Best practices for managing your bid package table

As a general contractor, you have the ability to view estimated costs, soft awarded companies, leveled bids, and forecasts directly from your bid package table. This is important to facilitate cost alignment between estimators, project managers, and owners, and easily determine if a project is within budget. 

Within your bid package table, there are several things you can do to keep track of project costs and effectively manage the bids you receive, including: 

• Entering the estimated cost for each bid package 
• Leveling bids for each bid package (BC Pro) 
• Marking a soft awarded company for each bid package 
• Viewing the forecasted cost for a project 

Editing your bid package table

You can edit items such as bid package lead, bid package number, bid due date, and estimated cost for each bid package directly in the bid package table.

To do so, click on the item you would like to edit, make the necessary changes, then press “enter” on your keyboard to save your changes.

Enter the estimated cost for a bid package 

You can enter the estimated cost for a bid package directly from the bid package table, or you can do so from within the bid package by clicking on a bid package. 

From the "Bid Package" table, click the "Estimated Cost" field and edit. 



In the "Overview" tab of your bid package, click "Edit" in the "Bid Package Information" section. 



Enter the estimated cost in the “Estimated Cost” field, then click “Save.” 



The estimated cost for each bid package will appear in the “Estimated Cost” column and is only visible to coworkers within your company. 



An estimated total cost will also appear in the “Total” row at the bottom of your bid package. 

To level bids for a bid package  (BC Pro) 

If your company has a subscription to BC Pro, you can level the bids your company has received by clicking “Level Bids” under the “Soft Awarded Company” column. 



You will be taken to the “Bid Leveling” tab where you can view proposals and make cost adjustments for any line items that may have been incorrectly accounted for by subcontractors. For more information on the Bid Leveling feature, please reference our “Bid Leveling” section. 

To mark a company as soft awarded 

Once your bids are leveled and you are ready to mark a company as soft awarded, navigate to the “Bidders” tab within a bid package, click on the company you would like to mark as soft awarded, then click “Soft Awarded” on the right-hand side. 



You can also soft award a company from the “Bid Leveling” tab. To do so, click  the drop-down arrow next to the company you would like to mark as soft awarded.



Click “Mark as Soft Awarded.” 



Please note that soft awarding a bid does not send a notification to the awarded bidder.

Once a company is marked as soft awarded, the company will appear on your bid package table under the “Soft Awarded Company” column and their leveled bid will appear under the “Soft Awarded Company” column. Please note that if your company has not received proposals for a bid package, that bid package will show the label “no bids” under the “Soft Awarded Company” column.