Load the tender
Bring in the BoQ as it came from the client, Excel or CSV. For a small job, describe it in your own words and get a quick price. No forms to learn.
For Irish civils contractors
Price your tender faster.
Every rate shown, every source named.
You load the tender. You see every rate and where it came from. You make every call.
Pricing high to stay safe is how good jobs get lost. CivilEstimate builds each rate from crew outputs, supplier quotes and published Irish rates, with every source shown, then carries the cheaper option that still meets the spec so your price gives you the best honest chance. If the spec needs more, the higher option is already priced and one click away.
Simple for you. Transparent in every line.
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLEITEM 1.1
Trench reinstatement
Which spec applies?GREEN · BASE PRICE150 mm AC32 over Cl.808
The spec doesn't say, so the base price is the cheaper option that still meets what is written.
Starting pointLowest honest price
ORANGE · IF REQUIRED250 mm AC32 plus lean-mix
If the spec or Employer asks for the heavier build-up, switch to this. So the more expensive option is already priced and you can show exactly why.
On this 100 m run+€10,000 net
Tap the switch. Net cost, before overhead and profit. Illustrative example.
Controlled early access • Independent pricing validation is in progress • You review and approve every price
How it works
Three steps. You stay in charge.
You already have enough to do. You load the tender, CivilEstimate does the sums and shows its working, and you get a clear answer you can check line by line.
The best system is the one you barely notice.
Your jobs: load it, check it, decide.Build the price, with the working shown
Every rate comes with its crew, its output, its supplier quote and its source. Anything assumed is written in plain words next to the price.
You choose, adjust and submit
You see every detail, change anything you disagree with, set the final price and submit it yourself. The decision is always yours.
Green and orange
Price it right. Ready if the spec asks for more.
Specs are rarely complete. Instead of guessing high to be safe, every uncertain item carries two linked options, so you can bid the competitive price and still be ready if the client wants more.
Green: base price
Where the tender doesn't say, the base price is the cheaper option that still meets what is written. That keeps your price as competitive as it honestly can be.
Orange: if required
The more expensive option, for if the spec or client asks for more. Already priced and evidenced, so the more expensive option is already priced and you can show exactly why.
One click
Switch any item, or the whole tender, between base price and if-required. Everything recalculates. No rework, nothing to rebuild.
Green is priced from its build-up, not guessed. Both options are built from the same crews, outputs and quotes. Green is simply the cheaper reading that still meets what is written.
Nothing hidden
You see every detail, in its simplest form.
A price is only worth bidding if you can understand it, question it and defend it. So we show you what sits behind every number, and the choice at every step is yours.
✓ The crew and output behind every rate✓ The supplier quote, who gave it and when✓ Whether a quote was verbal or in writing✓ Every assumption, in plain words✓ Both options and the € difference between them✓ What is still unconfirmed and needs an answer✓ Your overhead and profit, set by you✓ The final price, set by you
Where we are
Tested blind, against the real winners.
Tested blind on six real Irish public tenders: priced without seeing the result, sealed, then compared with the published winning price. Closest so far: within 5.6% of the winner. Our target is within 5%. Every miss is taken apart and turned into a pricing rule.
Who's building it
Built from the site up.
Built by Dwayne Curtis: almost 20 years on Irish groundworks and civils sites, plant operator and estimator, and SOLAS-approved tutor for 360° excavator, site dumper, location of underground services and signing, lighting and guarding.
Early access
Help us prove it on real tenders.
A small number of Irish civils contractors and estimators are using it on genuine tenders. Every price shows its working, and we learn from their review.
Honest about where we are.Independent validation of our pricing is still in progress. Every price is a draft for your professional review, and you decide what to submit.
Your involvement is deliberately small
Load the tender→Build the price, every source shown→You choose and submit
Early access is product validation, not independent professional certification or an approved tender price.Early access
Ask about early access.
Tell us a little about your work and we will come back to you directly.
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Dwayne CurtisFounder, CivilEstimate
Direct contact
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Dwayne is happy to talk it through with contractors, estimators and quantity surveyors.