We run bid desks for commercial specialty subs.

Bid the GCs who actually award you. Get an answer on every bid. Get your evenings back.

We run your bid desk. We go through every invite against the filter you set and get the ones worth bidding ready to price: plans pulled, scope sheet built, counts checked. Then we chase every GC until they answer, and a ghost goes on your hit-rate board. Your estimator just prices.

Book a Bid Leak Audit

Start with a 30-minute call to scope your audit. The audit is $2,500, credited in full to your first month if you start within 30 days. It takes one week, and if we don't find at least $2,500 in gross profit on bids that slipped, you don't pay.

Sample bid board: what happens to every invite that hits your inboxFour clients' boards shown. Yours only ever shows your trade.

Medical office TI · 42,000 SFDiv 26 Electrical · due Oct 14, 2:00 PMFixture and device counts done. Feeders, gear and risers stay with your estimator. Checked by our estimator [name TBD]Counts checked
K-8 school additionDiv 23 HVAC · submitted Oct 9GC follow-up, day 2 of scheduleChasing
Distribution center shellDiv 03 Concrete · fails your filter: GC historyThis GC awarded you 0 of your last 11 bidsNo-bid
Hotel reroof · 380 squaresDiv 07 Roofing · due Oct 17Plans pulled, scope sheet built, Add. 2 loggedReady to price

Sound familiar?

ITBs pile up faster than anyone can read them. You're getting absolutely buried, and the good ones sit in the pile with the dead ones.
Your estimator is underwater. You're pricing work at the kitchen table at 10pm.
GCs want best-and-final in 24-48 hours, then send revised drawings and expect you to hold the price.
You submit, then... nothing. No award, no "you lost," no feedback. Some weeks it feels like the bid process is dead.
The estimator opening has been up for months, and the candidates who do apply want $90K and a year to ramp.

What changes

Know which GCs actually award youHit rate and dollars awarded, GC by GC. If a GC has been using your number to level everyone else's, you'll see it in black and white.
15+ more qualified bids out the door every month"Qualified" means it passed the bid/no-bid filter you set in week one. Same team you have today.
A bid/no-bid call on every invite within 4 business hoursEvery addendum confirmed the same day. Every due date confirmed and on your calendar.
Every bid you submit, chased until you get an answerWe follow up on day 2, day 5 and day 10, and keep going until the GC answers or the silence itself goes on your hit-rate board. A ghost is an answer too. Every touch is logged where you can see it.

Guarantee

The 30-Day Bid Capacity Guarantee

In your first 30 days we'll get at least 15 more qualified bids out the door than your trailing 90-day monthly average, with zero missed bid dates. If we don't, month one is free, and we keep working at no charge until we do.

"Qualified" means the bid passed the bid/no-bid filter you set in week one. Your rules, not ours, so we don't grade our own work.

And standing, forever: every bid you submit gets GC follow-up within 48 hours. Every time.

Count Accuracy Warranty: If an error in a count we signed causes a documented loss on an awarded job, that month is free and you keep the full error review.

The math

15extra bids / month

×$250Kyour average bid

×1 in 10conservative hit rate

≈$375Kextra awarded work / month

15 extra bids a month × your average bid ($250K) × 1 in 10 ≈ $375K/month in extra awarded work.

At 12% gross margin that's about $45K/month in gross profit. Third Shift costs $5,000 every 4 weeks.

These numbers are conservative on purpose: these are bids from the pile, not your picks. Your 1-in-7 is earned on bids you chose.

We'll run this math with YOUR numbers (average bid size, real hit rate, real margin) in the Bid Leak Audit: $2,500, credited in full to your first month if you start within 30 days, and free if we don't find at least $2,500 in gross profit on bids that slipped.

Who prices the extra 15?

Your estimator, but not the way they bid today. They only price what survives your own filter, and every one arrives ready to price: plans pulled, addenda confirmed, scope sheet built, counts checked. The hours go into pricing, not paperwork. The extra volume comes from the pile nobody opens today, not from longer nights.

If your desk is already maxed, the Full Precon tier ($12,000 every 4 weeks) adds our own estimator doing complete takeoffs on 10 bids a month. Your estimator still sets the price.

How it works

Forward us your invites
Or give us read-only access to BuildingConnected. In week one we sit down with you once to set your bid/no-bid filter, import your GC history and load your templates.
We go through every invite within 4 business hours
Your filter, applied, with the reason on every call. The ones worth bidding get plans pulled, addenda confirmed same-day, due dates on your calendar, a scope sheet and checked counts.
Your estimator prices. We chase the GC.
We submit and follow up on day 2, 5 and 10 until the GC answers. A ghost goes on your hit-rate board. Every touch is logged where you can see it, and you get a one-page summary every Friday.

Your name on everything. Every bid goes out on your letterhead, from your templates. When we follow up with a GC, we call and email as your office, under your name. The GC never hears "Third Shift."

Your data stays yours. BuildingConnected access is read-only. If you leave, we export everything to you and delete our copy.

The question you're actually asking

Is this one of those AI takeoff tools?

Fair question.

Yes, we use software. It pulls plans, logs addenda and tracks due dates. It takes the first pass at counts, and a dedicated [trade] estimator checks every one and puts their name on your scope sheet. Nothing reaches you unsigned. You'll meet the [trade] estimator who signs your counts before you sign. Your estimator always has final say on price. See the count warranty in the guarantee above.

Pricing

A mid-level estimator, year one

~$175K

$90K salary + ~$24K taxes and benefits + ~$18K recruiting + up to ~$6K estimating software + ~$37K of output lost to six months of ramp (candidates say a year; we costed six months at roughly a third speed, to be fair).

If you can find one.

Third Shift

$5,000

every 4 weeks, about $65K a year.

Onboarding is $5,000: the week-one session with you to set your filter, import your GC history and load your templates. It's waived on a 6-month term, and billed if you leave before 6 months.

Founding clients

Our first 3 subs pay $3,500 every 4 weeks (about $45K a year), in exchange for case-study rights and weekly feedback.

We onboard at most 3 subs a month, and only one sub per trade per metro. We will not run your competitor's bid desk.

Book the Bid Leak Audit: $2,500, one week.

If we don't find at least $2,500 in gross profit on bids that slipped, you don't pay. Start within 30 days and it's credited in full to your first month.