Two totals are not a comparison.Level without hiding the original.
Two totals are not a comparison if they are not the same job. Bid leveling puts every bid on the same basis, line by line, so you award the work, not the cheapest PDF.
The submitted total stays visible. You enter a separate leveled amount. Bid leveling is poster-side only and locks once the job is awarded.
The submitted number stays.You level beside it.
If a bidder left a line out, or priced it differently, you enter a Level Amount beside that row. The submitted number stays on the card. The leveled figure is what you compare.
- Level quote lines, including unit rate and quantity on unit-priced rows.
- Add bid adjustments as increases or decreases, with the reason recorded.
- Leveled notes can sit under Pricing, Scope, and Timeline.
Bids (3)
Harbour Utilities
Maya Chen · Estimator
$168,200.00
Leveled: $180,600.00
Submitted Mar 12, 2027
Pricing
Bid Expectations
Bidders must answerOpen cut and restoration: Cover the trench and restore to existing grade.
View
Covered. Open cut and restoration included as specified.
Decision notes
None yet.
Mobilization: Separate line. Do not bury it in the watermain total.
View
Excluded: Not in the base price.
Using
$12,400.00
was $0.00
Decision notes
None yet.
Unit pricing is rate times quantity.Set it on the request. They price the rate.
When you post the job, bid expectations are the lines every sub answers. On a quote line, turn on Create Quantity, set how many units you need, and add an optional unit of measure. When they submit, they enter a unit rate. KNTRCTR multiplies rate times quantity so everyone is pricing the same hours, tons, or feet, not inventing their own lump.
- Create Quantity is optional. Leave it off for a simple lump-sum quote line.
- Subs see that quantity on the bid form, next to the rest of the bid expectations.
- If you later change the quantity, existing bids keep the quantity they were submitted against. A new quantity is a leveling change, next to the original line.
Harbour St watermain
Harbour Utilities · submitted $168,200.00
Quote expectation
Traffic control hours
Hourly traffic control for the Harbour St closure.
Unit rate
$102.50 / Hour
Line total
$8,200.00
Level Amount
$8,200.00
Submitted quantity stays 80 Hour. A new quantity is a leveling change, not a rewrite of their bid.
Provisionals sit beside the form.Include them, or leave them out.
Bidders can add provisional or additional amounts that were not on your bid expectations: allowances, contingencies, night work. A Conditional flag means the cost may not apply. It stays visible. It is not in their submitted total unless you put it in the leveled figure.
- Each item can carry a label, amount, multiplier, and an optional description.
- During leveling you include or exclude each one so you can compare best case and worst case.
- They appear separately from bid expectations in bid details and in Compare Bids.
Provisional / Additional amounts
Harbour Utilities · not in the submitted total
Night work standby
Crew on call if the closure runs past 7pm.
$3,200.00
Multiplier 1.00
Include in leveled total
Off: worst case stays visible. On: it lands in the leveled figure.
Compare Bids is the same job on one chart.Then you award from here.
Two companies, every line you asked for, plus a leveled column on the bid you are normalizing. Headline totals stay visible. The rows underneath tell you what they actually include. Award sits on the same screen.
- Excluded is an answer, not a missing cell.
- Rex AI can fill a blank row from a quote PDF. Filling a blank is not awarding the job.
- Rex analyzes. You decide.
Leveling, unit pricing, and extras.
Can I level my subcontractor bids in KNTRCTR?
Yes. KNTRCTR includes bid leveling for job posters so you can normalize subcontractor bids line by line before award.
Bid leveling keeps the original bidder response visible while you enter separate leveled values for comparison.
You can level quote expectations (including unit rate and quantity on unit-priced lines), level provisional / additional amounts (amount, multiplier, and include/exclude), add bid adjustments as increases or decreases, and add leveled notes under Pricing, Scope, and Timeline.
The leveled amount is calculated from the original bid amount, plus or minus expectation-leveling differences, plus or minus provisional leveling differences, plus or minus bid adjustments.
Bid leveling is poster-side only and locks once the job is awarded.
What is unit pricing on a bid expectation?
On a quote Bid Expectation, job posters can turn on Create Quantity and set the quantity needed, plus an optional unit of measure (for example Sq Ft or Linear Ft).
Bidders then enter a unit rate. KNTRCTR multiplies rate × quantity to calculate the line total, so everyone prices against the same quantity.
Leave Create Quantity off if you want a simple lump-sum quote line. Unit pricing is optional and can be edited later on the job.
If the poster later changes the quantity, existing bids keep the quantity they were submitted against. Adjustments for the new quantity belong in bid leveling.
What are provisional or additional amounts on a bid?
Provisional / additional amounts are costs a bidder adds that were not listed in the poster's Bid Expectations—for example allowances, contingencies, or extras.
Each item can include a label, amount, multiplier, optional description, and a Conditional flag when the cost may not apply.
They appear separately from the poster's Bid Expectations in bid details and side-by-side comparison, so the pricing structure stays clear.
What does “Conditional” mean on a provisional amount?
When a bidder marks a provisional amount as Conditional, they are saying that cost may not apply.
Conditional amounts stay visible to the job poster, but they are not included in the bidder's submitted total by default.
During bid leveling, the poster can include or exclude each conditional item in that bid's leveled total to compare best-case and worst-case scenarios before award.
Level the field. Then award the job.
The original stays on the page. The leveled figure is what you compare. Kickoff opens after you award.