Sometimes, you just want to apply the same Indirect Expenses to all Sections in your Bid, rather than configuring for each Section.
Quick Bid allows you to 'override' whatever per-Section Indirect Expenses exist for the entire Bid (including Accepted Alternates, if desired).
To set Bid-Level Indirect Expenses, click on a Bid Name in the Bid/Sections grid, or click the "Select All Bid Sections" checkbox at the top of the Markup Detail region.
Indirect Expense (aka "IE") for a the bid (Base Bid, Alternate, or Change Order - whatever is selected in the upper grid).
Now you are showing the cumulative markups for the Bid. When you click on an Indirect Expenses button, you will be overriding all per-Section values previously configured.
Set your Stock, Clean, Supervision, and Per Diem Indirect Expenses - set them all within the same session (do not close the dialog box and reopen).
When you click on a Bid (or Child Bid) in the Bids/Section grid or you check "Select all Bid sections", you are viewing and updating cumulative Indirect Expense percentages and values for every Section used in the current Bid. Quick Bid shows you a warning that all individual per-Section settings will be lost (zeroed out) if you click Yes in the notice dialog, and then click OK in the Indirect Expense dialog.
This means that all Section-specific Indirect Expense settings are wiped out and replaced by the new values entered (or all zeroes if no values are entered) in the override screen. Even if you don't enter values, the original ones are cleared.
Once Indirect Expenses are cleared by accessing the "All Bid Sections dialog, the change cannot be undone, and you would have to reconfigure all Section-specific Indirect Expenses within the Bid (defaults are not affected).
You must configure all four types of Indirect Expenses in the same session - closing, then re-opening the "All Bid Sections" Indirect Expense dialog box sets all Indirect Expenses to zero.
If you click YES to the warning when opening the "All Bid Sections" Indirect Expenses dialog but do not want to lose your Section Indirect Expense settings, click Cancel and then click No when prompted to save changes. If you are unsure what to do - click CANCEL and NO, then, open an individual Section's Indirect Expenses dialog box instead.
Remember, each time you access the 'override' screen, whatever Indirect Expenses are configured in this Bid are zeroed out, so that you can enter override values. Even if you do not make any changes within the dialog but click OK all existing Indirect Expenses are zeroed out on every Indirect Expense tabs (Clean, Stock, Supervision, and Per Diem). When using the override, setup all four Indirect Expenses at the same time, do not close the dialog and re-open it.
See the articles that follow for details on setting up Stock, Clean, Supervision, and Per Diem Indirect Expenses (starting with Stock and Clean).
Adjusting Indirect Expenses for a Specific Section