Features
Construction Bidding & Estimating Software
Build accurate bids with line items broken into material, labor, and other costs. Apply margin, overhead, and commission systematically, send a polished PDF proposal, and convert the win straight into a project — all from one platform.
Stop losing money on inaccurate bids
For subcontractors, every bid is a balancing act. Price too high and you lose the job. Price too low and you eat into your margin on every hour worked. BuildWorkPro gives you structured estimating so you break down costs by material, labor, and other expense — then apply margin, overhead, and commission on the Rates tab instead of guessing a single markup number.
Every bid lives in your system as a permanent record. You track which bids were sent, which are pending, and which you won or lost. Over time your bid history becomes the dataset for sharper pricing — and the starting point for the next estimate, since any bid can be duplicated or saved as a template with your payment terms and conditions.
New to structured bidding? Our guide on how to create a construction bid walks through the full process, from takeoff to proposal. Win the job and the estimate flows straight into project scheduling and your first pay application — no re-entering numbers.
Key capabilities
Line items with cost detail
Each line item breaks down into cost items for material, labor, and other costs — with quantities, units, buy and sell tax, and per-line totals that roll up live.
Reusable product catalog
Price bids from a catalog of materials, labor, and kits with SKUs, costs, and sell prices. Add an item once, pull it into every bid — or import vendor price lists from CSV with reusable column mappings.
Margin, overhead & commission
The Rates tab turns your costs into a sell price systematically — set margin, commission, and overhead once per bid instead of hand-tuning every line.
Job-wide project costs
Mobilization, dumpsters, permits — add costs that apply to the whole job and BuildWorkPro spreads them across your line items' sell prices, so nothing rides for free.
Professional PDF proposals
Generate clean proposals with your branding, scope, payment terms, and conditions. Display options control how much cost detail the GC sees. Send it without leaving BuildWorkPro.
Bid-to-project conversion
When a bid is accepted, convert it into an active project in one click. Your contract value flows into the project and prefills the schedule of values on your first pay application.
How it works
Create a bid
Start from scratch, duplicate a past bid, or load a template with your standard estimate structure and terms. Set the customer, project details, and due date.
Build the estimate
Add line items and break each into material, labor, and other cost items — typed in by hand, pulled from your product catalog, or imported from a vendor's CSV price list.
Set rates and project costs
Apply margin, commission, and overhead on the Rates tab. Add job-wide costs like mobilization and permits, and BuildWorkPro distributes them across your sell prices.
Send, track, and convert
Send the PDF proposal and track status from draft to accepted. Win the job? One click converts the bid into a project, ready for scheduling and pay applications.
Full walkthrough in the docs: Creating a bid · Line items · Sending & tracking
Frequently asked questions
What is construction bidding software?
Construction bidding software replaces spreadsheet estimating with structured bids: line items broken into material, labor, and other costs; margin, overhead, and commission applied consistently; and a professional PDF proposal generated from the same numbers. In BuildWorkPro, every bid also tracks its status — draft, sent, accepted, or rejected — and a won bid converts directly into a project.
Is BuildWorkPro construction estimating software?
Yes. BuildWorkPro is construction estimating software built for subcontractors. You build each estimate from line items typed as material, labor, or other cost, pull prices from a reusable catalog instead of retyping them, and apply margin, overhead, and commission on the Rates tab so your sell price is systematic rather than guessed. The same estimate becomes a branded PDF proposal and, once accepted, converts straight into a project — so the numbers you estimated carry into the schedule and your first pay application.
How does BuildWorkPro handle labor and material pricing?
Every line item breaks down into cost items typed as Material, Labor, or Other, each with its own cost, sell price, and tax settings. You can pull items from a reusable product catalog instead of retyping prices, and import vendor price lists from CSV with reusable column mappings.
Can I reuse estimates from past jobs?
Yes, two ways. Duplicate any past bid as a starting point, or save a bid template that captures your estimate structure, payment terms, and conditions — so repeat work starts 80% done instead of from a blank page.
How do markup, overhead, and bid-level costs work?
The Rates tab sets the margin, commission, and overhead applied to the bid, so your sell price is systematic instead of guessed. Job-wide costs like mobilization, a dumpster, or permits go in Project Costs, and BuildWorkPro spreads them across your line items' sell prices automatically.
What happens when I win the bid?
Convert the accepted bid into an active project in one click. The contract value carries into the project, and when you create your first pay application, the original contract sum and schedule of values prefill from the bid — no re-entering numbers.
How much does it cost?
Bidding is included in the single BuildWorkPro plan: $79/month (or $790/year) with unlimited users, unlimited projects, and every feature. There is a 14-day free trial with no credit card required.
Win more work at margins that hold up
Bidding is included in the $79/month flat plan — unlimited users, every feature. 14-day free trial, no credit card required.
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