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What is the Bid Defense Audit™?
The Bid Defense Audit™ is a proprietary forensic review process developed by Leverage Solutions to identify gaps, errors, and missed opportunities in your lost or failed bids. It’s a systematic approach designed to expose hidden weaknesses in your estimating process and help you recover lost work in the future.
Why Use the Bid Defense Audit™?
Bidding is high-stakes, and losing a project can be costly. Understanding why you lost a bid is critical for improving your future win rates and protecting your bottom line. With the Bid Defense Audit™, you can:
✅ Identify missed scope and cost gaps
✅ Improve your estimating accuracy
✅ Reduce costly mistakes and oversights
✅ Increase your bid-to-win ratio
How the Bid Defense Audit™ Works
Our process is straightforward but thorough, providing you with clear insights and actionable improvements:
- Client Intake & File Collection
- 30-minute intake call to identify audit goals
- Collect all bid-related documents (plans, specs, bid tabs, scope letters, internal estimates)
- Confirm project timeline and decision history
- Scope & Estimate Analysis
- Compare internal estimates to awarded contractor pricing
- Identify scope gaps, line-item discrepancies, and missed trades
- Highlight assumptions that may have led to underpricing
- Sub Bid Evaluation
- Review sub bids for formatting and coverage
- Identify pricing anomalies or unqualified trades
- Compare awarded pricing to historical data
- Risk & Assumption Review
- Document all assumptions in the estimate
- Identify unclear scope or unresolved RFIs
- Highlight exclusions causing underpricing
- Audit Report & Delivery
- Prepare a summary document with findings and strategic insights
- Offer a 30-minute debrief to discuss findings and corrective actions
Why Choose the Bid Defense Audit™?
- Reduce costly errors and missed scope
- Improve the accuracy and competitiveness of future bids
- Gain a clear understanding of where you can improve
- Recover lost work and strengthen client relationships
Ready to Learn from Your Last Loss?
Contact us today to schedule a Bid Defense Audit™ and turn your losses into future wins.