Bid documentation specialists.
Bid documentation specialists.
Our highly experienced bid production specialists provide unrivaled support to bids and projects, both large and small. We ensure the aesthetics, branding, and consistency of content throughout your bids are delivered to perfection, turning good bids into great bids.
After all the hard work put into planning, writing, reviewing, and editing a bid, we ensure that the final submission of all those ideas and concepts, are presented to the client in an exceptional way.
Document formatting and templates.
Professionally produced templates, created at the start of a bid process, are the cornerstone of high-quality and consistent documentation.
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Our formatting team is led by one of the industry's preeminent Word experts, whose attention to detail and commitment to quality is second to none.
Bid graphics.
Our highly experienced designers are specialists in providing graphics support to bids and the unique challenges associated with this type of work.
They work in an efficient and timely manner, with the discipline and processes in place to manage, in some cases, the hundreds of graphics required across a bid submission.
Enhanced Word templates.
Our enhanced Word templates have been developed to help team members, particularly those less familiar with using Word, to create consistent documentation more efficiently.
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Styles locked down
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Customised ribbon for easy access to approved styles and corporate colour palette
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Functionality for improving efficiency and consistency, including automatic table formatting, insertion and removal of landscape pages, insertion of pre-defined structures and automated content population.
Template development.
We don’t just do bid templates! We can create a wide range of document templates, either taking InDesign concepts provided to us by clients, or designing new templates based on branding guidelines. Template types include:
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Reports
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CV layouts
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Letterheads / Memos etc
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Forms
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Case Studies
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Executive Summaries.
Tools & bespoke functionality.
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SuperPaste – Copy and paste content into new documents, automatically re-formatting to target document styling.
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PowerPoint Builder – Select slides for insertion into presentations from a centrally managed library, directly from the PowerPoint ribbon. Automated population of content throughout presentations and table of contents / indexes.
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CV Fusion – Insert CV content from generic CV detail forms, automatically formatting to pre-defined layouts and styling. Use same source information to populate short profiles, bios, or full CVs.
Graphic design.
Tell clear and concise stories through imagery and graphics. Our bespoke designs are created in line with your branding to enhance any information, evidence and data for use in a bid or project, across digital and printed platforms.
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Outside of bids we have the capability to fulfil any of your creative needs including:
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Booklet, brochure, poster design
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Event banners and signage
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Video Editing of promotional videos
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Logo design, branding, packaging and merchandise.
Our team.
CheckPoint have been providing documentation and graphic support to bids for over 15 years, including major infrastructure bids such as HS2 and many rail franchises, both in the UK and around the world.
Template Development, Document Formatting,
Bid Coordination
Andrea Collier
Widely known and respected throughout the industry, Andrea is a Microsoft Word consultant, specialising in Word template development and document formatting for bids and proposals.
MS Office Customisation
and Bespoke Functionality, Template Development
Phil Collier
Phil uses his software engineering background to create CheckPoint’s innovative enhanced templates, providing users with bespoke interfaces and functionality for creating documentation more efficiently and consistently.
Graphic Design
Sarah Boyce
Sarah has over 20 years experience producing bid graphics and of the bid production process. She has provided support to many major infrastructure bids and rail franchises, and is used to working within the stringent submission deadlines often associated with these projects.
Graphic Design,
Document Formatting,
Bid Coordination
Elvira Wilkinson
Elvira is an innovative, multi-disciplined creative, and bid professional with over 18 years experience across various sectors. Her focus at CheckPoint is on data visualisation, formatting, and positive coordination of bids and bid processes.
Trusted among bid leaders worldwide.
We provide exceptional bid support while working collaboratively alongside our clients and partners.
