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Commercial Electrical Proposal Software for Subcontractors

Labor-unit estimating, scope-of-work bid packages with alternates and unit pricing, change orders that hold up, and progress billing in the format general contractors expect.

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Bid Faster Without Bidding Blind

Labor-unit estimating

Count devices, fixtures, homeruns and gear, apply your own labor units, and get hours you actually believe — instead of a published table that never matched your crews.

Scope that protects margin

Inclusions, exclusions, alternates and unit prices in every proposal. When the drawings change, you have a documented basis to price it instead of eating it.

Change orders with a trail

Price out-of-scope work against the unit rates already agreed in the bid, and keep the audit trail linking the change back to the original proposal.

Progress billing

Awarded bids become a schedule of values, then monthly pay applications with retainage tracked in the G702/G703 format the GC is expecting.

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Commercial electrical proposal showing scope of work, alternates and unit pricing

You Are Not Selling a Price. You Are Selling a Scope.

Six electrical subs bid the same job. The three cheapest all wrote a one-line lump sum. The one that wins is usually the one whose proposal made it obvious what was and was not included — because that is the bid the general contractor can defend to the owner.

The same document decides whether you make money later. Vague scope means every drawing revision is an argument. Documented exclusions and unit prices mean it is a change order.

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Electrical subcontractor progress billing and schedule of values

One Platform for Bid Work and Service Work

Very few electrical contractors are purely commercial. Most carry a service department and residential work that funds the overhead while the commercial bids are out.

SubcontractorHub runs both sides. Fast quotes with financing for service and residential. Labor-unit takeoffs, bid packages and progress billing for commercial. One customer database and one view of where margin is actually coming from.

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Free Tools for Electrical Estimators

Check a number before it goes into the bid: electrical bid calculator, wire size calculator, voltage drop calculator, schedule of values calculator, and the change order calculator.

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Commercial Electrical Bidding FAQs

What is commercial electrical proposal software?

Commercial electrical proposal software helps electrical subcontractors turn a takeoff into a bid package a general contractor will accept. It counts devices, fixtures, homeruns and gear, applies labor units to get hours, adds material and overhead, and produces a proposal with a clear scope of work, inclusions, exclusions, alternates and unit prices — not just a single lump-sum number.

How is a commercial electrical bid different from a residential quote?

A residential quote is sold to the person who will pay it, usually in one visit. A commercial electrical bid is submitted to a general contractor, competes against three to six other subs, and is won or lost on scope clarity as much as price. It needs unit pricing for adds, documented exclusions so change orders survive, and a schedule of values because the work bills monthly with retainage held back.

Does it support labor units for estimating?

Yes. Labor-unit estimating is the standard method in commercial electrical work: each device, fixture, or foot of conduit carries an hour value, and the total drives your labor cost. You can maintain your own unit library based on how your crews actually perform rather than relying on a generic published table.

Can it handle change orders on commercial electrical work?

Yes, and this is where most electrical subs lose margin. Because the original proposal carries documented exclusions and unit prices, out-of-scope work can be priced against agreed rates and issued as a change order in the same system — with an audit trail back to the original bid instead of an argument six months later.

Does it work for subs that do both commercial and residential electrical?

Yes. Most electrical contractors run service and residential work alongside a commercial bid pipeline. SubcontractorHub handles both in one platform — fast retail quotes with financing on the service side, labor-unit bid packages and progress billing on the commercial side — without running two systems and two customer lists.

How does progress billing work for electrical subcontractors?

An awarded bid converts into a schedule of values broken out by phase or area. Each month you bill the percentage complete per line, add stored materials, and the system calculates retainage and current payment due in the AIA G702/G703 format general contractors expect.

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