Job Description
About the Role
- Dexterous Applied Training Institute (DATI) is seeking a detail-oriented, driven Bid and Tender Officer to support our business expansion and revenue goals.
- In this role, you will lead the end-to-end tendering lifecycle—monitoring e-procurement portals (including NipeX and NAPIMS), vendor registration with IOC’s operators conducting bid/no-bid assessments, coordinating cross-functional technical and commercial inputs, preparing fully compliant RFQ/RFP/EOI submissions, and maintaining our sales pipeline to convert training opportunities into profitable contracts.
Key Responsibilities
- Opportunity Identification & Monitoring: Track tendering platforms (NipeX, NAPIMS, e-procurement portals) daily to evaluate relevant RFQ, RFP, EOI, and prequalification opportunities for DATI.
- Bid Compilation & Writing: Develop detailed bid-compliance matrices and write technical and commercial proposals that clearly articulate DATI’s technical capacity, facility advantages, and value proposition.
- Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaborate with Training, Finance, Operations, HSE, Legal, and HR teams to gather operational credentials, pricing structures, and legal attachments.
- Acquisition & Control of Compliance documentation: Acquire & Maintain a repository of corporate certificates (NCEC, BPP, ITF, NSITF, PENCOM, Tax clearances, CAC assets) and ensure 100% compliant, error-free submissions prior to closing deadlines.
- Post-Bid & BD Support: Manage client clarifications, track win/loss outcomes, support contract handovers, maintain the CRM sales pipeline, and track statutory document renewal dates.
Qualifications & Key Requirements
- Education: Minimum of a B.Sc. (2nd Class Upper) or HND (Upper Credit) in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Law, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Experience: 3+ years of experience in technical/commercial bid writing, RFQ/RFP compilation, and handling NipeX, NAPIMS, or public/private sector tenders.
- Core Skills: Bid-compliance matrix creation, commercial cost estimation, e-procurement portal navigation, technical writing, document control, and sales pipeline/CRM tracking.
- Technical Skills: Proficient in use of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
What We Look For:
- Meticulous professionals who thrive under strict, non-negotiable submission deadlines with zero tolerance for administrative errors.
- Strong cross-functional collaborators capable of driving inputs from technical, financial, and legal teams.
- Analytical thinkers skilled at evaluating bid viability, market intelligence, and cost accuracy.
- Clear, persuasive writers who can effectively translate technical capabilities into winning proposals.