IntelliBid Electrical Estimating

Electrical Material Database & Assemblies

• The largest modern industry-smart database of any electrical estimating software, containing over 140,000 NEC-friendly electrical, low voltage, datacom, and solar material items and more than 500,000 pre-built assembly kits for all construction types. The database includes manufacturer-specific items from suppliers like: Caddy, Erico, Hoffman, Leviton, Lutron, Hubbell, Siemens, Schneider Electric, Systimax, SnakeTray, Panduit, Valcom, and more
• Material pricing services integration with NetPricer®, EPIC®, and TRA-SER® (NOTE: pricing services are paid separately)
• Automatic price comparison for up to 10 of your local suppliers
• Save special pricing for each project
• Add, edit, or import custom items

Built-In Labor Units & Custom Labor Control

• Includes pre-installed industry standard labor units
• Create custom labor units

Specification-Driven Takeoff & Job Setup

• Auto Labor Factoring allows users to make labor corrections for installation height, floors, length, quantities, multiple runs, etc.
• View selected takeoff item totals
• Export selected takeoff or summary records to Excel
• Job Spec allows users to enter job specifications for faster takeoff. Save your job settings as the default for all similar type or future jobs, preventing the need to recreate or reset job specifications for each bid
• Copy and paste items between jobs or import entire phases
• Enter any new item directly into the takeoff
• Enter comments directly into the audit trail
• Phase Breakdown enables multi-level job breakdown to track material and labor requirements by individual phase
• Deal with “typicals” easily using multipliers in takeoff, phase import, or copy/paste

Integrated Plan Takeoff with SureCount

Gain More Control Over The Bidding Process With Advanced Tools

• Change Orders allows users to create and submit change orders that are requested for the project
• Enhanced Proposals enables users to create and save custom proposal templates exactly the way you want. Choose different colors and fonts, and add pictures and bullets
• Easily create custom job-specific assemblies on the fly in takeoff. Import them as permanent assemblies in the database for an easier way to create new assemblies
• Bid & Job Analysis allows users to compare similar job types at the phase level for square foot analysis
• Journal Messaging keeps your estimate organized by storing all bid data including Requests for Information (RFIs), proposals, and phone memos. Store job specification data for quick reference during the estimating process. Tracking your bid statistics increases your bidding success by helping you predict your competition’s next move and knowing what jobs to bid and how to bid them