AI margin protection for the trades

Your bid is
only as good
as what you know

BidProof analyzes your labor history, live material costs, and crew availability before every commercial bid — so the number you submit is the number you can actually hit.

14.3%
avg labor overrun on commercial electrical
83.7%
copper price increase since 2020
$2.4M
annual margin at risk for a 100-person shop

Three ways margin
disappears on every bid

These aren't rare events. They happen on every commercial job, to every contractor, every year. BidProof catches all three before you sign.

01
Labor underestimation
Generic industry tables don't reflect your crews. The same job types run over year after year — not because you're bad at bidding, but because you're using the wrong baseline. BidProof learns from your own completed job history.
02
Material cost exposure
Copper wire is locked into your contract the moment you submit. The market keeps moving. Without an escalation clause tied to live pricing, every point of movement comes straight out of your margin. BidProof monitors daily and flags the gap automatically.
03
Crew scheduling conflicts
Two jobs need the same foreman. Nobody catches it until mobilization day. Unplanned overtime runs $8,000–$15,000 per incident. BidProof maps your crew requirements against your actual roster weeks in advance.

Everything that can
hurt your margin — caught

Three AI modules running together on every bid. Each one addresses a different way contractors lose money on commercial work.

MODULE 01

Labor intelligence

Analyzes your completed job history and predicts what a new job will actually cost your specific crews — not what an industry table says. Accounts for your foremen, your market, your track record.

  • Compares your estimate to AI-recommended hours based on job type, size, and conditions
  • Flags variance percentage and confidence score before you submit
  • Breaks labor into phases: rough-in, trim, testing, punch-out
  • Identifies which job types your crews consistently over or underestimate
  • Accounts for seasonal factors, shift work, and prevailing wage requirements
MODULE 02

Material intelligence

Monitors live copper, steel, and commodity prices daily. Compares your bid's material budget to current market. Automatically generates escalation clause language you can paste directly into your contract.

  • Real-time copper, aluminum, and steel price tracking via Metals API
  • Flags when your material budget is based on pricing older than 30 days
  • Calculates exact dollar exposure gap between bid price and current market
  • One-click escalation clause generation with legal-ready contract language
  • Accounts for pre-purchased material percentage and long lead items
MODULE 03

Workforce intelligence

Maps crew requirements against your actual roster. Identifies scheduling conflicts, license expiry risks, and overtime exposure weeks before mobilization — not the morning of.

  • Checks crew availability against all active and upcoming jobs simultaneously
  • Flags foreman and journeyman conflicts before they become overtime
  • Tracks license expiry dates and alerts when a crew member's license expires before job completion
  • Identifies required certifications for specialized work (OSHA, NFPA, SSPC)
  • Calculates projected overtime cost when conflicts are unavoidable

The things your
estimate misses.
BidProof doesn't.

Every bid you submit is shaped by conditions that generic estimating software ignores. BidProof calibrates all 10 to your specific job before it tells you whether your number is real.

LIVE DEMO RESULT
$34,915
in recoverable margin caught on a single $485K commercial fit-out — before the bid went out.
VAR 01 Design completeness
Schematic vs construction documents vs 100% CDs. Incomplete drawings at bid time add 25-40% to actual labor hours through field coordination and change order management.
+25-40% labor impact
VAR 02 GC relationship quality
A new GC adds 15-20% coordination overhead versus a repeat relationship. Communication delays, RFI response times, and scope interpretation all affect labor cost.
+15-20% labor impact
VAR 03 Building age + conditions
Pre-1980 buildings carry 20-30% discovery risk. Asbestos, undersized panels, unknown routing, and outdated systems create field conditions that weren't in the bid.
+20-30% labor impact
VAR 04 Permit complexity
Complex jurisdictions, special inspections, and plan check requirements add 40-80 hours of coordination labor that never appears in a square footage estimate.
+40-80 hrs coordination
VAR 05 Pre-purchased material %
Material already bought before bid locks in reduces copper price exposure proportionally. BidProof factors this into the material gap calculation automatically.
Reduces exposure
VAR 06 Prevailing wage requirement
Davis-Bacon and state prevailing wage adds 20-40% to labor cost and requires certified payroll documentation. If your bid doesn't account for this explicitly, the margin is gone before day one.
+20-40% labor cost
VAR 07 Shift work + night execution
Night shifts and weekend execution reduce crew productivity 15-25% versus standard daytime work. Occupied buildings requiring after-hours access compound this significantly.
-15-25% productivity
VAR 08 Long lead items
Switchgear, transformers, and specialty equipment with 8-20 week lead times force sequencing decisions. Delays force crews into out-of-sequence work or overtime to recover schedule.
Schedule + overtime risk
VAR 09 Material budget age
Pricing quoted more than 30 days ago is flagged as a Critical risk. 90-day-old pricing gets an automatic Critical flag and triggers escalation clause generation.
Critical at 90+ days
VAR 10 License expiry + compliance
A crew member whose license expires before job completion creates a compliance violation that can halt the entire project. BidProof flags this automatically across your full roster.
Project stop risk

From job history
to protected bid
in 30 seconds

BidProof runs all three modules simultaneously. No spreadsheets. No manual lookup. Just your job details in, and a complete margin risk analysis out.

01
Upload your job history
Export from ServiceTitan, Excel, or any format. BidProof ingests your completed jobs during a 45-minute onboarding call and starts learning your crew's actual performance patterns.
02
Enter new bid details
Job type, square footage, contract value, GC name, building age, and the 10 job condition variables. Takes 3-5 minutes per bid once your crew roster is set up.
03
BidProof runs all three modules
Labor intelligence, material intelligence, and workforce intelligence run simultaneously. Streaming results appear in real time — usually complete in under 30 seconds.
04
Submit with confidence
Every risk flag explained. Escalation clause generated. Overtime exposure quantified. You decide what to adjust before the bid goes out — not at closeout.
WESTFIELD OFFICE COMPLEX — $485,000 COMMERCIAL TENANT FIT-OUT
CRITICAL RISK
391 hrs
AI recommended
vs 310 hrs estimated (+26%)
+26%
Labor variance
+$5,265 at $65/hr avg rate
$21,200
Material gap
Copper + switchgear exposure
$8,450
Overtime risk
Crew conflict detected
$34,915
Total margin at risk — caught before the bid went out
Unconfirmed ceiling access · Summer execution · New GC · Copper gap · Foreman scheduling conflict

One platform.
Every trade.

BidProof is built to expand across every skilled trade. The same three modules — labor, material, workforce — calibrated to each trade's specific job types, variables, and production rates.

Electrical
Live now
Hard bid commercial, tenant fit-outs, panel upgrades, multi-unit rough-in, EV charging, and parking lighting. Copper pricing monitored daily.
Painting
Live now
Interior and exterior commercial repaint, epoxy floor coating, cabinet refinishing, industrial spray coatings, and stain/seal. Production rates by surface type.
HVAC
Q3 2026
Mechanical labor units, refrigerant pricing, duct complexity variables, and equipment lead time tracking.
Plumbing
Q4 2026
Pipe footage models, fixture counts, water authority permit complexity, and rough-in labor by fixture type.

Simple pricing.
Clear ROI.

One recovered bid pays for BidProof for an entire year. Most contractors find $50,000+ in recoverable margin in their first month.

Starter
Starter
10–25 field staff
$3,500
/month
+ $4,000 one-time setup
  • Labor intelligence module
  • Material price monitoring
  • Escalation clause generator
  • Weekly AI briefing email
  • Up to 20 bids per month
  • CSV job history import
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Enterprise
Enterprise
75–150 field staff
$8,000
/month
+ $10,000 one-time setup
  • Everything in Pro
  • Drawing clash detection
  • RFI generation from flags
  • Quarterly model review call
  • Dedicated onboarding
  • Custom integrations
Get started

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your first bid?

Give us 12 months of job history. We'll find at least $50,000 in recoverable margin — or we part as friends.

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