Consultancies · Bids and proposals
How should a consultant CV be formatted for a bid?
Put the proposed role and a short profile written to this buyer's requirement at the top, then the skills and certifications the buyer asked for, then the most relevant engagements with sector, dates, role and outcomes, and only then the full employment history and education. Use the buyer's format if one is issued, keep to its page limit, and use the same structure for every consultant on the team. Formatix AI fills that format from each consultant's existing CV, for your bid team to check.
No card needed. Trial credits are valid for 14 days; plans start at £20 a month.
A structure that works when the buyer sets none
- Name, proposed role and grade, matching the team structure and pricing.
- A profile of three to five sentences that answers the buyer's requirement for that role.
- Skills, methods and certifications, using the buyer's terms.
- Relevant engagements: client sector, dates, the consultant's role, what was done and the result, most relevant first.
- Employment history, briefly.
- Education, professional memberships, languages and security clearance where stated and relevant.
Common mistakes
- Sending the consultant's own CV, in its own layout, when the buyer issued a format.
- A role title in the CV that differs from the pricing schedule or the organization chart.
- Engagements described differently by two consultants who worked on them together.
- Generic profiles that could sit in any bid; evaluators score against their own requirement.
- Exceeding the page limit.
Doing it with Formatix
Upload your consultant CV format once, or the buyer's, then the team's CVs with a note per person: the role, and the skills and engagements to lead with. Formatix fills one CV per consultant in about thirty seconds and drafts the profile from the CV for your team to edit; it never adds experience the consultant does not have. Data is processed in the UK and EU under the UK GDPR, and uploaded CVs are not used to train AI models.
Frequently asked questions
- How long should a consultant bid CV be?
- As long as the buyer allows; many set a page limit per CV. Where none is set, two pages is a common length that leaves room for the most relevant engagements.
- Can we convert our consultants' CVs into our company CV format for proposals?
- Yes. Upload your company CV template or a finished example once, then the consultants' CVs in any layout; Formatix fills each into your format as an editable Word file, in bulk.
- Should every consultant's CV use the same layout?
- Yes. Evaluators compare the team side by side, and one layout makes that easy. Formatix fills every CV into the same template.
- How much does Formatix cost?
- New accounts get 10 free credits, valid for 14 days, with no card. Paid plans start at £20 a month, and one credit formats one CV.
Try it on your own documents
Upload a document your firm already sends and a CV, and see the result in your own template.