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Bid worksheet
Construction bid calculator: build a number you can actually stand behind
“How to bid” is not a pep talk — it is a stack. Start with direct cost, recover overhead, hold contingency for risk, then add profit. Enter the pieces; see the bid.
Line-item workbenchLive calc
Bid stack
- Direct cost
- $20,000.00
- Overhead
- $2,400.00
- Contingency
- $1,120.00
- Profit
- $2,352.00
- Bid
- $25,872.00
Markup 10.0% · Margin 9.1%
Common questions
Price direct cost, recover overhead, include contingency, then profit — then check the market.
No. It prices a job you already want to bid.
Choose one; confusing them underbids.
No — estimate only from your inputs.