About

About Vertical Decisions

Vertical Decisions provides strategic and operational bid support to consultants and contractors within road, rail and structural engineering. The aim is better decisions before significant resources are committed – and better bids when the business chooses to compete.

Victor Soultanov

Founder and Adviser

Victor Soultanov has more than 15 years of experience in bids, project management and business development across transport, infrastructure and structural engineering.

Through previous roles at Ramboll and NIRAS, he has led and supported complex tenders and multidisciplinary bid teams.

His experience includes assignments and tenders for organizations such as Bane NOR, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Nye Veier, the City of Oslo and the Norwegian Railway Directorate.

His experience also includes leading and coordinating larger multidisciplinary and international bid teams.

Education and certifications

Master’s degree in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo. PMP, PRINCE2 Foundation and Best Value Procurement (BVP).

Geographical scope

Vertical Decisions is established in Norway and works with road and rail projects in Norway and Europe.

Academic reflections

Professional reflections on tender strategy, decision quality and implementation risk are published continuously on LinkedIn.

The work is based on three principles

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Pre-production decisions

Good quality of service is primarily about setting the right priorities.

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Realism in ambition level

A competitive offer must be feasible for the organization that will deliver the project.

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Coherence throughout the project

Early-stage choices must withstand the consequences of implementation.

Approach

Good bids start with good decisions. Vertical Decisions therefore combines strategic decision support with practical bid management experience.

We step in where support is needed and adapt the role to the bid team you already have.