Stark Bid Decision System
More bid invitations than estimator hours?
The Stark Bid Decision System reads your invitations to bid and tells you which ones deserve your estimators. Setup is refunded if a working system cannot be configured to your rules.
Built for commercial specialty contractors. See all work for the trades.
Every invitation gets the same treatment.
Someone opens the package, digs for scope, and decides whether it is worth a takeoff. Often the answer is no, and that answer came after hours your estimators did not have. The jobs you should have chased get the leftover time.
How it works
Three jobs, one system.
It reads each bid package, pulls out what an estimator needs to judge the job, and flags NEEDS INFO when something critical is missing. The first pass is done before anyone starts a takeoff.
Your hard rules come first. Everything that qualifies is scored and marked PURSUE, REVIEW, or PASS, with the reasons shown. Thresholds are set to your business. Nothing is hidden, only ranked, and your team can override any recommendation.
Won and lost by project type, general contractor, location, margin, estimator, and submission timing, so you can see where you actually make money. It replaces the bid-tracking spreadsheet.
Who it is for
Commercial specialty contractors with dedicated estimators and more invitations than hours.
If you bid selectively: put estimating time where it pays.
If you bid every qualified job: stop losing invitations, submission dates, and follow-ups between intake and outcome.
If you are just starting to bid commercial work, it is too early.
$2,500 setup + $399 a month.
Setup includes configuring the system to your hard rules and thresholds, and it replaces your bid-tracking spreadsheet.
Setup is refunded if a working system cannot be configured.
No promise of a higher win rate. A promise of a system that works.
FAQ
Does it replace your CRM or estimating software?
No. It works next to them. CRM integration is on the roadmap. Version one uses light manual entry for outcomes.
What do you need to start?
Three to five recent bid packages and the rules you use to decide what to bid.
Is this a fit if we bid everything?
Yes, if invitations, deadlines, or follow-ups slip through the cracks. The system tracks every bid from intake to outcome.