Orientate yourself before changing a number
Business value: keeps the commercial state, tender workflow and client-seen version aligned, so a draft cannot be mistaken for an issued quote.
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- Status and Change status
Move the quote through Draft, Internal review, Ready to send, Approved, Won, Lost or Cancelled. Use status as the team’s single source of truth; do not promote a quote while review warnings remain.
- Mark as issued
Designates the current version as the one the client saw. Use it immediately after sending the checked document so later edits do not blur the audit trail.
- Create tender schedule
Reuses the agreed scope as a structured tender schedule, avoiding manual re-keying when you move into procurement.
- Start tender comparison
Moves the scope into bid comparison so supplier or subcontractor returns can be compared on the same basis.
- Similar past jobs
Benchmarks this quote against comparable work in your learning dataset. Open it when you want a reasonableness check, not as a substitute for checking the current drawings.
- Estimate, Materials and Reports
These are the three working views. Review them in this order: price and risk first, material evidence second, output last.
- Saved, exports and Regenerate
Saved confirms the current edits are stored. Excel, PDF, Custom PDF and Word create working snapshots. Regenerate only when the source or scope has materially changed, then repeat the review because AI output can change.
- Project summary, completeness and total
Confirm the project name and scope description match the job. “100% complete” means expected packages were found; it does not mean every rate is reliable. Read the estimate together with its likely range and “Review required” warning.