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Electrical Estimating Software

Electrical Bid Manager™ is for all size companies. Bid small to multi-million dollar jobs with our flexible database, takeoff modules and bid proposals.

Electrical estimating software helps electrical estimators win more profitable bids in HALF  the time.

Electrical Bid Manager is used by electrical contractors of all sizes. From small startups to larger companies with a network of multiple estimators.

Start estimating with custom electrical bid software that includes: electrical database, material pricing data, electronic on-screen plan takeoff and QuickBooks job costing.

Custom Assemblies

Includes thousands of pre-built assemblies. Easily create new assemblies on the fly. Makes it easy to insure every material is counted. Each item has 3 columns of labor units to easily customize your bid.

Advanced Substitution

Easily apply value engineering to your electrical bid to raise or lower the cost of material and/or labor. Quickly customize wiring methods, conduit types, fittings, and wire type to create a more competitive bid. 

EPIC Pricing Data

It’s simple to keep your prices up to date with EPIC material pricing. Over 2 million electrical items and over 100 manufacturer catalogs with pages linked to each item. Use EPIC’s Target Price to make sure suppliers prices are fair. Import supplier prices directly into EPIC for easy price comparisons.

Electrical Plan Takeoff

Takeoff straight from your digital plans using your electrical bid software database. Multiple options available. We'll help you choose the best option for your electrical bidding needs.

Bid Analysis

Easily review your preliminary bid in detail or summary. Add hidden costs such as non-productive labor, subcontracts, and other job expenses. Modify material costs and labor based on job difficulty. Review and adjust profit, overhead, and all category totals. Create custom bids with only the details you want to present.

Takeoff Modules

Customized takeoff modules make it super easy to perform electrical takeoffs. Electrical Bid Manager includes branch circuits, lighting, wiring devices and many others; all with pre-built assemblies for quick takeoff.

New Feature Tours

View short tours of some of our latest features added to Electrical Bid Manager. We will continue adding Feature Tours as we add new features to our electrical estimating software.

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Electrical estimating software should be fully customized to meet an estimator's needs to bid on electrical work. Some"estimating software that does electrical" can bid for many trades.  However, electrical work requires hundreds and thousands of different materials and labor on a bid.

The key is to find electrical estimating software specializing in bidding on electrical work. This ensures you have:

  1. custom-built assemblies to save time
  2. weekly electrical material price updates
  3. takeoff filtering (e.g. choose 2" conduit and only see 2" connectors/etc.)
  4. count and measure PDF electrical plans
  5. training offered by an experienced electrical estimator
  6. a support team that can answer electrical estimating specific questions 

Vision InfoSoft's Electrical Bid Manager was made from the ground up to bid electrical work. Try a demo today or have a Vision InfoSoft representative give you a live demo.

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Electrical Bid Manager™ can be used on Windows virtual machines in the cloud. These services are offered by Microsoft, V2Cloud, and other providers.

Our support team is happy to help guide you on using your software on your local computer or in the cloud!

Yes!  Our electrical estimating software has built-in integration with the two leading digital plan takeoff tools. Call us to discuss how PlanSwift will empower your takeoff process. (800) 258-7752

Yes! Electrical Bid Manager (EBM) includes over 10,000 items and assemblies with updated material pricing and labor.  EBM also includes tools to help calculate and add labor overhead. Electrical estimators bid on commercial, industrial, and residential electrical jobs with EBM.

We offer multiple methods to update your item pricing in Electrical Bid Manager 

  1. EPIC Pricing System
    We offer this pricing data update service at subscription frequencies that fit your needs.  Once set up, a couple simple clicks and your pricing is updated.
  2. Your Supplier's Pricing
    We help you get Custom Price Files (CPF) from your supplier. The CPF can be imported into EPIC to provide a secondary source of pricing data.
  3. Self Management
    You can always manage the price updates manually. While this isn't as time effective.  Our estimating software gives you to tools to manage it.
  4. NetPricer
    We also integrate with NetPricer if you are currently using their service.  NetPricer combined with EPIC offers one of the most thorough pricing options yet.

By the way, EPIC also updates our Time & Material Billing Manager.

Get started for less than $1,000/year. Give us a call or email sales@visioninfosoft.com.  Let's discuss the best bidding, billing, and pricing options.  We also have interest-free payment plans that fit your cash flow requirements. 

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Vision InfoSoft recommends using two screens for electrical plan takeoff.