[ Leveling ]
ArosBid levels the quotes a trade contractor collects — equipment, gear, specialties — against one scope. It is not a GC shopping subs.
On a general contractor desk, “leveling” often means lining up subcontractor bids against each other. That is not this page.
On a mechanical, electrical, plumbing, roofing, or steel desk, leveling is the vendor-RFQ problem: nine equipment quotes in the last hour, each excluding a different line, each with a cover total that may not match its own itemization. ArosBid is built for that sheet.
A vendor’s stated grand total and the sum of its own line items can disagree. Sometimes the gap is rounding. Sometimes it is half a million dollars because a revision hit a line and missed the cover. Arithmetic is not a judgment call, so ArosBid does not hand it to a model. Integer-cent code recomputes the sum and surfaces the delta. Which figure is right is a conversation with the vendor. The job is to have that conversation before you submit.
Field note: The total is not the sum.
The cheapest quote on the table is frequently the one that excluded the most. Startup labor, a warranty a year short of the spec, freight, factory test — none of those change the printed total, and all of them change what the job costs. Leveling treats exclusions as scope lines so the comparison is the same job.
Field note: Read the exclusions before you read the number.
Takeoff stays put. ArosBid does not measure quantities and does not replace Trimble AutoBid or STACK. It levels the commercial quotes that arrive after those quantities exist.