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Madeleine d.

Senior Bid Manager | Government, Infrastructure & Service Contracts

Winning work is not about writing longer proposals. It is about submitting strategically structured, fully compliant responses that evaluators can score quickly and confidently. I help businesses plan, manage, and write high-scoring tenders, RFPs, RFQs, ITTs, and PQQ responses across government, infrastructure, construction, facilities services, engineering, and professional services sectors. With 15 years of international bid and proposal experience, I provide end-to-end bid support, from bid/no-bid decisions and requirements analysis through win themes, storyboarding, compliance mapping, writing, review cycles, and final submission management. My background as a former Procurement Officer gives me a buyer’s-eye understanding of how evaluators assess: - compliance - risk - methodology - capability evidence - value for money - differentiation - delivery confidence This means I don’t simply “write proposals.” I help position your offer as the lowest-risk, highest-value solution. My services include: - Bid / Proposal Management - Tender Strategy & Win Themes - RFP / RFT / ITT Response Writing - Compliance Matrix Development - Executive Summaries - Capability Statements - Methodology & Management Plans - Evidence-based Case Studies - Review & Red Team Support - Submission Formatting & Quality Checks My approach combines APMP best practice, persuasive proposal strategy, and evaluator-focused structure to help clients improve readability, scoring confidence, and overall competitiveness. If you need someone who can lead the bid process, coordinate inputs, and turn fragmented technical content into a compelling win document, I can help.

🇿🇦Elandsbaai, South Africa$80/hr100% JSS5.00 (49)Since Jun 2015

Earnings and projects

MRR
$2.9k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#13,650 / 412k
🇿🇦Country#72 / 2,548
Revenue, last 30 days
$1.8k

Last 6 months: $17k

World#23,545 / 412k
🇿🇦Country#141 / 2,548
Total earnings
$198k

Billed in all: $299k

World#15,592 / 412k
🇿🇦Country#70 / 2,548
Per project
$2.2k

$5.7k in the last 6 months

World#72,319 / 412k
🇿🇦Country#396 / 2,548
Projects, last 6 months
3
0% fixed100% hourly
World#66,479 / 412k
🇿🇦Country#267 / 2,548
Projects in all
91

Across 96 contracts

34% fixed66% hourly
World#31,364 / 412k
🇿🇦Country#127 / 2,548

Earnings, last 30 days

$299k+$1.8k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$296k$297k$298k$299kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 0.79% in PDF Conversion

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. #5Tender Document175 freelancers · 🇿🇦 #1Top 3%
  2. #7Executive Summary155 freelancers · 🇿🇦 #1Top 5%
  3. #7Request for Information80 freelancers · 🇿🇦 #1Top 9%
  4. #12Project Proposal225 freelancers · 🇿🇦 #1Top 5%
  5. #14Request for Proposal235 freelancers · 🇿🇦 #2Top 6%
  6. #20Business Proposal Writing637 freelancers · 🇿🇦 #3Top 3%
  7. #24PDF Conversion3,035 freelancers · 🇿🇦 #1Top 0.79%
  8. #36Resume Writing1,613 freelancers · 🇿🇦 #1Top 2%