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Can AI review an electrical bid package?

Yes, as a second set of eyes before you submit. An AI bid review reads the drawings, specs, bid form and addenda together and comes back with the scope gaps, conflicting documents, risky contract terms and RFIs a senior estimator would question, each tied to the sheet or spec section it came from. It doesn't replace the estimator: you still own the quantities, the prices and the decision to bid.

See a sample reportCommon Division 26 scope gaps

What a good AI bid review checks

Scope gaps
Work the documents give the electrical contractor that is easy to miss: mechanical equipment power and controls, site and utility work, Division 27 and 28 pathways, owner-furnished equipment, testing and commissioning.
Front-end terms
Division 0 and 1 requirements that change the price without mentioning electrical by name: bonds, wage requirements, liquidated damages, phasing, closeout and warranties.
Conflicts between documents
Places where the drawings, the specs and the schedules disagree about who supplies or installs something, which are the RFIs worth sending before bid day.
Addenda
What an addendum changed, what it touches in your scope, and which open questions it answered.
Code edition
Which NEC or CEC edition the documents call for, flagged for you to confirm with the authority having jurisdiction rather than assumed.
Your own estimate
If you upload the estimate you built in your estimating program or a spreadsheet, the review checks it against the package too.

What stays with the estimator

How to use one on a real bid

Run it early, while there is still time to send RFIs, not the night before bid close. Upload the whole package, not just the electrical sheets: most expensive gaps sit in the front-end specs or on another trade's drawings. Then turn each finding into one of three things: priced in the estimate, asked as an RFI, or excluded in writing. When an addendum lands, run it again against the addendum. The bid-day checklist and the exclusions guide cover the same ground by hand.

Questions estimators ask

Can AI review an electrical bid package?
Yes, as a second set of eyes before submission. An AI bid review reads the drawings, specs, bid form and addenda together and lists scope gaps, conflicting documents, risky contract terms and the RFIs worth sending, each tied to the sheet or spec section it came from. The estimator still owns the final quantities, prices and the decision to bid.
Can I just paste my specs into a general chat assistant?
For a question about a few pages, a general assistant can help. A full tender is often hundreds of pages of drawings and specs across many files, and the useful checks are the ones that compare documents against each other. A purpose-built review reads the whole package at once and keeps every finding tied to its sheet or spec section, so you can verify it.
How long does an AI bid review take?
On Bidprobe, most reviews come back in 5 to 15 minutes, and you get an email when it's done.
Does it work for Canadian projects?
Yes. Bidprobe reviews projects under the NEC in the United States and the CEC in Canada, and flags which code edition the documents call for so you can confirm it with the authority having jurisdiction.
Is my bid data used to train AI?
No. On Bidprobe, documents are encrypted in transit and at rest, only your company's members can see your projects, you can delete a project or the account at any time, and the AI providers do not train their models on customer data.
How do I try one?
Every new Bidprobe account gets one free review, no card required. Upload a real tender package and you get the complete review.

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