Proposal and bid controls for contractor teams
Preflight your own client proposal across 15 responsibility handoffs, then level 2–5 subcontractor or vendor bids on one written basis—with known cost, evidence, and open scope kept separate.
Microsoft Excel + PowerPoint · No macros · No paid add-ins · Single Business License
Start here
The kit follows one control sequence, but each role can begin with the decision it owns. Select a starting point below and move directly to the relevant workflow.
Start by checking the 15 responsibility handoffs before a proposal leaves your business. Make exclusions, allowances, evidence, ownership, and change rules visible.
Start with: Proposal and Bid Risk Audit
Go to proposal preflight →Put 2–5 bids against one dated scope, separate comparable known cost from open amounts, and issue the same clarification questions to each bidder.
Start with: Subcontractor and Vendor Bid Comparison
Go to bid comparison →Turn unresolved scope, written replies, decision evidence, and award conditions into a handoff the delivery team can actually use.
Start with: Editable Bid Review Deck
Go to award handoff →Why comparisons fail
Cover prices attract attention. Margin exposure often sits somewhere else: vague allowances, missing handoffs, inconsistent questions, and open responsibility.
One bid includes protection, disposal, testing, and closeout. Another leaves them vague. A third uses allowances with no overage basis. When those differences stay in notes and inboxes, blank scope starts to look like zero.
It creates one repeatable written control sequence before your proposal leaves the business and before an incoming bid is awarded. Unknowns stay visible; they are not presented as solved.
One control sequence
Use the files beside your existing estimating and project-management tools. The kit adds a disciplined review layer; it does not replace your software.
Name the responsible party, evidence, acceptance, price or change basis, reference, owner, and due date before the proposal leaves your business.
Enter every active bid as written against one dated baseline. Cite the page, attachment, email, or revised document.
Add confirmed scope gaps and allowance adjustments. Leave unpriced amounts blank or TBD instead of converting them to zero.
Review completeness, schedule, allowances, change process, closeout, and communication—not the sales pitch.
Issue the same core questions to every active bidder, retain written replies, and rebuild the comparison from evidence.
Show the preferred bid, remaining open items, decision evidence, and actions required before award.
What you receive
Built for owner-led remodelers, general contractors, specialty contractors, estimators, project managers, and operations leads already working in Excel.
Outgoing proposal preflight plus a deep three-bid normalization, eight-bucket audit, question log, and 15-handoff comparison.
Fast 2–5 bidder comparison with comparable known cost, six-factor evidence score, open items, and worked example.
Eight US Letter pages for scope, cost bridge, evidence, clarification, award conditions, and a fictional example.
Operating rules, step-by-step workflows, clarification copy, internal-use rights, and source-file boundaries.
Product preview
The protected six-page viewer uses watermarked fictional samples to show proposal handoffs, comparable known cost, evidence, written questions, and still-open items. It contains no PDF download or editable source files.
Pricing and license
The Early Access Edition gives one contractor business a practical proposal and bid-control workflow for up to five internal users and unlimited internal projects.
Single Business License
One-time price · No subscription · No per-project fees
Fit and boundaries
No. It structures written evidence, known cost, open scope, and award conditions. Qualification, technical review, and the decision stay with your business.
No new platform. The primary files are .xlsx and .pptx for Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint. No macros or paid add-ins are required.
You may share project-specific static outputs. Editable source files and blank templates stay inside the licensed business.
Yes, for your licensed business’s internal use and project-specific static outputs. This does not create white-label or resale rights.
Business inquiries
Use this form for product-fit, license, or purchase questions about the $49 Early Access Edition. Your inquiry goes directly to product support.
Do not submit confidential bids, drawings, contracts, client details, payment data, or project files.