General Contractor · Multifamily
Cut sub bid drop-out on garden-style apartments by making bid packages easy to read.
A Sunbelt multifamily GC builds garden-style apartment units across the region. Sub bid drop-out was a structural problem on multi-trade pursuits — too many subs declining or no-bidding because the bid package was painful to read. OmniTakeoff's sub portal with inline spec excerpts changed the calculus.
Industry
Multifamily
Region
Sun Belt US
Annual revenue
Mid-market
Headline numbers
- Sub drop-out rate
- Customer-validated outcome
- Bid coverage per package
- Meaningful improvement
- Bid-day RFI volume
- Meaningful reduction
Specifics shared under NDA
Avg subs returning bids
Across the multifamily pursuits in scope
Challenge
What they were solving for
Multifamily bid packages from this GC had a high sub drop-out rate. Subs cited 'package is hard to read' or 'spec was too dense to find what I needed.' GC blamed subs; subs blamed the package.
Solution
How OmniTakeoff worked
Sub portal v2 with inline spec excerpts auto-attached to relevant takeoff lines. Pre-populated bid forms. Two-way RFI threading visible to all participating subs (with GC consent).
Outcome
What changed
Sub drop-out dropped meaningfully. Bid coverage expanded materially. RFI volume dropped, freeing estimator time for bid management. Specific reduction percentages are shared under NDA on reference calls.
Subs read the package now. The number of times I get a phone call asking 'where's the spec for X' has dropped to almost zero.
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