BidPro started around 1985 as a Lotus Spreadsheet. We determined we had certain parameters that were consistent or similar; a few specific project items and the usual tax, markup and burden costs. After we bid and won a project, the processes of assigning personnel and getting material were usually disconnected from the original bid baseline. We would find out how well we did weeks after a project closed. This typical reactive process was no way to run a profitable business so many program inputs were incorporated to develop the proactive approach to bidding.

Starting in 1994, Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets allowed us to prepare standardized input values that could be manipulated through many onboard financial calculations. This prevented repetitive data entry and associated oversight or formula errors. Normalized technician information goes from base pay rate (raw) through company burdened and finally to sell price. Directed tweaking factors specific to the company's financial practice allow near real time accounting and profit pictures. Additionally, material quantity and cost can be manipulated as a whole or individually targeted for profit.

After all costs are entered for the bid, five(5) different sell price pictures are presented:

BidPro determines the project duration in days, weeks and months based on input resource hours and typical workday hour constraints. Tweaking the manpower count will shorten or lengthen the completion date to accommodate specific resource availability. Specific bonus monies can be accounted for as pass-through or marked-up depending on the competitiveness of the bid.

A complete list of material specifics and labor hours can be printed for the customer and will only show "SELL" prices so additional keystrokes or cut-n-paste is not necessary to present the customer with bid specific information for perusal and consideration. We use this same page in our warehouse as a Pic-Ticket to box job specific material as they come in from the suppliers.

Finally, graphic depictions of cost-sell-profit and project breakdown make it easy to see subtitle changes that could affect bottom line profit or at worst case produce non-competitive bids.

The winning bid parameters can be easily copied to TrakPro to begin detailing project management activities.

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