Bid leveling
What is bid leveling?
Bid leveling is adjusting competing bids so they all cover identical work before their prices are compared. General contractors call it bid leveling; property managers usually call it bid tabulation or scope normalization. The mechanic is the same: put every bid on one common scope so the price comparison actually means something.
If you're a property manager comparing three HVAC quotes on a mid-rise, you're doing exactly what a general contractor does when leveling subcontractor bids — mapping each bid against one scope and pricing the differences. Same method, different reader.
Leveling turns three non-comparable documents into a single grid where inclusions, exclusions, and prices line up. Without it, you're comparing bottom-line numbers that describe different jobs.
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