Bid-Quote-Estimate (B-Q-E)

Although we provide services to a wide variety of clients and industries we do get one request more often than any other. This request crosses industry and process boundaries and as a result has commanded our attention to provide a solution. This common request is for assistance in being able to develop fast, easy estimates for everything from single prototypes to full-scale projects using a variety of materials and processes. The result of these requests is our B-Q-E (Bid-Quote-Estimate) software package.

From the beginning, we have conceptualized and developed B-Q-E to be easy-to-use yet precise, to be a complete solution capable of supplying accurate results for any commercially available materials and to require no special training. With B-Q-E, you have a business partner on-call whenever needed that supplies the advantages of experience and expertise at the lowest cost possible. Our B-Q-E software package allows anyone with basic computer skills to provide professional and efficient bids, quotes, estimates and materials take-offs.

Casual computer users will not have to endure the tedium of entering workstation data and spending a lot of time setting up the program. It is virtually ready to go right out of the box. Power users will be able to use the precision and detail of this software to provide information not easily developed elsewhere.

Features Include:

Easy to use. Quick learning curve. User entered commodity costs for the materials. Automatic calculation of the weight of a finished project. Easy selection of materials shapes such as angles, pipe, etc. Allowances for scrap and markup. Printout of bidding documents and bills of materials. Sorting to allow for printing specific materials in shop orders. Custom features added by our staff to meet client needs. Entry points for labor (amounts and costs). Calculation and costing of process events such as burning table time. Easily available tech support. Low cost — $595.00 complete!

Now in testing phase, release is expected in the second quarter of 2005.