The Commercial Flooring Bid Playbook
How to bid commercial flooring jobs — from getting on bid lists to getting paid, step by step.
A short, practical guide for flooring subcontractors: get prequalified, capture every invitation, take off and price the job, send proposals that win, then handle the paperwork and billing after you're awarded. Try each step hands-on as you go.
Owners and estimators at commercial flooring companies who want one fast, repeatable process from invitation to pay app.
By the IntelBid team. New lessons are added as they're written.
The steps
Step 1: Get prequalified
Send clients one complete packet before they ask.
Step 2: Capture every invitation
Every invitation in one list, every client on the same bid.
Step 4: Take off the job
Takeoff software and the quantity summary you price from.
Step 5: Price and propose
Takeoff to priced proposals for every client — try the proposal builder.
Step 6: Follow up and win
Follow up with each client and record the result.
Step 7: Start the job
The COI, subcontract and submittals your client will ask for.
Step 8: Bill and get paid
Pay apps and retainage by the cut-off — try the pay app builder.
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