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Estimating Software Built for General Contractors

TallyBid helps general contractors manage multi-trade estimates, track subcontractor costs, apply configurable markups, and produce professional bid packages — all from a single web-based platform with no desktop install required.

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Why GCs Struggle with Traditional Estimating

General contractors coordinate dozens of trades on every project. When your estimating tools were not designed for that complexity, bids take longer, cost more to produce, and carry more risk.

Spreadsheet Chaos

Juggling dozens of tabs across multiple trades leads to broken formulas, version conflicts, and costly errors that surface too late.

Missed Scope

Without a systematic way to check coverage across every trade division, scope gaps slip through and eat into margins on the job.

Slow Bid Turnaround

Manually formatting bid packages, chasing sub quotes, and rebuilding reports from scratch delays every proposal you send out.

Features Built for General Contractors

Every feature in TallyBid is designed around how GCs actually build and submit bids — not adapted from generic project management tools.

1

Multi-Division Estimates

Organize your entire bid by trade divisions — from sitework to finishes. Every line item maps to a spec code so nothing gets lost between trades.

2

Subcontractor Management

Add sub line items alongside self-perform work. Track sub costs by division, compare against your own pricing, and roll everything into one unified bid total.

3

Configurable Markup System

Apply percentage or flat-dollar markups for overhead, profit, bonding, insurance, and contingency. Control which markups apply to materials, labor, or the full subtotal.

4

Professional Bid Packages

Export polished bid proposal letters, detailed cost breakdowns, unit price schedules, scope of work documents, and executive summaries — branded with your logo and colors.

5

Team Collaboration

Invite estimators and project managers to work on the same bid simultaneously. Role-based access keeps sensitive pricing visible only to the right people.

6

AI Scope Checker

AI analyzes your estimate against your project type and flags missing divisions, incomplete spec coverage, and pricing outliers before you submit.

How It Works

Go from plans to a polished bid package in three steps.

1

Start Your Estimate

Create a new project and add line items from the built-in spec catalog — or import from a spreadsheet or Bluebeam export. Upload plans for digital takeoff.

2

Build Your Bid

Price materials with unit costs, configure crew-based labor rates, add subcontractor line items, and apply your markups. AI flags gaps and pricing issues as you go.

3

Submit with Confidence

Export a complete bid package — proposal letter, cost summary, unit price schedule, and scope of work — as PDF or spreadsheet, branded with your company identity.

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