Our Accreditations

We are members of APMP, the Association of Proposal Management Professionals, a global network of 14,100 professionals responsible for setting standards across the bid and proposal development sector.

We're part of a professional global network

APMP – the ‘Association of Proposal Management Professionals’ – is a global network of 14,100 professionals responsible for setting standards across the bid and proposal development sector. Operating for thirty-five years, they currently have twenty-seven ‘chapters’ across seventy-nine countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, India and Canada. They are based in Washington DC.

APMP runs a variety of training courses, events, and online webinars for bid professionals. APMP-qualified Head of Work Winning, Laura Chambers uses their principles together with Market Infra’s extensive experience across the infrastructure sector to deliver training in our Bid School. This includes APMP-inspired processes such as having pre-established review stages, organised content plans and building responses around client ‘hot buttons

A standard, organised approach to bidding

APMP popularised a standard, organised approach to bidding, built around dedicated reviews and engagement. Market Infra’s bid management processes directly reflect this APMP methodology – with ‘red reviews’ through to ‘gold reviews’, established roles and responsibilities, and proactive content development. This gives our clients the confidence that we can deliver high-quality responses that draw out their strengths alongside integrating smoothly with their teams. This methodology is the cornerstone of our excellent 1-in-2 win rate.

Our commitment to providing industry best-practice

Market Infra is one of 250 official corporate members of APMP, illustrating our commitment to providing industry best-practice to our clients alongside professional development opportunities to our people. Many of our team are members of the APMP community, having undertaken various training and development courses.

This allows our teams to:

Learn and adapt the industry’s best-practice from across the sector.
Give you confidence that our team is part of a worldwide industry standard professional framework recognised across the world as industry-standard.
Have access to a network of thousands of proposal professionals.
Participate in sector-specific training programmes.
Access to a body of knowledge and developmental materials from across APMP.

Our commitment to development and training

Market Infra considers the development and training of our team to be crucial in ensuring our employees can grow their career. APMP allows us to both qualify our skills against an internationally recognised institution, and further develop our abilities to offer more to our clients. As Tom Hudson, our Managing Director explains:

“Learning and development is crucial to business success. That’s why this year, as with previous years, we are setting aside significant investment for our team to undertake training courses and more.”

APMP offers the only industry-recognised certification for professionals working in a bidding and proposal management. Of In our team, Laura Chambers and George Beard have both completed their APMP foundation-level certification. Sam Harden has just completed his APMP bid and proposal writing micro-certification. These programmes demonstrate:

Our team’s commitment to developing our skills and profession.
Our adoption and development of industry best-practice.
The importance of bid and proposal writing and management as a dedicated, skilled sector in its own right.

Market Infra’s relationship with APMP will ensure that our clients get sophisticated, tried-and-tested bid support and management that seamlessly integrates with their own businesses. It also means that our team can take advantage of internationally recognised training opportunities, further enhancing Market Infra’s sector-leading offering.

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