A general profile is a good start, but tenders reward documents shaped to their criteria. Our tender company profiles follow the evaluation and the returnables list. Bidding in America? Government buyers there expect a capability statement instead.
Company profile design
The document that gets you shortlisted.
Company profile design turns your track record into a document buyers can scan quickly and believe, ready to email as a PDF or print.
One document, three names
What do buyers call a company profile?
The name changes with the market. We write in the terms your buyers use.
| Market | Buyers call it | Used for | Read more |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | Company profile | Tenders, supplier lists and proposals | Tender profiles |
| United Kingdom | Company or corporate brochure | Pitches, framework bids and sales meetings | Brochure design |
| USA | Capability statement | Federal, state and local government contracts | Capability statements |
Contents
What goes into a company profile
Buyers look for proof. These sections provide it.
- Who you areRegistered name, ownership and what you do, on a page a buyer takes in at a glance.
- Services and capacityWhat you offer, where you operate and the size of job you can take on.
- ProjectsRecent work with client, scope, location and photographs, shown with permission.
- PeopleKey staff, their qualifications and registrations, and an organogram.
- ComplianceCertifications, insurance, health and safety and, in South Africa, your B-BBEE level.
Profiles & documents
The rest of the profiles and documents range
The profile is one document in a set. These are the others buyers, banks and tender panels ask for.
Words
Company profile writing
We interview you and write copy buyers can check, page by page.
Tenders
Tender company profiles
Profiles shaped to a tender’s scoring criteria and returnable documents.
Bids
Tender documents
The full bid: returnables, method statements and pricing schedules written, laid out and bound for submission.
US bids
Capability statements
One-page summaries with the codes US government buyers search by.
Reports
Annual report design
Annual reports for companies, charities and schools, with the accounts and the year’s story laid out so both get read.
Plans
Business plan writing
A plan for a bank, investor or grant body, written from your facts, with the financial projections set out in tables your accountant can check.
Quotes
Proposals and quotations
Proposal and quotation templates that price the job clearly and are easy to sign off.
Forms
Invoices and business forms
Invoices, receipts, purchase orders, delivery notes and price lists as one matching set.
Fillable
Fillable PDF forms
Application, booking and feedback forms people complete on screen and send back without printing.
Editable
Templates
Profile and stationery templates in your brand, for your team to update.
Process
How a company profile comes together
Gather
You send what exists: an old profile, registration papers, certificates and project photos.
Plan the pages
A page plan that puts the evidence your buyers care about first.
Write and design
Copy and layout develop together, so every page has room for what it must say.
Proof and deliver
You check the facts on a proof, then receive an interactive PDF and a print file with bleed.
Profiles & documents
Related services
Questions
Questions about company profiles
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Ask a questionWhat length should a company profile be?
As long as your evidence fills, and no longer. Our profiles for Troda, a safety and security supplier, and Mrala Enterprise, a multi-sector contractor, run to 20 and 18 pages. A young business may need far fewer. Buyers skim, so every page must earn its place.
Should a company profile be a PDF or printed?
Usually both. The PDF gets emailed and uploaded to tender portals, so it needs working links and a file size that won’t bounce. The printed copy is for meetings, site visits and hand-delivered bids. We set up each version properly rather than printing the screen file.
How often should we update our profile?
Whenever a fact a buyer relies on changes: a new certificate, a major project, a new director. In South Africa, B-BBEE certificates are valid for twelve months, so a profile that quotes your level needs a yearly update at least. An editable template makes that quick.
What affects the cost of company profile design?
Page count and writing matter most. A profile built from text you supply costs less than one we write from an interview. Diagrams, maps, extra projects and tailored versions for different sectors add to it. Every part is itemised in your fixed quote.
Bidding for a specific contract?
Get a quote for company profile design
Send your current profile, if there is one, and tell us who will read the new one. We ask about your projects, then reply with a fixed price. From there, we handle the writing, layout and print files for your company profile design.