Bidletter

Turn your estimate into a proposal GCs take seriously.

Keep McCormick, TurboBid or Accubid. Bidletter takes the bid you already priced and prints the page the general contractor actually reads, in minutes, on your letterhead.

Send us a proposal to rebuildStart one yourself

The rebuild is free and comes back by the next business day. Black out the prices if you like.

A typical estimating-program printout: all capitals, monospace, exclusions run together in one paragraph.
The same bid as a Bidletter proposal: letterhead, a ruled block with the job details, and the base bid in figures and words.
Before: a typical estimating-program printout, recreated.After: the same bid in Bidletter.

What the GC sees

One layout, built the way commercial bid proposals are read.

Your letterhead
Logo, address and license number, on every page.
The job in one ruled block
Project, GC, bid date, plans dated and addenda acknowledged, where estimators look for them.
The base bid in figures and in words
The way bid forms ask for it, so nobody misreads it.
Numbered alternates
Each one marked add or deduct.
Numbered inclusions, exclusions and clarifications
So the leveling call can say "your exclusion 6" and mean the same line you do.
The code your price assumes
The NEC edition, written out as a clarification.
A place for both sides to sign
Submitted by you, accepted by them.

How it works

  1. 1

    Bring the numbers

    Upload the bid summary your estimating program exports as CSV or Excel, paste the rows, or type the base bid and alternates. Bidletter remembers your program's columns after the first time.

  2. 2

    Pick your wording

    Inclusions, exclusions and clarifications come from your own saved list. Tick what applies to this job, or add a line just for it.

  3. 3

    Send it

    Download the PDF or send the GC a link. Bidding the same job to three GCs? Duplicate it and change who it is addressed to.

Your databases, assemblies and labor units stay in the estimating program you already trust. Bidletter only touches the last page, the one that goes out the door.

Pricing

$66a month, per firm

One flat price for the whole firm, however many estimators send proposals.

  • Unlimited proposals
  • Your letterhead and your own clause library
  • PDF download and a link for the GC
  • Import from CSV or Excel
  • Cancel anytime. First month refunded if you don't use it.
Start a proposalFree to try. Drafts are watermarked until you subscribe.

See your own proposal rebuilt first.

Send one recent proposal. It comes back rebuilt by the next business day, free, and you decide from there.

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