Looking for a construction bid template for commercial jobs?
There are many customizable construction bid templates available on the internet. The bid templates that you’ll find may be sufficient for simple quotes for residential work where you don’t have access to digital blueprints, however, using a free construction bid template is usually not the best way to create a bid for a commercial job.
The construction industry is competitive… contractors are competing against each other for the same jobs. Providing a thorough and accurate bid is key to helping you win the job. In addition, because you won’t win every job that you bid on, it’s important to keep submitting bids so that you can maintain a full work schedule.
For commercial work, the bidding process often begins with receiving an invitation-to-bid from a general contractor along with a set of digital blueprints for you to review. You’ll need to measure your plans and perform a takeoff using software or by hand to determine the material quantities needed for the job. From there, you can create a cost estimate accounting for all the material costs, labor, taxes, overhead, profit margin, etc. The final step is submitting your completed detailed bid to the general contractor.
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What details should I include in my large and small construction bids?
• Exact details of the work to be fulfilled. The more specific you can be, the better!
• Complete list of the materials including model and specification numbers, colors, etc where applicable.
• Plans for removing trash or debris from the site.
• Any other details you want to make sure the general contractor is aware of.
What if there was an easier, more accurate, less time-consuming way to create your bids?
Creating construction bids doesn’t have to be a hassle anymore! Today, using customizable takeoff & estimating software is a crucial part of the construction process. Software such as STACK allows you to easily create takeoffs, estimates and utilize measurement and mark-up tools. Takeoffs can be performed 3-4 times faster than measuring by hand.
If you’re still performing takeoffs manually, you’re tak