SUBCONTRACTOR BID LEVELING

AI Bid Leveling Software for Subcontractor Bids

Send in the subcontractor bids you've received for one scope package. Get back every line item matched to scope, with exclusions and pricing gaps flagged, within a week.

Running at OCBM and John Cockerill.

THE REALITY

Dozens of subcontractor bids arrive in dozens of formats, all before the same deadline. Estimators match them by hand, and whatever gets missed becomes a change order later.

HOW IT WORKS

How does automated bid leveling work?

Bid leveling means comparing subcontractor bids for the same scope line by line, so that missing scope and exclusions are accounted for before award; automated bid leveling reads each bid as it arrives, maps every line item to your scope of work and flags exclusions, missing scope and quantity mismatches.

Reads bids as they arrive

Mirage reads subcontractor bids as they come in by email or upload, whether PDF, scanned, or spreadsheet. It extracts each trade's line items, quantities, and pricing into a structured format, no manual retyping.

Checks every line against scope

Each extracted line item is compared against the project's defined scope of work. Exclusions, missing scope, and quantity mismatches are flagged individually, with the reasoning visible so estimators can confirm or override every flag.

Works inside the tools you already use

Leveled bids land in the format your estimating workflow already expects, ready to drop into your comparison sheet or into Procore, Autodesk, or SAP. No new software for the team to learn.

THE OUTPUT

What does a leveled bid comparison look like?

A leveled bid comparison puts every subcontractor's line items against the same scope of work in one table, with exclusions, missing scope, and quantity mismatches flagged on the exact line they affect.

Line ItemTradeVendor AVendor BVendor CStatus
Cast-in-place concrete, foundationsConcrete$412,000$398,500$405,200Included, all vendors
Rebar supply & install↳ Vendor B priced material only. Install labor is missing from their bid.Concrete$86,400$61,000$84,900Scope gap
Waterproofing membraneBuilding Envelope$54,300$52,900Not bidMissing bid
Site fencing & signage↳ Vendor C's quantity take-off is roughly double the scope drawing's linear footage, flagged for review before award.General Conditions$18,600$17,900$34,200Quantity mismatch

What goes in, what comes out

Who uses it
Estimators, procurement and commercial teams at general contractors and heavy civil contractors, on any package priced by several subcontractors or suppliers.
What you send
The quotations received for one scope package, in whatever format each subcontractor used, with the scope of work or bill of quantities they were asked to price.
What comes back
One comparison: every quoted line mapped to your scope, exclusions, missing scope, extra scope and quantity mismatches flagged line by line, each with the quotation line it came from.
Where your team decides
Estimators review every flag and make the award. The comparison prepares the decision; it never recommends a subcontractor on its own.
What it does not do
It does not negotiate with subcontractors, judge their capacity or financial standing, or replace the clarification call when a scope is ambiguous.

PROOF

Does automated bid leveling work in practice?

At OCBM, automated bid leveling has flagged scope and pricing discrepancies before submission and traced every measured quantity back to a source drawing, in production use, not a pilot.

OCBM

Dedicated agent flags discrepancies across DCE, CCTP, and drawing revisions before a bid is submitted

Measured quantities feed straight into bid pricing and quantity schedules

100% of quantities traceable to a source drawing

See the case study

Ready to level your next bid package?

Send us the subcontractor bids for one active scope, and we'll show you what the leveled comparison looks like, exclusions included.

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