Bidfident for flooring subcontractors
Estimating software for floor layers
Flooring estimates in Bidfident go room by room in square metres: smoothing compound, luxury vinyl tile, carpet tiles and porcelain, with skirting by the metre. Each product carries its own waste, the tiler is priced at their own rate, and the floor preparation quotes sit side by side. Group by area to see each wing or floor on its own.
- Electrical
- Plumbing and mechanical
- HVAC and ductwork
- Dry lining
- Roofing
- Painting and decorating
- Flooring
- Brickwork and blockwork
- Concrete
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Sound familiar?
One waste figure for every product
Carpet tiles, vinyl and porcelain don't waste the same, but a spreadsheet often uses one figure for all of them. In Bidfident each line carries its own waste percentage, from 5% on carpet to 10% on tiles.
Tiling priced at the floor layer's rate
A tiler costs more per hour than a floor layer laying vinyl, and one labour rate hides it. In Bidfident each line takes its trade's rate from the library, so tiles and vinyl are each priced at their own.
Preparation that gets missed
Grinding off old adhesive and smoothing the slab are easy to leave off a flooring price. In Bidfident smoothing compound is a line like any other, and the preparation quotes sit side by side with the lowest flagged.
How Bidfident fits your work
Tilers and floor layers at their own rates
Give the porcelain line the tiler's trade and the vinyl and carpet lines the floor layer's, and each takes its rate from the library.
Square metres by product, skirting by the metre
Smoothing compound, vinyl, carpet tiles and porcelain by the square metre, rubber skirting by the metre. Each line takes a quantity, hours per unit, a material price with its own waste percentage, and plant by the hour.
Room by room, or floor by floor
Tag lines with an area, such as the surgeries, the toilets or the first floor, and group the sheet by it with a subtotal for each.
Floor preparation quotes side by side
Enter each quote for grinding and preparation, see the lowest flagged, and carry it or the one you pick. No quote yet? Carry an allowance.
An upgrade, kept apart
Price an upgrade, such as vinyl in place of carpet, as an alternative. Switch it off and it stays on the sheet, struck through, with what it comes to shown beside the totals.
Compare before and after a product swap
A version is kept each time you save, and every 10 minutes or so while Bidfident saves on its own. Compare any saved version with now, and restore it with a click if the swap didn't work out.
Worked example: floor finishes for a two-storey dental practice
A made-up job, priced in Bidfident: 28 lines of your own work, 3 subcontract packages and 5 preliminaries items over a 5-week programme. The 5 lines this page talks about are listed one by one, and the rest are added up in one row. It's the same job you can open as an example project in Bidfident, so every figure below matches it.
To open this job in Bidfident: sign in and set up your company in the UK, then on the Projects screen, under Example project, pick "Specialist subcontractors" and "Flooring" and press Add example project.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
Latex smoothing compound, 167 m2
| £1,773.54 |
Luxury vinyl tile, adhered, 204 m2
| £8,372.16 |
Porcelain tiles, toilets, 300 x 600 mm, 30 m2
| £2,385.00 |
Carpet tiles, offices, 56 m2
| £1,315.44 |
Rubber skirting, 100 mm, 250 m
| £1,725.00 |
23 more lines of your own work
| £35,564.67 |
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
Floor preparation, grinding off old adhesive
| £2,300.00 |
Moisture testing, in-situ RH probes
| £1,040.00 |
Provisional sum: moisture suppression, if slab tests fail
| £2,640.00 |
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
Supervision, part-time supervisor
| £2,500.00 |
Contracts manager, part time
| £1,396.15 |
Small tools and consumables
| £385.00 |
Storage container for acclimatising materials
| £660.00 |
Skips, shared with the main contractor
| £496.00 |
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
Own work
| £51,135.81 |
| Excluded lines, not counted | £945.00 |
| Subcontractors | £5,980.00 |
Preliminaries
| £5,437.15 |
Direct cost
| £62,552.96 |
Contingency
| £1,876.59 |
Overheads and profit
| £6,442.96 |
| Subtotal before the bond | £70,872.51 |
Bond
| £708.73 |
Insurance
| £354.36 |
Tender total
| £71,935.60 |
VAT, for reference
| £14,387.12 |
See it in Bidfident
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Questions
Can each flooring product have its own waste?
Yes. Every line has its own waste percentage, so carpet tiles, vinyl and porcelain can each carry a different one.
Can I price tiling at a tiler's rate?
Yes. Add a tiler as a trade with its rate, or type it in the Trade cell to add it on the spot, and give the tiling lines that trade.
Does it convert square metres to boxes or rolls?
No. Bidfident doesn't convert between units. Price each line in the unit its rate is in, such as m², m, box or roll.
Can I show an upgrade without adding it to the tender?
Yes. Switch the upgrade's line off. It stays on the sheet, struck through, and what it comes to is shown beside the totals for reference.
Can I go back if a product swap doesn't work out?
Yes. Every saved version is kept. Compare the estimate from before the swap, say carpet tiles to vinyl, with now, and restore it with a click.
Can smoothing compound go on its own line?
Yes. Price latex smoothing compound by the square metre with its own hours, material and waste, beside the finishes it goes under. Grinding off old adhesive can be a package with quotes side by side.
Does Bidfident work with Claude or ChatGPT?
Not yet, but it's coming. You'll be able to connect Bidfident to your own Claude or ChatGPT account and ask about your estimates in plain English. The answers will come from Bidfident's own figures, so they match the estimate. It will use the account you already have: Claude first, ChatGPT to follow.
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