Built by a practising NZ QS

Stop pricing tenders in spreadsheets

Takeoff, first-principles pricing, rate suggestions from your own history, and variation claims. One place, built for NZ and Australian construction.

Free 20-minute walkthrough. No commitment.

Founding member pricing
$179 NZD / month

Locked in for life. $249 after the first 100 users.

The 10pm problem

Every QS we talk to has the same three headaches.

Building rates from scratch in Excel
Build every line from labour, plant, materials and subbies, once, and reuse it.
Digging through old jobs for last time's price
Smart Rates shows what you charged before, right on the line you're pricing.
Writing variations in Word, hoping the clause is right
The contract gets read for you, deadlines calculated, letter drafted.
How it works

From drawings to a priced tender in four steps.

No desktop installs, no copy-paste between tools. Everything carries through from the plan to the client's inbox.

Step 1: Measure

Take off straight from the PDF.

Drop in your plans, calibrate the scale, and measure lengths, areas and counts on the drawing. Every measurement saves as you go.

  • Linear, area and count tools
  • Grouped by section, ready to send to pricing
  • Quantities stay linked to your pricing
Step 2: Price

Price the way QSs actually price.

Build every rate from first principles, with productivity driving duration and markups by resource type. Smart Rates learns from your own history, not a generic database.

  • Materials, plant, labour and subcontract build-ups
  • Rate suggestions with the jobs they came from
  • Several estimators in one tender at once
Step 3: Claim

Variations, handled in minutes.

BidQ reads your contract, finds the clauses that apply, works out the notification deadline and drafts the claim letter. You review, tweak and send.

  • NZS 3910 aware
  • Deadlines tracked so nothing slips
  • Every variation tracked in one register
Step 4: Share

Send it like a professional.

Share a secure, read-only link instead of a spreadsheet. Your client doesn't need a licence, and you'll know when they've opened it.

  • Password protection and expiry dates
  • Choose how much detail they see
  • View tracking, so you know when to follow up
Everything included

One platform, no bolt-ons.

PDF takeoff

Calibrated measurements on your plans, saved to the cloud as you work.

Pricing engine

First-principles build-ups, markups by resource type, and schedule output.

Smart Rates

Suggestions from your own pricing history, with where each one came from.

Variation claims

Contract clauses found, deadlines calculated, claim letters drafted.

Client share links

Read-only, password-protected, with expiry dates and view tracking.

Your data stays yours

AES-256 encryption and per-organisation isolation. Your rates never leave your organisation.

Pricing

One plan. Everything in it.

Everything BidQ does, in one plan. Founding members lock in their price for as long as they stay.

Founding member
$179 NZD / month
$249 / month · locked in for life
  • Unlimited tenders and projects
  • PDF takeoff
  • First-principles pricing
  • Smart Rates from your history
  • Variation claims
  • Client share links
  • Standard rates library
  • Team members included
Book a demo
Founding member pricing is offered after your demo.
Who's behind it
Civil construction13+ years
RolesQS, PM, Contracts Manager
QualificationNZ Diploma in Civil Engineering
Based inChristchurch, NZ
BidQ isn't software engineers guessing what QSs need. It's built by someone who prices jobs, manages variations, and knows what it's like to be in the office at 10pm building rates.
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HamishFounder, practising QS

Ready to price smarter?

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