UK and Global perspective
Experience coordinating UK and multi-country pursuits across major international regions.
About Bid-Axis UK
Proven bid expertise, applied with clarity and care
Bid-Axis UK was founded by Philip Thomson to give organisations direct access to experienced strategic thinking and practical, hands-on bid support.
Find the right direction. Articulate strong, evidence-based solutions. Hunt down every available evaluation point.
Meet the founder
Philip Thomson, CP APMP
Philip is a global growth, pursuit and bid strategy leader with a career track record of converting complex opportunities into new and retained revenue.
His experience combines Head of Bids-level team leadership, strategic pursuit shaping, executive stakeholder alignment and hands-on bid direction across public, private and global corporate markets.
Philip’s experience includes having held a global-growth role with a £50bn+ turnover food, hospitality and FM business. He also has over a decade of experience leading in-house and consultancy bid teams and personally directing complex tenders, frameworks and call-offs across a wide range of sectors.
Bid-Axis UK brings that breadth of experience to clients in a straightforward way: understand the customer, establish the winning direction, organise the work and communicate a credible case with precision.
Leadership and delivery
Comfortable in the boardroom, the bid room and directly within the draft response.
Proven bid discipline
APMP Certified Practitioner with consistent 80%+ consultancy bid win rates.
Practical innovation
Adept at leveraging AI tools to support, not replace, experienced bid professionals.
Qualifications
Professional foundations
APMP Certified PractitionerCP APMP
Microsoft Office SpecialistMaster Certification
Sector breadth
Winning bids across diverse markets
Philip’s bid experience is sector-agnostic, with wins spanning a wide variety of markets, including highly regulated and operationally complex sectors.
A few of the sectors in which we have work-winning experience:
- Facilities Management
- Construction and Civil Engineering
- Central and Local Government
- Justice, NHS and Healthcare
- Banking and Financial Services
- Energy, Oil and Gas
- Education and Life Sciences
- Aviation
- Transport
- Manufacturing and Retail
- Technology and AI
- Entertainment and Media
- Professional Services
- Legal
- Architecture and Design
- Energy Efficiency and Retrofit