Award Quotation Packages:
To award a Subcontract (Bid Line) package, click on “View Bid Packages” and select “Bid Line”. Select the appropriate package from the drilldown list. The various subcontractors who have quoted on the package will be displayed in a spreadsheet view. If a certain subcontractor has excluded an item, this item will be shaded in blue and the current price carried for that item will be included in this subcontractor’s package. Click on “Apply Bid Package” to make the award.

Award Resource Packages:
To award a Resource package, click on “View Bid Packages” and select “Bid Resource”. Select the appropriate package and follow the same steps as above. Click on “Apply Bid Package” to make the award.

Step 15:
Summarize & Edit Resources

Click on “Resource Summary” to view complete summaries of all resources in the bid. Included with the unit rates are Labor hours, Equipment hours, Material quantities and Subcontract quantities. When you point to any resource in the list, the “Quotations” for that resource are also displayed in the bottom window. Within this form you can “Input a New Value” for a resource, “Apply a Quotation” for a resource or “Globally Replace” a resource with any other resource in the system. You can also enter a “Quick Quote” on a resource directly without leaving this form.

Step 16:
Spread and Unbalance the Bid

Click on “View Spread” to spread indirect costs and margin over the direct costs.

Balanced Bid:
To create a balanced bid click on “Apply Spread Evenly”. To spread fixed "Plant" costs, you must tag the effected direct items first. Indirect and Engineering Costs are initially spread across all direct items.

Spread Across Cost Types:
To spread based on the content of labor, equipment, material and subcontracts, click on “Spread Used Defined”.

Unbalance Bid:
To unbalance the bid point to any item, and edit the price. The difference will be displayed on the top of the screen.

Freeze Items:
If you do not want to alter the price of any item or range of items, highlight the items and select “Freeze Selected Items”.