Each of the following features and characteristics of IntelliBid are included in every level of the software from Lite to Pro. Lite becomes the core package of Plus and Pro. Advanced features that are introduced in Plus and Pro are available to add on to the Lite system, giving the user the freedom to custom design a software solution that best fits their business and estimating needs
70,000 Item Database with over 33,000 pre-built Assemblies
IntelliBid Version 5.1 includes a database of over 70,000 electrical, data cabling and low voltage material items with more than 35,000 prebuilt assemblies that include over 200,000 assembly options to choose from. The database can be modified or customized by the user to increase the number of items and assemblies or add materials specific to their industry. The database in IntelliBid has been developed over the years by former electrical contractors and estimators who know what it takes to get the job done right the first time. The ConEst database comes ready to use right out of the box.!
Built-in Video Training System
Each level of IntelliBid comes with 20 built-in training videos. Using the screen cam
controls that load with each video, the user can toggle between ConEst and the
video for practice and easy learning. The videos are accessed through the
program’s Help menu.
NEW! Online Material Pricing
Online and Custom Material Pricing is a direct, online connection from IntelliBid to participating supply houses provides instant, up-to-date material prices for accurate, aggressive bidding! You can also use the program's built-in Trade 3rd Column prices or import your own vendor prices for a custom priced material database.
Keyword Search
Search the IntelliBid database by item description, manufacturer's catalog number or IntelliBid's item number. Use the same dynamic search function to locate items that are already in your takeoff or to search comments added into the estimate.
Phase Import and Cut/Copy/Paste with Material, Labor and Quantity Adjustment Controls
Importing data and cut, copy and paste
are standard functions of Windows applications. IntelliBid takes this
technology one step further by allowing the user to control the quantities,
labor units and material units during the import, cut, copy and paste
operation. Old technology forces the user to manually modify lengths, counts,
pricing and labor – IntelliBid does it all in one easy step.
Job Spec
The new Job Spec feature lets the user preset assembly group options and job settings for faster takeoff!
Takeoff Prompts
Pre-answer item and installation questions for a faster and more efficient takeoff
Pin-Down Option
During the process of selecting item library catalogs, the user can ‘pin down’ a particular view. The program automatically returns to the same view when prompted, avoiding the task of having to make additional selections
Display Deleted Items
This feature lets you view and restore any items you deleted from the takeoff
Takeoff with 4 Levels of Phase Breakdown
Organize your Takeoff into unlimited sheets. Break the estimate down
by building, system, floor, area or installation and reference to E-Drawings.
This feature makes it easier for the estimator to find and access specific
items and installations of Takeoff in addition to speeding the process of
material procurement and labor resource scheduling.
Takeoff Items and Assemblies with Material, Labor and Quantity Adjustment Controls
When taking-off multiple installations,
simply set the Quantity Control setting in IntelliBid to the installation
count. The Takeoff and assembly item quantities will be adjusted
automatically.
Not
all installations of like material should carry the same labor unit. Variables
such as height, building construction, access and working conditions warrant
adjustments to the standard labor unit. The estimator can easily factor the
labor unit for these varying conditions by using the Labor Adjustment Controls
in IntelliBid.
Assemblies with Installation Degrees of Difficulty on Individual Items
Set up your assemblies with distinct labor factors
on each item. IntelliBid will automatically correct your labor units to address
the variables of each installation.
Calculator Functions
11 Material Columns for Price Service and Supply House Pricing Updates
6 Levels of Job Difficulty plus Unlimited Installation Degrees of Difficulty
On-Screen Editing of Takeoff
Unlimited Phase Breakdown
Modify Assemblies On-the-fly or After Takeoff
Quotation Analysis with Recap Tabs
Search Functions
Drawing Reference Numbers
Multiple Document Interface (MDI)
Open Database Connection (ODBC)
Modify Database and Assemblies with Cut, Copy and Paste
Alarms for Missing Pricing and/or Labor on Items Before Calculating the Bid Total
Speed Bar Keys Move Quickly Between Functions
The database of materials in each level of IntelliBid can be updated by Trade Service Tra-Ser or Epic pricing services. You can also create custom pricing for your local supply houses. Store and display pricing for 10 supply houses by setting up your vendor discounts for a material database that reflects your true material costs. The 11th column represents Trade3C pricing. You can also import your favorite supply house pricing right into IntelliBid. Have your supply house provide you with your price list. IntelliBid will absorb the information and generate a custom supply house price list ready to use.
Not all jobs are equal in difficulty.
Installing the same material in a new or existing building carries different
labor units. With IntelliBid, you can select from easy to very difficult labor
levels. NECA labor units are available with IntelliBid (Customers must provide
ConEst Software Systems with proof of ownership of the NECA Labor
Units).
The
Takeoff Audit Trail cells in IntelliBid can be edited, and the information can
be replaced for on-the-fly price, labor, or quantity total changes as you
estimate. Change the quantity of an assembly, and watch all the assembly items
adjust their quantities, labor and prices instantly. Cut, copy and paste items
into the Takeoff Audit Trail.
Make as many
Takeoff sheets as you need. Break the estimate down into unlimited phases to
expedite purchasing, project management, labor scheduling, job costing and a
schedule of value.
Add or delete items, change quantities, labor units, and pricing of
assembly items. Change the quantity of the assembly, and IntelliBid will
recalculate all the component quantities and extend the quantities on-screen in
real time.
The Quotation Analysis, or ‘best buy’, feature in IntelliBid automatically scans each of your vendor quotes and prices to select the best quote to carry your bid for aggressive pricing! View quote breakdowns by material, quotes, equipment and sub-contractors.
Use the IntelliBid
Explorer or Find function to search for materials in Item Maintenance and Item
Library Maintenance.
Attach
reference numbers to your drawings for each Takeoff sheet of phase breakdown
for systematic organization of your estimate.
Multiple Document Interface allows the user to view multiple bids
on-screen at the same time providing easy comparison and analysis of existing
bids. This feature also provides the ability for the estimator to cut, copy and
paste items between bids.
Open
Database Connection provides a uniform access method which allows the user to
integrate their program database with other ODBC compliant programs such as
Microsoft Project, Excel, Access, Word, etc. ODBC allows these other programs
to use the data in IntelliBid.
With IntelliBid you can add items to the material and assembly
databases with Cut, Copy and Paste. Point and click your way to a custom
database built to your specific needs.
Have you ever missed
entering a quote value in your estimating or neglected to price or labor an
item? How scary is that!? You can relax with IntelliBid as the program notifies
you of missing prices and/or labor on items and allow on-the-fly entries.
Before you can develop a bid recap with your final price, IntelliBid stops
the bidding process with alarms that display all items and/or quotes that are
incomplete.
The Speed Bar in IntelliBid lets you move quickly and effortlessly
through the estimating process. Point and click between screens to modify your
estimate. The fewer mouse clicks you need to make, the faster you’ll get
that bid out the door.
With Lite at its core, IntelliBid Plus adds the following powerful features that further automate the takeoff process. Each of the features listed below can be performed in the Lite system manually. But Smart System™ technology in the following advanced features will automatically calculate the function so you don't have to! The Smart Substitution feature, for example, will automatically calculate the material and labor requirements for the user and check the installation against required Code specifications by accessing the features built-in NEC tables! Keep reading…it gets better!
Smart Substitution
When changing
from EMT to MC cable or aluminum to copper conductors, IntelliBid automatically
resizes the conduit and changes the quantities, counts and lengths and all
components of the installation to make the
substitution correct and complete based on
built-in NEC tables. Not just Find and Replace – with IntelliBid it’s
Smart Substitution.
Advanced Breakout
Use Advanced
Breakout when you need to know unit prices for one or multiple items in your
estimate. When you need to know the cost breakdown for a 200 amp feeder, simply
highlight the feeder and IntelliBid will give you the per-foot cost instantly.
Use Advanced Breakout to identify daily work tasks for project management and
labor or material scheduling.
Power Tools/Smart System: Exclusive Fixture/Feeder Controls
The Fixture/Feeder Controls help you
manage labor more efficiently with "set it so you won’t forget it
controls" that take the tedious work out of factoring labor units every time
the installation degree of difficulty changes. Parallel conduit runs, multiple
conductors in a raceway, mounting heights and even building floors can all have
an impact on labor units and ultimately on productivity. The Fixture/Feeder
controls in IntelliBid will automatically calculate the correct labor for any
one or combination of these factors instantly and on-the-fly during
Takeoff.
Job Cost Codes
Set up user definable
job cost codes to track costs in your accounting system. Filter, sort and
generate reports to move estimated costs into project management and job
costing systems.
ItemVue
View bitmap images of items on-screen before takeoff.
AssemblyVue
View bitmap images of assemblies on-screen before takeoff.
Scaler PC Interface
Link a
Scalex® Digital
PlanWheel directly to IntelliBid. The Scaler makes it easy for you to Takeoff
items and run measurements directly from your drawings for instant input into
IntelliBid.
Digitizer Interface
Connect a
GTCO® Digitizer to
IntelliBid for increased speed and accuracy when measuring and counting items
on your drawings. Connecting a GTCO tablet to your program will speed the time
it takes to go from estimate to bid.
The Tra-Ser link allows the estimator to connect with Tra-Ser directly from IntelliBid where you can begin to copy and paste items or simply look up pricing for import.
JobVue
View job
conditions using the built-in JPG image viewer in IntelliBid to display images
from your digital camera right on-screen during Takeoff. Having a picture of a
job site available during Takeoff helps the estimator determine the need for
additional labor, material or change orders.
With Lite and Plus as its backbone, IntelliBid Pro delivers estimating tools for lighting design and multi-user support. Remember, any of the features listed below can be added to either the Lite or the Plus systems! For example, if you find yourself building a lot of job specific assemblies with each estimate, but multi-user support is not a requirement, simply add the dynamic Temporary Assemblies feature to your Lite or Plus program for creating assemblies on the fly during takeoff!
Change Orders
Generating change orders is easy in any level of IntelliBid. With the Change Order feature, you can create an estimate within the original estimate without having to open and track a separate job. Link the estimate and change order to ConEst's project management software, JobTrac, to track your project and changes to the original contract.
Temporary Assemblies
Some jobs require material assemblies that are specific to a particular installation type. With the Temporary Assemblies feature in IntelliBid, the estimator can create an assembly specific to any individual installation right in takeoff. The user can then delete the assembly or add it to the permanent database for use with future bids. Quick, timesaving and efficient...Temporary Assemblies!
Zonal Cavity Lighting for Design Build Projects
The Zonal Cavity Lighting feature in IntelliBid
combines the task of lighting design with the Takeoff process. Calculate
lighting requirements based on room dimensions and floor and ceiling colors
with the built-in Zonal Cavity Lighting feature while completing the estimate
simultaneously. No need to calculate then estimate – with IntelliBid you
complete the task in one easy step – the answer for all your design build
projects.
Network Administrator/Multi-User Support
The Network Administrator allows all your IntelliBid programs to share job and database files concurrently over a local or wide area network environment. All your estimators can work on the same job at the same time, cutting the estimating time literally in half. When each estimator completes their portion of Takeoff, the estimate is done and ready to submit - no need to merge job files running the risk of altered quantities and prices. Generate twice as many bids with greater accuracy in half the time it takes to estimate the old fashioned way!
Remote access to IntelliBid is easy with Citrix® or PCAnywhere™, giving your estimators and project managers a chance to make edits or changes to the jobs right from the field!
File Security = Peace of Mind
Multi-user security in IntelliBid lets you set user passwords for limiting access to your valuable database. The Job Manager feature allows you to establish user level security on a per job basis. You can relax with the peace of mind knowing that your jobs and your database are secure with IntelliBid
Add-on Data/Cabling Database for IntelliBid
DataBid® Voice/Data/Video Database
Designed by industry experts, DataBid is one of the newest additions to the IntelliBid suite of estimating systems providing an industry-smart database of over 45,000 data cabling material items from leading manufacturers including Thomas & Betts, HellermanTyton, Southwick, Belden, Avaya and more! Complete with labor units, the DataBid database can be added to any level of IntelliBid - Lite, Plus or Pro, for accurate structured cabling estimates every time!
ConEst Value Added Service Plan
"You Bought The Best - Keep It Current" That's the idea behind the IntelliBid Value Added Service Plan. With the Plan,
customers receive all upgrades for their IntelliBid program released during their term of service. With the guarantee of at
least one new CD with each renewal of the Plan, customers are also notified each time there is a new release or enhancement
for ConEst. Any upgrades released after customers have received their free CD upgrade can be downloaded from the ConEst
Online Service Center. The Plan also provides Customers with unlimited, toll-free phone support for the term of service, free
online and email support, and one free online training with each annual renewal. We stand behind our products and our
customers who use them!