Preconstruction software for general contractors
Award on the real number.
Send trade bids to the subs in your directory, level every bid line by line, build the estimate, and track buyout through signed subcontracts — in the same record the job will run on.
A plug for what's missing
Ridgeway left fire alarm out. The plug prices the hole, visible on the grid, so the low number stops looking low.
The real low bid
Ridgeway's $1,038,600 base becomes $1,142,600 leveled. Brightline, at $1,127,200 with full scope, is the number to award.
Alternates on their own lines
Every alternate priced beside the base, never mixed into it — and marked when a bidder didn't price it.
From package to executed subcontract.
Seven steps from a scope of work to a signed subcontract — every one of them on the project record.
01
Package
Scope items, alternates and a due date, by trade.
Trade bids
02
Invite
Pick bidders from your company's directory.
Directory
03
Q&A
Answer once. Every bidder gets it; nobody sees who asked.
Bid Q&A and addenda
04
Bids in
Subs bid online — or you enter the one that came by email.
Trade bids
05
Level
Plugs for exclusions, adjustments in plain sight.
Bid leveling
06
Award
Award the package on the leveled number.
Bid leveling
07
Buyout
Awarded, subcontract sent, executed — against the budget.
Buyout
The spreadsheet did its best.
The spreadsheet: Bids arrive as PDFs in email and someone retypes them into the sheet.
Conflo: Subs price your scope items directly. A bid that still comes by email is entered once, on the same grid.
The spreadsheet: Exclusions hide in a qualifications paragraph on page three.
Conflo: Every scope item is marked included or excluded, with a plug where one is missing.
The spreadsheet: Bidder questions answered one phone call at a time.
Conflo: One answer, sent to every bidder, without naming who asked.
The spreadsheet: “Did everyone get addendum 1?”
Conflo: Addenda go to every invitation, and each bid shows what it acknowledged.
The spreadsheet: Leveling_v7_FINAL.xlsx, emailed around the office.
Conflo: One leveling grid on the project record — the same one the job runs on.
The spreadsheet: After award, the numbers get retyped into a buyout log.
Conflo: The award lands in buyout with the budget beside it, tracked to an executed subcontract.
What a bidder sees
Every bidder sees only their own invitation.
Each sub gets their own invitation, on their phone or at a desk. They price your scope, acknowledge addenda and ask questions — and never see the rest of the bid list.
Brightline Electric sees
- Their own invitation, scope items and alternates
- Every addendum, and whether they acknowledged it
- All Q&A answers — without who asked
And never sees
- Who else was invited
- Anyone else's number
- Your plugs and adjustments
Opens in Bidding and Awarded
What's in Preconstruction
Every tool shares the same projects, companies and people. Nothing to re-enter when the job moves on.
| # | Tool | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Trade bids Scope, scope items, alternates and due dates by trade. Invite bidders from your directory; each sees only their own invitation. | Bidding |
| 02 | Bid leveling A leveling grid across bidders with plugs and adjustments, so you award on the real number. | Bidding |
| 03 | Estimate Line items by CSI division with contingency and fee, rolling up to the number you carry into buyout. | Awarded |
| 04 | Buyout Every division from awarded to executed, with the budget next to the commitment. | Awarded |
| 05 | Bid Q&A and addenda Questions answered to all bidders at once, and addenda issued to every invitation. | Bidding |
Where the job goes next
The same project, companies and people carry straight into construction, the money and the handover.