ENGINE · BID LEVELING

Level every bid. Line by line.

Upload up to 10 vendor quotes. Trueleveler normalizes every inclusion, exclusion, retainage term, and payment schedule — then tells you which one actually costs less. Stop awarding the cheapest headline figure.

60s
Avg Analysis Time
10
Bids Compared At Once
6
Outputs Per Analysis
$0
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§ 01 THE PROBLEM · THE CHEAPEST QUOTE ISN'T THE CHEAPEST JOB

Headline price hides the real number.

$211,000 on the cover. $277,000 in true cost.

A bid showing $211,000 can carry $277,000 in true cost once you add back the 14 line items listed as "by others" and account for a higher retainage rate. Most estimators catch this eventually. By then, you've already signed.

Manually comparing bids in spreadsheets

Hours spent copying line items into Excel, re-formatting columns, and manually aligning scope descriptions across vendors that each use different terminology and structures. By end of day, nothing is truly comparable.

Exclusions buried in the fine print

A vendor's low headline number hides twelve exclusions across three pages of terms. By the time you catch them, the subcontract is signed and the change orders start rolling in.

Unit price inconsistencies across vendors

One vendor quotes per linear foot, another per meter. One includes mobilization, another breaks it out. Comparing apples to apples becomes a full-day exercise with a dozen footnotes.

§ 02 WHAT YOU GET · SIX OUTPUTS, EVERY ANALYSIS

Six outputs. Every analysis.

True Cost

True cost comparison

Effective cost per vendor after normalizing all inclusions and exclusions to a common scope. No more comparing apples to oranges.

Retainage

Retainage & payment analysis

Retainage rates, payment period terms, and cash flow impact of each vendor's payment schedule — flagged side-by-side.

Benchmark

Market rate benchmark

How each quote compares to current market rates for that trade package and region. Know if you're getting a fair price before you sign.

Award

Award recommendation

A plain-English verdict: who to award, why, and what to negotiate before you sign the subcontract.

Exclusions

Exclusion register

Every "by others" and excluded item itemized per vendor — the checklist your PM needs before mobilization.

Audit

Audit trail export

PDF or Excel report formatted for owner or client sign-off, with full methodology visible to your QS or legal team.

§ 03 HOW IT WORKS · UPLOAD TO RESULTS IN SECONDS

Upload to results in seconds.

01

Upload quotes

PDF, Excel, or Word. Up to 10 vendors. No template — Trueleveler reads your documents as-is, however they're formatted.

02

AI normalizes scope

AI extracts every line item, maps inclusions and exclusions to a unified scope, and calculates effective cost per vendor.

03

Review the level

Interactive table showing headline vs true cost, risk scores, retainage delta, and market benchmark per vendor.

04

Export for sign-off

One-click export to branded PDF or Excel. Includes the award recommendation and negotiation notes for your subcontract.

§ 04 THE IMPACT · WHAT LEVELING CATCHES BEFORE AWARD

Money kept in your budget.

$43k overpaid

Average overpaid per project on unleveled trade package bids, based on AGC 2024 Construction Hiring & Business Outlook and CFMA Financial Benchmarker data on procurement waste.

10 bids in 60s

What used to take a full day of spreadsheet work now takes under a minute. Upload, analyze, export — your PM gets the leveling sheet today, not next week.

Zero scope gaps

Every exclusion, "by others," and carve-out itemized per vendor before you award. No more post-award surprises or change orders you didn't price for.

§ 05 USE CASES · BUILT FOR HOW CONSTRUCTION PROCUREMENT WORKS

Every trade package. Every buyout.

HVAC & MEP packages Structural steel & concrete CSI Division 15–17 packages Subcontract trade packages Design-Build procurement Civil and earthworks Specialty trade bids CM/GC bid management Owner's Rep competitive bidding Federal & prevailing wage projects
§ 06 FAQ · QUESTIONS ESTIMATORS ASK

Questions estimators ask us.

You can upload up to 10 vendor quotes per analysis. Trueleveler reads PDFs, Excel, and Word as-is — no template required — and produces a normalized, side-by-side comparison in under a minute.
Headline cost is the number on the front page of a vendor's quote. True cost is that number plus the value of every exclusion, carve-out, and "by others" line item that still has to be delivered. A bid showing $211,000 can easily carry $277,000 in true cost once you add back the excluded scope. Trueleveler calculates true cost for every vendor automatically.
Yes. Every analysis produces a plain-English verdict: who to award, why, and what to negotiate before you sign. You also get a full exclusion register, retainage and payment analysis, market rate benchmarks, and an audit-ready export for owner or client sign-off.
Yes. The free plan gives you access to the Procurement Tracker at no cost with no credit card. To run Bid Leveling and the other 24 AI engines, Pro is $199/mo with 100 runs, and Business is $499/mo with 300 runs and API access. See full pricing.
Documents are processed in memory and never stored on our servers. Your data is never used to train AI models. Trueleveler is GDPR and CCPA compliant with SOC 2 practices in place. See our Security page for details.
§ 07 ALSO TRY · THE FULL PROCUREMENT STACK

The full procurement stack.

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