Before you send the bid
A construction estimate checklist, from scope gaps and takeoff units to verified rates and proposal terms.
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Your trade. Your judgment. Your way of bidding.
Whether you're coordinating a whole project or pricing one carefully defined package, keep the scope, quantities and commercial decisions connected.
A common foundation. Different kinds of work.
The details vary by trade. The need for a reviewed scope, verified rates and clear proposal terms does not. Bidwright gives the team a consistent structure without supplying the business assumptions for you.
General contractors
Coordinate the scope across project packages, keep the estimating decisions together and give the proposal a clear set of inclusions, exclusions and commercial terms.
Remodelers
Keep original scope documents, site images and assumptions near the estimate. When the project changes, create a revision and track an approved change against the accepted baseline.
Specialty trades
Focus a takeoff on the package you intend to deliver. Verify your quantities, apply your material and labor rates, and keep the reason behind the pricing available for review.
Prepare for your next estimate.
Markup versus margin
See why 20% markup does not produce 20% gross margin, and try the numbers for yourself.
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Make room for a better bid.
Bring your scope, your approved rates and the expertise behind your work. Build the estimate, then put your proposal together.