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Built for the trade estimator desk.

The person who carries the number. Takeoff and estimate included. Then the bid after. You still approve every send. This is not a GC dashboard.

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The desk versus the stack around it.

The status quo is a competent estimator stitching tools together under a close date. ArosBid is the desk those hours were already being spent on.

The desk versus the stack around it.
On the deskArosBidThe stitched desk
Who it is forThe trade estimator and preconstruction lead who carries the number from ITB to submission.A GC dashboard, a plan room, or a takeoff-only seat that stops when quantities exist.
Takeoff and estimateIn the product. Replaces Trimble AutoBid. STACK, McCormick, and FastEST are other tools in the market. We do not claim them here.A separate system, then a copy-paste into whatever runs the rest of the week.
The hours around the quantitiesIntake, tender review, bid/no-bid, vendor RFQs, leveling, budget and Excel, proposal, readiness.Inbox, share drive, hallway decision, last-hour workbook.
AuthorityYou approve. During training, nothing sends without a recorded decision. The agent never holds the mail key.A tool that “helps” by emailing vendors, or a tool that helps by doing nothing outbound at all.
MoneyInteger-cent code. You can recompute any total. No model prices the job.A workbook that accumulated rounding, broken ranges, and a cover number nobody added.
After you submitBuyout, bonds, turnover, and debrief in the same workspace. The loss is an input.The folder closes. The next pursuit starts from memory.

What you can check on a walkthrough.

Three claims that are architecture, not a pitch. None of them is a customer story we do not have.

  1. 01The gate is the product

    Judgement stays with the person who will carry the number. The software reads, cites, drafts, and waits. During training it cannot send.

  2. 02One desk, not five tabs

    Takeoff and estimate, then the bid after, in one isolated instance signed in with Entra ID. The seam is where bids are lost.

  3. 03No invented proof

    No customer logos. No savings percentage. No claim we replace STACK or McCormick. The walkthrough is how you check the rest.

Who this page is for

The primary user is the estimator or preconstruction lead at a commercial MEP contractor, or at an adjacent specialty trade: roofing, structural steel. You work a bid from an ITB landing in Outlook to a submitted proposal, usually against a hard close, across a few dozen documents and addenda, with vendor quotes still arriving late. The secondary reader is the owner or VP who signs the number and carries a missed clause into buyout.

This is not a page for a general contractor running a bid board. BuildingConnected, PlanHub, Dodge, ConstructConnect, and SmartBid are invite sources. They connect. If you came here looking for software that shops subcontractors, you are on the wrong desk. If you came here looking for a consumer app, that is not this product. The work happens on a trade estimating desk.

What the day actually is

Intake is an email and a decision you may already have made in the hallway. The set is longer than the hours you have. The front end is the part nobody was assigned. Bid/no-bid is a conversation that should have used the last three losses with this GC and did not, because those losses live in a folder. Takeoff and estimate have a home. Then the rest of the week is RFQs, follow-ups, a leveling sheet built too late, a proposal assembled from the last similar job, and a bid form that asks which addenda you received.

ArosBid is built around that day. Takeoff and estimate are in the product and replace Trimble AutoBid. Intake recognizes the invitation. Review cites findings to page, including the front end. Bid/no-bid is scored against your record after that reading. Vendor RFQs are drafted from the reviewed set and do not send themselves. Leveling reconciles totals as code. Budget lands in Excel. The proposal is assembled from decisions you recorded. Readiness checks bonding, addenda, and gates. After submission, buyout and debrief stay in the same workspace so the next bid is not priced from memory.

Empty conference table after hours. No screens.

What it will not take from you

Judgement about whether a conflict is real, whether a GC is worth chasing, and what risk to carry is the thing that took twenty years to build. The product does not replace that. It replaces the hours spent hunting for the sentence, adding the column, and wondering whether the RFQ went out. During training, the mail connector will not release anything that does not cite your approval. Isolated instance. Microsoft Entra ID. Money is integer-cent code. Those are constraints, not slogans.

We do not claim to replace STACK, McCormick, or FastEST. We do not publish customer names, savings percentages, or a headcount. Price is quoted per deployment. The demo pursuit, Riverside Office Tower, is fictional and labeled as such. If a claim is not on this page or on What is ArosBid, do not infer it from the screenshots.

Where to go next

The named AutoBid comparison is vs AutoBid. The process comparison against a manual desk is Compare. The stages are on Platform. Tender review, missed addenda, bid/no-bid, vendor RFQ, and leveling each have their own page because those are the searches a desk actually runs the week a bid is due. Book a live demo when you want to watch the gates, not the adjectives.

Empty estimator office. Plans and a desk. No product chrome.

[ FAQ ]

Asked on the first call.

Is this for general contractors?

No. ArosBid is built for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, roofing, and steel estimators. Invite sources are how work arrives. They are not the user.

Do I still do takeoff in AutoBid?

No. ArosBid includes takeoff and estimate and replaces Trimble AutoBid. STACK, McCormick, and FastEST are other takeoff tools in the market. We do not claim them here.

Will it email my vendors without me?

Not during training. Nothing leaves without a recorded human approval. It learns those decisions, then automates what you already signed off.

What do I actually click on day one?

A live demo on a labeled fictional pursuit, Riverside Office Tower, so you can compare what you saw against what this site published.

Is there a public price?

No. Price is quoted per deployment. Talk to us. No invented seat counts or discounts on this page.

Empty lobby corridor at night. No signage.

Sit through a pursuit as the estimator.

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