9.01.00 About Bids

A Bid (or Project, Estimate, Job, or Tender) is the estimated total cost of materials and labor, including profit, for a given project.  Quick Bid provides an accurate and efficient way to perform what was once a tedious and time consuming process.

There are numerous ways to create a Bid in Quick Bid:

• Create a New Bid

• Copying a Bid or Bids

• Duplicate an Existing Bid

• Create a Bid using an On-Screen Takeoff file (Importing *.ost files)

• Using On-Screen Takeoff and Quick Bid Interactively

• Importing (and Exporting) Bid Packages

Please take a moment to review the article Completing the Cover Sheet before starting any project because there are several important fields on the Cover Sheet that affect how a Bid is calculated.

Creating Bids