Sterling DCS - Construction Cost & Carbon Ecosystem

Bid Manager

Bid Packages Built for Modern Pre-construction Team

Create, issue, and compare trade packages directly from your estimate. Engage your supply chain with structured data and remove the need for manual emails and disconnected spreadsheets.

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Streamline supply chain pricing with structured, connected bid packages.

Traditional tendering processes rely heavily on emails and spreadsheets, creating inefficiencies, inconsistencies, and a lack of control. Sterling transforms this process by enabling users to create structured bid packages directly from their estimate and issue them to the supply chain in a consistent and controlled format.


By linking bid packages to your estimate, quantities, and resources, all pricing returned from suppliers can be compared, analysed, and integrated without rework. This improves accuracy, speeds up procurement, and provides a clear audit trail from estimate through to agreed pricing.

Streamline supply chain pricing with structured, connected bid packages.

Traditional tendering processes rely heavily on emails and spreadsheets, creating inefficiencies, inconsistencies, and a lack of control. Sterling transforms this process by enabling users to create structured bid packages directly from their estimate and issue them to the supply chain in a consistent and controlled format.


By linking bid packages to your estimate, quantities, and resources, all pricing returned from suppliers can be compared, analysed, and integrated without rework. This improves accuracy, speeds up procurement, and provides a clear audit trail from estimate through to agreed pricing.

Issue Bid Packages to Your Supply Chain

Create and send structured bid packages directly from your estimate.

  • Package up trade or work packages using your estimating data

  • Send bid packages to your supply chain in structured Excel formats

  • Include cost and carbon requirements where needed

  • Attach relevant drawings and models for full context

  • Ensure all suppliers are pricing against the same information

  • Remove the need for manual emails and disconnected spreadsheets

Issue Bid Packages to Your Supply Chain

Create and send structured bid packages directly from your estimate.

  • Package up trade or work packages using your estimating data

  • Send bid packages to your supply chain in structured Excel formats

  • Include cost and carbon requirements where needed

  • Attach relevant drawings and models for full context

  • Ensure all suppliers are pricing against the same information

  • Remove the need for manual emails and disconnected spreadsheets

Compare Returned Bids Side by Side

Analyse supplier responses quickly and consistently within Sterling.

  • Import returned bid pricing directly into the platform

  • Compare multiple suppliers side by side

  • Identify differences in pricing, scope, and assumptions

  • Maintain full visibility across all submissions

  • Support clear and informed decision making

  • Reduce time spent manually reviewing spreadsheets

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Adjust and Normalise Supplier Pricing

Refine and standardise returned bids to ensure accurate comparisons.

  • Apply plugged rates where suppliers have missed items

  • Spread adjustments across items where pricing is below the line

  • Normalise bids to ensure fair comparison

  • Create artificial bidders using high, average, and low rates

  • Test different commercial scenarios and outcomes

  • Improve confidence in final supplier selection

Adjust and Normalise Supplier Pricing

Refine and standardise returned bids to ensure accurate comparisons.

  • Apply plugged rates where suppliers have missed items

  • Spread adjustments across items where pricing is below the line

  • Normalise bids to ensure fair comparison

  • Create artificial bidders using high, average, and low rates

  • Test different commercial scenarios and outcomes

  • Improve confidence in final supplier selection

Update Estimates with Preferred Bidders

Close the loop by feeding supplier pricing directly back into your estimate.

  • Select preferred bidders for each package or scope

  • Update your estimate with returned supplier pricing

  • Compare original estimate values against supplier submissions

  • Maintain a clear audit trail of changes and decisions

  • Repeat the process across multiple procurement stages

  • Ensure alignment between estimating and procurement outcomes

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