Proposals are a critical element of the sales process.

For some organisations, they're a real source of competitive advantage - a key factor in winning business - and they're developed efficiently, by teams collaborating effectively in a spirit of creativity and fun.

In other cases... well, it's not really like that: proposal development is painful, and the documents that are submitted are, at best, mediocre.

How it works

Complete the form to get a picture of your organisation's strengths and weaknesses

This benchmarking tool has been designed to test your own organisation's capability to develop compelling proposals and win more business for your organisation. By completing the form you will get a picture of your strengths and weaknesses, as well as receiving an overall rating that identifies how close you are to best practice against several criteria.

It takes no more than 45 minutes to complete, and you’ll receive a written report that will help you highlight opportunities for improvement.

Please answer every question: you'll score zero for any you leave blank!

If you run out of time or an hour passes of inactivity, you will be sent a link to come back and pick up where you left off. Check your junk folder if you don't see it!

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Data from over 1000 organisations that have used the Proposal Benchmarker shows unequivocally that it's a simple formula: companies with better proposal capabilities win more.

Validation

When this is complete you will see your score and where that places you versus other PB users. Of course, this is your own view of your organisation's capability. Should you want to have your views and opinions validated, we can quickly do that for you through the following services that will independently validate your score and provide more detailed and specific recommendations:

3+3 Benchmarker verification service

  • We sign your NDA
  • You send us three typical proposals
  • You introduce us to three stakeholders who play key roles on your proposals
  • We review the proposals in detail to get a view on their quality
  • We interview your stakeholders to get a picture of what happens on your bids
  • We send you a report with what we've seen and heard, plus specific recommendations on how you might be able to improve
  • We issue you with a dated verification stamp
£2,995 plus VAT

5+5 Benchmarker verification service

  • We sign your NDA
  • You send us five typical proposals
  • You introduce us to five stakeholders who play key roles on your proposals
  • We review the proposals in detail to get a view on their quality
  • We interview your stakeholders to get a picture of what happens on your bids
  • We send you a report with what we've seen and heard, plus specific recommendations on how you might be able to improve
  • We issue you with a dated verification stamp
£4,885 plus VAT