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Make every bid comparable.
A bid is only useful when you know exactly what it includes. We help contractors prepare clearer submissions and help owners and developers understand what they are actually comparing.
Stop comparing numbers. Start comparing scope.
A low bid is not always a low cost.
You have three bids on your desk and they are separated by a hundred thousand dollars. The temptation is to assume the low one is a bargain and the high one is greedy. Usually neither is true.
Usually the difference is scope: one contractor included something the others excluded, one made an assumption nobody else made, and one read an ambiguous drawing note differently.
Bids are only comparable when they are actually comparing the same work. Most of the time, straight out of the envelope, they are not.
Support for both sides of the table.
Whether you are preparing a bid or evaluating the bids you have received, the goal is the same: understand exactly what the number represents before making a decision.
For Contractors Preparing Bids
Prepare · Clarify · SubmitCost Breakdown Preparation
We structure your estimate into the format your client asked for, whether by trade, division, phase, building, or area.
Bid Documentation Packaging
A clear, professional, well-organised submission that makes it easy for the reader to understand your proposal.
Scope Clarification Support
We identify ambiguities in the documents so you can raise questions before pricing rather than absorb the risk afterward.
Inclusions & Exclusions
A written statement of exactly what your number covers and what it does not, helping protect you when change orders arise later.
Alternate & Unit Pricing
Structuring alternates, allowances, and unit rates so they are clear to the reader and defensible if exercised.
Pre-Submission Sanity Check
An independent second pair of eyes on your number before it goes out, looking for omissions, inconsistencies, and obvious risks.
For Owners & Developers Receiving Bids
Compare · Understand · DecideIndependent Baseline
Our own estimate of what the work should cost, prepared without seeing the bids so you have a genuine reference point.
Bid Levelling
We normalise every bid to the same scope so you are comparing like with like. This is the core of meaningful bid analysis.
Scope Gap Analysis
We identify what each bidder included, excluded, assumed, or quietly left out. Gaps are where change orders often begin.
Low Bid Risk Assessment
A number well below the others is information rather than simply a discount. We identify what may have been missed and the likely cost when it surfaces.
Qualification & Exclusion Review
We read the fine print in each submission and translate the conditions attached to each price into plain language.
Written Comparison Summary
A clear document for a partner, lender, or board showing how each bid compares and why the recommendation is supported.
What this service is not.
We do not act as your agent, negotiate on your behalf, or select a contractor for you. We do not administer contracts, manage procurement processes, or participate in bid solicitation.
We do not have relationships with contractors that could influence our analysis, and we do not accept anything from any contractor at any time.
Our role is analytical. We tell you what the numbers mean and where the risk sits. The decision is entirely yours, which is exactly how it should be.
Who this is for.
Bid support is useful anywhere a construction price needs to be understood, presented, compared, or defended.
General Contractors
Contractors bidding to owners, developers, and private clients who need their submission to be clear, complete, and competitive.
Subcontractors
Specialty trades that want their scope stated tightly enough to avoid accidentally absorbing somebody else's work.
Owners & Developers
Project owners evaluating competing bids and wanting an independent understanding of what each number actually includes.
Homeowners
Homeowners trying to make sense of three quotes that do not appear to resemble each other.
Property & Asset Managers
Property professionals awarding improvement, renovation, maintenance, or fit-out work.
Design Teams
Architects and designers advising clients through the bid evaluation and selection process.
Analysis without anchoring.
We start from the documents and the scope, not from the numbers sitting in front of us.
Build Before Reviewing
Where an independent baseline is required, we build it before looking at the bids. This avoids allowing submitted prices to influence our own assessment.
Review the Scope
Bid analysis is performed line by line where the documentation allows it, and by scope block where it does not.
Show the Reasoning
Conclusions are traceable back to something in the submissions. Where we are inferring rather than reading, we say so.
No Outcome Bias
We have no financial interest in which bid wins. Our fee remains identical regardless of the outcome.
What to send us.
The more complete the documentation, the more useful the analysis. If something is missing, send what you have and we will tell you what can and cannot be reliably assessed.
Make the numbers comparable.
Send us what you have received, or what you are preparing to send, and we will tell you what bid support would involve and what it would cost.
Contact Info
- 6805 Fallard Pl, Frederick, MD 21703
- +1 (227) 338-1390
- info@digital-solutionllc.com
- Mon – Fri: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Sat: 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM Sun: Closed