When you bid
Decide what to pursue and why you can win.
When you award
Define the package and test market appetite.
Bid and tender consultancy
Stronger bids. Clearer tenders. Better commercial decisions.
Build confidence before you bid or award.
Experience gained at bp, RWE and Bouygues.
The emerging challenge
The deadline moves closer. The uncertainty stays.
Your team is chasing inputs, reconciling assumptions and working through another round of clarifications. The decisions that need their attention keep getting squeezed.
Whether you are bidding or tendering, the pressure is familiar: commit to a price, understand the risk and keep the programme moving.
The human-led, AI-augmented bid practice
Give your people more room to think.
Finding evidence, checking requirements and coordinating inputs consume time your team needs for decisions.
I help you redesign that work and build focused AI workflows around your people and systems. Start with a real problem, test the result and keep responsibility clear.
PrepareAgents surface signals.
People shape the opportunity.
People shape the opportunity.
ChallengeAgents prepare and coordinate.
People lead, challenge and decide.
People lead, challenge and decide.
Commit and learnAgents structure and transfer knowledge.
People carry decisions into delivery.
People carry decisions into delivery.
Better decisions, from first opportunity to handover.
When you bid
Build the offer. Challenge scope, price and risk.
When you award
Run the tender. Compare offers and resolve uncertainty.
When you bid
Approve commitments and hand over to delivery.
When you award
Confirm the award and carry decisions into delivery.
AI can help prepare information and coordinate work. Your people lead relationships, challenge assumptions and approve commitments.
Governed bid delivery framework
Know what you can trust and why.
Every workflow needs a clear purpose, reliable information and someone accountable for the result.
Governed AI-augmented bid workflow
Define success
Agree what a useful result looks like.
Use trusted information
Work from your documents, evidence and policies.
Give tools clear tasks
Set boundaries and flag exceptions.
Execute and evaluateCorrect and refine
Check the result
Test accuracy, completeness and usefulness.
Keep people accountable
Make approvals and decision rights explicit.
Learn from use
Measure what improves and what needs changing.
Bid governanceApproved sourcesAccess rightsEvidence traceabilityCompliance controlsApproval record
Outcome
Reliable, governed bid decisions and outputs.
Who I work with
Discuss your needs →I transform your bid and tender processes.
Imagine your team with more room to think, closer supplier relationships and a strategy the business backs. I help you redesign the work around people and AI agents to make that possible.
How I help
Start where the pressure is greatest.
Discovery
Find what needs fixing first.
Understand where work stalls, uncertainty builds and your team loses time. Agree what to tackle first.
Start with discovery →Consulting and advisoryMake the way forward clear.
Shape the process, responsibilities and controls your organisation needs, with a practical plan for change.
Shape your approach →Solution DevelopmentBuild something useful. Prove it works.
Develop focused AI agents and workflows around your systems. Test them on real material before relying on them.
Build your solution →Training and upskillingBuild confidence through practical work.
Help your team use, question and improve AI workflows through hands-on work with their own material.
Develop your team →About Yorik
Experience on both sides of the tender.
I have spent more than 15 years leading complex international bids, progressing from estimator to Bid Director at bp, RWE and Bouygues.
I began at Bouygues as a process engineer, preparing tenders, appraising suppliers and selecting partners, before moving into estimation and bidding to secure EPC contracts. That experience helps me recognise how a buyer’s requirements become a bidder’s assumptions, price and risk.
Now I help you build bid and tender practices your teams can trust, adopt and improve, with AI where it adds value.
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Technology should serve your bid strategy, your people and the decisions that matter.
15+ years from estimator to Bid Director, leading complex international bids across energy, infrastructure and industrial markets.
MBA-qualified. Built teams and bid practices, entered markets and reshaped how organisations pursue growth.
Turn bid work into practical AI use cases, governed workflows and pilots with clear human controls.
ICF-credentialled coach helping leaders build judgement, confidence and adoption.
Frequently asked questions
What would you like to know first?
What does Ignis Leadership do?
I help organisations improve how they bid for complex contracts and how they tender to award them. That includes processes, decisions, team capability and practical AI workflows.
What does discovery involve?
We examine the problem, how work happens today and what gets in the way. You leave with clear priorities and a proportionate next step.
Do you build solutions as well as advise?
Yes. I design and build focused AI agents and workflows, working with your technical team or providing hands-on development where needed.
Will AI replace our team?
AI can take on parts of the preparation and coordination. Your people remain responsible for relationships, judgement, commercial decisions and approvals.
How do you help teams adopt AI?
Through practical training using their own material. People learn how to use the workflow, check its outputs and recognise when to intervene.
Which sectors do you work in?
Energy, infrastructure and industrial markets, particularly where contracts involve significant commercial risk and coordination.
Is there a standard package?
The scope follows the problem. You receive a clear proposal and price before substantive work begins.
Do you work outside Manchester?
Yes. I work across the UK and internationally, combining remote and in-person support.
Still deciding where to start? Tell me what is changing and we can identify the right first step.
Start a conversation →Start a conversation
Where is the pressure in your process?
Tell me what is happening and what needs to improve, so you can take the right first step.
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AI will expose your slowest bid decision.
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The proposal is becoming the easy part
AI can produce more bid work. The advantage is moving to the decisions before and after it.
Why does every bid feel like starting again?
Your team already knows more than it can find. That is where time, confidence and bidding capacity disappear.