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Every stage of the bid.
One workspace.
ArosBid runs the pursuit from the ITB in your inbox to the submitted bid—reading every page, recomputing every number, and stopping at a human before anything leaves the office.
- 25–30documents and addenda in a single pursuit
- 20 minbefore close, late vendor quotes still arrive
- 1 clausecan turn a winning number into a loss
Walk the bid, stage by stage.
Scroll and the workspace moves with you—intake to readiness, each stage handing the next a checked result.
01 / 10- 01
Intake
Recognizes the ITB and creates the pursuit workspace.
Human gate · Read-only - 02
Setup
Drafts the close calendar and project structure.
Human gate · Calendar invite - 03
Document review
Finds dates, risks, conflicts, LDs, and alternates.
Human gate · Invites + RFIs - 04
Bid / No-Bid
Scores the pursuit against GC history and past bids.
Human gate · Decision - 05
Equipment BOM
Builds a cited BOM with installed labor hours.
Human gate · BOM - 06
Vendor RFQs
Drafts trade packages and follow-up reminders.
Human gate · Every send - 07
Leveling
Normalizes quotes and reconciles every total.
Human gate · Award rec. - 08
Budget
Maps approved values into the Excel workbook.
Human gate · Export - 09
Proposal
Assembles scope, clarifications, and exclusions.
Human gate · Package - 10
Readiness
Confirms bonding, addenda, alternates, and gates.
Human gate · You submit
What it catches before close.
Every catch is tied to the document and page that proves it—so the estimator can verify it, price it, and approve the move.
- Mandatory site visitSpec 01 11 00 §1.8 · page 3
Absent from the invitation email. Non-attendance disqualifies the bid.
WHOLE BID - Spec vs drawing conflictChiller schedule · drawing M-401
Spec calls for 350 tons. The drawing schedule calls for 400. RFI drafted before pricing.
SCOPE GAP - Excluded startup + short warrantyVendor quote · fine print
Startup labor excluded. One-year warranty offered against a two-year requirement.
+$42K / +$27.5K - Total ≠ itemized sumVendor quote · total check
The stated grand total and the sum of its line items differ by half a million dollars.
Δ $500,000
From the Riverside Office Tower demo scenario. Names, companies, and prices are fictional.
The gate never moves.
Autonomy grows level by level. What leaves your office is always something a person approved.
How control is enforced- 01Read-only until you say otherwise
Intake and document review never touch the outside world. They read, structure, and cite.
- 02Every send cites a decision
The mail connector refuses to release anything unless the request points at a recorded, approved decision.
- 03Money is computed, not predicted
Extensions, sums, reconciliations, and allowances run as deterministic integer-cent code.
- 04You submit
The last stage hands you a checked package. Pressing send stays a human act.
Every loss makes the next bid smarter.
Closed pursuits feed four places at once—so bid history becomes the context for the next decision.
- Cost library
Closed bids update the library the next pursuit prices against.
- Bid-to-win gap
How far off the winner you were, across comparable pursuits.
- GC scorecard
Who invites often, who awards selectively, and what that is worth.
- Vendor history
Coverage, responsiveness, and the fine print that cost you last time.
It runs on the stack you already have.
Outlook, OneDrive, and Excel natively. Bid sources connect. Your takeoff workflow stays exactly where it is.
