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Contractor Proposal Template & Bid Builder

Open the builder after dispatching lines from any calculators. Edit quantities and prices inline, add custom lines, fill in company and client info, set your markup/margin, contingency, and tax, then press Download proposal PDF. Use the JSON backup to save or restore bids.

Lines

0

Direct cost

$0.00

Contract value

$0.00

Company branding (saved on this device)

Logo

Client & project

Bill of materials 0 lines

No lines yet. Run any calculator and press “Add to Master Estimate” — lines land here ready to edit.

Financial controls

%
%
%
Subtotal direct costs
$0.00
Markup (20%)
$0.00
Contingency (5%)
$0.00
Tax (0%)
$0.00
Total contract value
$0.00

Payment schedule

%
%

Completion (30%)

$0.00

$0.00 + $0.00 due earlier

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About this tool

Every line dispatched by the 30 calculators lands in one editable bill of materials, grouped by trade.

How to use

Open the builder after dispatching lines from any calculators. Edit quantities and prices inline, add custom lines, fill in company and client info, set your markup/margin, contingency, and tax, then press Download proposal PDF. Use the JSON backup to save or restore bids.

How the math works

Company branding, logo, client and project details print on a client-ready PDF payment schedule, terms, and signature lines included.

Markup or gross-margin mode, contingency, and tax compute the total contract value. The PDF is generated entirely in your browser nothing uploads anywhere.

Formula

Proposal = Σ lines + markup + contingency + tax

Common questions

▸What should a contractor proposal include?

An itemized bill of materials grouped by trade, company branding and client details, markup, contingency, and tax, plus a payment schedule, terms, and signature lines. This builder prints all of them on a client-ready PDF.

▸What is the difference between markup % and margin % mode?

Markup is profit as a percentage of cost, so a 20% markup on $1,000 cost gives a $1,200 price. Gross margin is profit as a percentage of price, so a 20% margin needs a 25% markup for a $1,250 price. The builder toggles between modes and converts so the final price matches either way.

▸Where does my company info and logo go?

It is saved in your browser's local storage on your device only and never uploaded. The logo, company name, license number, and contact details print on every proposal PDF header automatically.

▸Can I reload a saved bid later?

Yes. Download JSON Project Backup saves the complete bid lines, branding, client info, and pricing settings, and Restore from Backup reloads everything exactly as it was, on any device.

▸Does anything I enter get uploaded to the cloud?

No. Every line from the calculators lands in one editable bill of materials, and the proposal PDF is generated entirely in your browser. Nothing leaves your device.

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