From bid schedule to bid,
priced in Clara.
Upload the owner's unit-price bid schedule. Clara suggests a price for every item from your past estimates and bid tabs, and flags what is unclear. You review, adjust and export.
Hand over the first pass, keep the decisions: Every price shows where it came from, and nothing goes out without your approval.
ClaraBid Agent81of 86 items pricedPriced 81 of 86 items in 1m 08s81 of 86 items priced from your past estimates and bid tabs. 5 are open for your estimator, like temporary power: a lump sum with no description.
Sample bid and sample data. Items, quantities and prices are illustrative.
Four steps
to a priced bid.
ClaraBid Agent86items readRead 86 items in 11s86 items in 4 divisions, 1 base bid. I took over the item numbers, CSI divisions, descriptions, quantities and units, with the owner's numbering.
ClaraBid Agent4notes with sourcesChecked the package in 12s4 notes, each with its source. One item cannot be priced as written.
ClaraBid Agent81of 86 items pricedClaraBid Agent3files readyPrepared 3 files in 6sReady for your review. Pick a format. Your team fills in the owner's bid form and submits.
Every price
has a source.
Clara never suggests a price without showing what it is made of. Labor, material, equipment and overhead and profit come from your past estimates and bid tabs in the AI Brain, each with its source.
- Broken downEvery unit price shows its components, just like your estimate workbook.
- Against your historyPast prices for the same work sit alongside. Outliers stand out at once.
- Your decisionEvery suggestion can be edited, and nothing goes out without your approval.
ClaraBid Agent18.40per SFChecked 3 bids and 4 sources in 6s$18.40 per SF for 1,600 SF, $29,440.00 in total. It sits inside your past range for this work, $17.60 to $19.20.
Sample bid and sample data. Items, quantities and prices are illustrative.
Unclear items are flagged,
not guessed.
If the bid schedule is missing a detail, Clara does not invent a price. The item goes onto a list with the reason and the source, which you work through before bid day.
- Reason and source for every open item
- Questions to the owner and assumptions in one place
- Nothing is exported while an item is open
ClaraBid Agent1item openChecked 86 items in 4s1 item is still open. 3 of the 4 I flagged are settled. Nothing is exported while an item is open.
Sample bid and sample data. Items, quantities and prices are illustrative.
ClaraBid Agent1,582,200base bid| Division | Items | Share | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 General requirements | 6 | $42,300 | |
| 03 Concrete and masonry | 30 | $1,184,600 | |
| 08 Openings | 22 | $196,400 | |
| 09 Finishes | 28 | $158,900 | |
| Base bid total | 86 | $1,582,200 |
03 30 00 Slab on gradeOutlierYour unit price of $9.15/SF is 14% below your median of 5 past bids ($10.65). Priced like this on purpose?5 past bidsSample bid and sample data. Items, quantities and prices are illustrative.
The total adds up,
before it goes out.
Clara totals every division, the base bid and each alternate, and compares each unit price with your past prices for the same work. If a price is far off, you see it before bid day and decide on purpose.
- Totals by division and alternate
- Outliers against your own prices
- The reasoning stays on the item
Priced with
your own prices.
Clara does not price with market averages from the internet but with what your company has already estimated, bid and built. The AI Brain keeps these documents in order, and every new estimate is added.
- Past estimatesEstimate workbooks
- Your past bidsBid tabs, XLSX, PDF
- Sub quotesQuotes, bid tabs
- Supplier quotesMaterial prices
- Markup sheetOverhead, profit, bond, insurance
- Equipment ratesOwned and rented
ClaraBid Agent- US data residency for storage and AI processing
- Isolated tenant: nobody but your team sees your prices
- No training of AI models on your estimates
- SOC 2 Type II in progress
Need quantities from the plans?
Theo does that: he measures walls, openings and rooms on 2D PDF plan sets, each quantity marked on its sheet.
Price the next bid schedule
with Clara.
Bid pricing is a feature of Clara · pricing on request
Data and formats
Which files can Clara price?
Clara reads owner bid schedules and unit-price bid forms as XLSX or PDF, scanned PDFs included, and takes over bid items, quantities, units and descriptions. Clara exports the priced schedule as XLSX or CSV.
Can I take the bid into my estimating software?
Yes. Clara exports the priced schedule as XLSX or CSV, mapped to your cost codes, which common estimating tools import.
Where do the quantities come from?
The quantities come from the owner's bid schedule. If you want to take off or check quantities from the plans yourself, Theo, the AI agent for quantity takeoff from 2D PDF plan sets, does that.
Prices
Where do the unit prices come from?
Clara suggests unit prices from your past estimates and bid tabs in the AI Brain. For every item you see where the price comes from, for example a past project or the average of several bids.
What happens if there are no earlier prices for an item?
Then Clara flags the item as open instead of inventing a price. You set the price yourself or add a sub or supplier quote. From then on the price is available for future estimates.
How does Clara account for my markups?
Overhead, profit, bond and insurance come from your own markup sheet. In the unit price you see them as a separate share next to labor, material and equipment.
Can I adjust the prices?
Yes. Every suggestion can be edited, and nothing goes out without your approval. The estimate is then kept in the AI Brain and is available for future bids.
Process and control
What happens with unclear items?
Unclear or incomplete items are flagged instead of guessed, with the reason, for example a wall type missing in the bid schedule. You settle them in one list before bid day.
Does Clara spot unusual prices?
Yes. Clara compares every unit price with your earlier prices for the same work and flags outliers, so you decide on purpose whether a price stays.
Who approves the bid?
Always you. Clara prepares the estimate; approval lies with you or the people you set for it in your team. Nothing goes out without approval.
Security and cost
Are my estimates used for training?
No. Your estimates and prices are not used to train AI models. Storage and AI processing run on US infrastructure, and every organization is isolated.
Is bid pricing fully developed yet?
Bid pricing is a feature of Clara. Founding cohort teams use it today, and their feedback goes straight into development.
How much does bid pricing with Clara cost?
Bid pricing is part of Clara and included in the BAU AI plans. Prices are on request while the founding cohort is open.