Real quotes in. Keep the margin.

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Quoting is manual, slow and eating your margin.

One flow, from ITB to bid

The GC's package comes in, your vendors' quotes come back, and one system carries both. Material gets priced on real numbers before the bid goes out.

Reads the GC's scope and your material list
Sends RFQs to as many vendors as you want
Reads every quote as it lands, in any format
Prices the material into your bid before it goes out

More vendors quoted, same effort

Your material list gets grouped into buying classes, then the RFQs go out and chase themselves. Widening the vendor list stops costing you hours.

Groups your material list into buying classes
Sends structured RFQs to the right vendors
Tracks who opened, who quoted, who went quiet
Chases the non-responders before your bid date

Landed cost, not sticker price

Every quote mapped to your own material list, then compared on what it actually costs to get the material on site.

Maps every quote to your own material list
Nets in freight, tax, minimum orders and terms
Flags lead times that put your schedule at risk
Flags the markup a vendor buried in one line

Bid without the padding

Real quoted prices go into the bid instead of a number you true up after the award. Same margin, lower bid.

Material, labor and equipment on one build-up
Margin applied on documented cost, not a guess
Quotes held firm from the bid to the buy
One bid, out to every GC asking for it

ITB email

Plans & specs

Addenda

ITB and scope read

RFQs out to your vendors

Quotes read, any format

Compared on landed cost

Quote ready to sendMaterial priced, margin visible

Submit to the GC

POs issued

Delivery tickets

Invoices matched

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Vendor RFQsEnlarge

Vendor RFQs

Grouped, sent, and chased for you.

Div 23 mechanical · Bid date 04/17

Buying classes

Hydronic piping & fittings

142 lines · 6 vendors

Air handling units

18 lines · 4 vendors

Rooftop units & curbs

24 lines · 4 vendors

Ductwork & insulation

96 lines · 5 vendors

Controls & valves

61 lines · 3 vendors

Who is responding1 quiet · auto follow-up 04/14

Ferguson

Piping · quoted 04/11

Quoted

Trane Supply

AHUs · quoted 04/12

Quoted

Daikin Direct

RTUs · opened 04/10

Opened

Metro Sheet Metal

Ductwork · opened 04/09

Opened

Johnson Controls

Controls · no reply · 5 days

Quiet

Widening the vendor list costs you nothing - the follow-ups run themselves.

Price comparisonEnlarge

Price comparison

Same material list, every quote on one line.

Unit priceLanded cost

Line item	Baker	Kramer	Sullivan Contractors
Type L copper tube 2,400 lf · 3,000 lf minimum	$8.42	$8.71	$8.95
Type L copper tube 1,850 lf	$12.18	$12.40	$12.86
Type L copper tube 640 lf · 6 week lead time	$31.60	$31.95	$33.10
Fittings & valves package 764 ea	$18,400	$17,900	$19,100

Landed total

Freight, minimums, terms and lead time included

$199,800

$184,300

$185,900

$188,900

$201,400

$196,400

Winner flips

Baker looks cheapest on unit price, but freight and a 3,000 lf minimum put Kramer $13,900 ahead once landed.

Negotiation lever

Ask Baker to waive the minimum - worth $4,100.

Bid build-upEnlarge

Your bid

Real prices in, risk padding out.

Bid build-up

Material (from live quotes)$1,284,600

Labor$742,000

Equipment$58,400

Subtotal$2,085,000

Overhead and margin12 %

$250,200

Quote to GC$2,335,200

Estimate vs live quotes

Estimate carried material at $1,341,000. Live quotes came in at $1,284,600. $56,400 recovered.

Hold as marginSharpen the bid

Soft spots

Rooftop units, single quote, no benchmark

Controls scope still awaiting GC clarification

Copper price firm only 15 days

Send to GCs · one quote, three recipients

Whitfield ConstructionDraftCoastal Builders GroupSentAldridge & SonsConfirmed received

$2,335,200

Real impact from day one

Less time on quoting, more margin on every job.

-60%

Time per quote

Takeoff, RFQs and price comparison in hours, not days.

2-5%

Material spend saved

You buy at the price you actually negotiated.

+20%

More bids submitted

More invitations answered, on time and priced right.

HOCHTIEF

"comstruct is a fast and reliable partner. They exactly understood which challenges we at HOCHTIEF had with material data and, within their platform, developed effective solutions with us that we are now rolling out across the company."