contract facilitates the provision of low carbon energy. Will enjoys tackling technical subject matter by analysing and deconstructing it to craft readable and high-scoring responses.

Professional highlights include:

• Supporting a foreign client bid into the U.K for the first time to provide total facilities management for the Defence Estate abroad. He wrote responses on highly technical subject matters, such as Building Information Modelling, as well as a detailed 50-page response on Quality Management Systems
• Working with a Tier 1 international construction and engineering company bidding to build a data centre by engaging with subject matter experts and composing high-scoring responses, which resulted in our client being awarded the contract
• Helping a heath management company bid to provide occupational health and employee assistance programme services by collaborating with the client and their key subcontractors. Will drafted responses on topics such as mobilisation, quality management, and social value, which saw our client being awarded the contract.

“I like to learn new things, so I find it extremely interesting working with people in an array of different industries and sectors. Bid writing particularly interests me because it allows me to exercise my skills in research and writing, which I developed during my studies.”

Ben joined Kittle Group in August 2021. He holds a degree in English from the University of Oxford. Ben’s training and development will be supported by a Senior Bid Consultant and our internal mentorship scheme.

“I’m excited to have joined Kittle Group at a time of significant growth for the company. Training as a Bid Consultant will give me insight into different industries, and hone my communication and writing skills. I’m especially keen to work on charity bids, and any other bids that make the world better.”

Minette joined us at the beginning of 2022. She received a BA in English Literature and Linguistics from the University of York and gained freelance experience writing bids for charitable grant funding after graduating. Minette particularly enjoys working with charities doing tangible work, and small-medium enterprises, supporting them to develop and grow.

Professional highlights include:

• Supporting a security company to win a key strategic bid
• Working alongside a client’s team to win a high-priority contract for a 24/7 services for domestic violence victims-survivors
• Supporting a Tier 1 construction company as a bid manager on a winning infrastructure bid.

“Working for Kittle Group provides me with an excellent opportunity to use my linguistic and problem-solving skills to advocate for clients and their solutions. I enjoy learning about different sectors and translating our clients’ experience and expertise into compelling narrative. I am particularly interested in helping clients on the frontier of change – whether that’s working with small charities enhancing their local communities or with larger organisations piloting innovative technology.”

Christine checks our writer’s work for spelling, grammar, consistency, and readability. This takes our work to the next level – providing clients a polished final product. This gives them assurances that Buyers will not spot errors in our responses. Christine excels at checking large amounts of work with a consistently high attention to detail.
Having a dedicated proof-reader who is unaffiliated to the project ensures responses are checked with an unbiased view, enabling any issues to be easily identified and rectified.

Christine currently works for us three-days a week and will extend to full time as demand increases.

“I really enjoy my role as proofreader, ensuring the accuracy, clarity, readability, and tone of every document we submit. It is a real pleasure to proofread for the Kittle Group and their clients.”

Christine has previously worked as a senior Personal Assistant and as a Medical Secretary, plus other roles in the NHS. The accuracy of medical terminology, drug names, and dosages requires a high attention to detail, and Christine brings that skill to her proofreading role.

Rachel is our Company Secretary and Administrator and has worked for Kittle Group since 2016. She manages everything from company records through to financial control and business processes. Due to her 17-year tenure in administration, and managing staff in antiques and fine art, Rachel knows the importance of building relationships, enabling her to support the Kittle staff when they need advice or assistance.
Her attention to detail makes her well-suited to support our clients and writers as a proofreader.

“As Alan’s wife, and the Company Secretary, it has been incredible to watch the company grow from taking on our first member of staff, whilst based at our home, to expanding into a large office with a team of 20+ people. We have always wanted to make our staff feel like family, and it is a pleasure to see this, and our staff enjoying working together and genuinely liking each other. It truly has been amazing supporting Kittle Group and their clients!”

Laura joined Kittle Group as a bid writer in 2022, after 7 years in marketing and PR. She brings a strong commercial awareness to the role and has experience working with diverse teams across Europe and Asia. Alongside a BA in German Studies, Laura holds an MSc in Sustainable Development, which will benefit our clients seeking to improve their social value responses. Laura also leads on communications and marketing, advertisements, and media outreach and events.

Professional highlights include:

• Raising awareness of bid writing as a service, and helping the company grow and establish an integrity-filled position within the market
• Co-ordinating a team looking after one of Kittle’s most significant clients, with major bids ranging from healthcare to defence
• Winning a bid writing contract for Kittle Group to support a healthcare trust with a high priority bid for which they were the incumbent.

“After finishing my MSc, I was ready for a new challenge, and needed to apply my knowledge to a company with capacity to create large-scale change. Kittle Group is a barometer for integrity and excellence in the industry; there is no comparable organisation with ambitions to continue to raise industry standards across all dimensions, combined with the internal skills to deliver this. I love being part of the company’s growth as it furthers its vision.”

Nicola joined us having received a BSc in Geography at the University of Edinburgh. She is particularly interested in security, healthcare, and transportation bids and those with strong environmental aspects.

Professional highlights include:

• Supporting a healthcare client with a bid to improve the NHS’ ability to monitor patients with long-term health condition through the development of an app
• Delivering an MoJ bid for a future electronic monitoring service. Our client was providing the field force and logistics
• Working closely with a Tier 1 contractor to bid for multiple lots on a small secure housing program bid, guiding the client through the bidding process, overseeing answer plans and interviews, and providing response feedback.

“Joining Kittle Group during a period of growth has been exciting and motivating. I enjoy helping clients produce engaging responses. I am particularly interested in being a part of Kittle’s growth in supporting clients in the environmental sector, given the Government’s drive for Net Zero.”

Seth joined Kittle Group in 2022, after having received a BA in Ethics, Value and Philosophy from the University of Reading. Seth brings his attention to detail to his bids and enjoys working with clients to draw out the value they bring to their contracts.

Professional highlights include:

• A long-term bid writing secondment working with a tier 1 multinational construction and engineering company, assisting with a project to build a next-generation hospital in Scotland.
• Supporting a foreign client to bid for the first time into the U.K to provide total facilities management services for the Defence Estate abroad.
• Helping a microenterprise win a strategic contract to provide training for the energy efficiency, building retrofit, and low carbon heating sectors in England.

“Working at Kittle Group gives me the opportunity to use my writing skills in a professional setting. Writing bids is like a puzzle, and when all the pieces fall into place you feel proud of your work and the benefits it brings to your client. I also receive great satisfaction knowing that by helping our clients win bids, I am helping to deliver value for money for taxpayers. The strength of Kittle Group is its people – I love being part of a fun and cohesive team.”

James joined us in 2022 after having received his L.L.B (Hons) at the University of Winchester. James is able to draw on his degree when supporting clients in the custody and justice sector, and also enjoys working with our construction and engineering clients.

Professional highlights include:

• A long-term bid writing secondment working with an international construction and engineering company, assisting a number of diverse bids across the construction sector
• Working for a traffic management company and first-time client to bid into a large road and infrastructure framework by writing bid responses and CVs, resulting in repeat business
• Helping a well-established lift and escalator engineering firm retain a high-value contract for lifts, escalators, and passenger conveyors at two major international airports
• Supporting a Tier 1 construction and civil engineering firm’s internal bidding team to enter a major framework for a nationally-significant redevelopment of electrical infrastructure.

“I love being part of such a dynamic and fast-growing company. I am passionate about interacting with clients and using my writing skills to produce responses that advocate for their strengths. I hope to continue expanding my knowledge of bids in the custody and justice sector, in particular.”

Faye joined Kittle Group in 2022 after achieving a BA in English Literature from the University of Reading. She is particularly interested in supporting bids that aim to achieve tangible results concerning social value and sustainability. She loves supporting charities to champion their causes and thrives on exploring unfamiliar industries and topics.

Professional highlights include:

• Supporting a strategic client and Tier 1 construction company to bid for a multi-million pound contract, providing extensive copy checking and quality assurance; creating CVs; copyediting ITT responses; and creating content for their bid library
• Supporting a rehabilitative care charity win funding for a range of women’s services that divert women from the Criminal Justice System; this involved writing several ITT responses and providing added value by creating a marketing document.

“Bringing my passion for the written word to Kittle, I have been able to grow my writing abilities greatly by providing high-quality copy checking, copyediting, and writing to a range of clients/bids. I especially love writing bid responses which focus on bettering communities and the environment, such as Health & Safety, sustainability, social value, and diversity.”

Ben joined us in 2022 after achieving a BA in English Language from Lancaster University. He is particularly interested in information technology and charity bids. His favourite part of the role is figuring out the best and most efficient way of answering technical questions to construct high-quality bid responses.

Professional highlights include:

• Crafting his first ever bid response for a charity seeking grant funding to improve their existing provision for women’s services in West Mercia
• A long-term bid writing secondment working with an international construction and engineering company, assisting a number of diverse bids across the construction sector
• Successfully completing his first solo bid working for an industry-leading provider of flexible workspace, bidding to refurbish and manage a council building.

“I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my experience at Kittle Group so far and I’m looking forward to making my mark on future bids in a range of sectors. I find it particularly exciting working alongside various subject matter experts and stakeholders, learning about how they deliver their services, and articulating this into clear and compelling bid responses.”

Pippa graduated from the University of Birmingham with a BA in English and previously worked as a copywriter in digital marketing, before joining Kittle in 2023. She is particularly interested in the security and construction sectors and enjoys working with clients to build compelling and highly detailed bids responses.

Professional highlights include:

• Delivering a bid for MoJ funding on behalf of a charity providing specialist support to victims of domestic and sexual violence
• Working closely with a specialist healthcare client to bid for a five-year provision of care contract across multiple London boroughs
• Supporting a professional security task force in bidding for provision of security services for two NHS trusts.

“I relish the challenges every new bid brings – alongside building lasting relationships with clients and learning more about the sectors that fascinate me. I’m proud to be part of a company actively leading the way in making competent bid writing best industry practice.”

Simeon joined us in May 2023. He graduated with a BA in History from Queen Mary, University of London before working for a GP Federation which supported several practices during and coming out of the pandemic. He enjoys working across all sectors, including charities, social care, as well as custody and justice.

Professional highlights include:

• Supporting a bid for a small organisation to supply soft FM services at a major company’s London HQ
• Assisting a case study response for a consultancy bidding into a major utilities provider.

“I love learning new things and working at Kittle means I’ll always be doing that with the range of clients and industries we work across. I really enjoy working closely with our clients to turn their expert knowledge into compelling bid responses.”