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Electrical scope checklist for bid levelling
Low voltage, utility fees, temporary power and fire alarm swing electrical bids the most.
The scope lines
Ask every bidder to say, for each line, whether it is priced, included, or excluded. A line a bid never mentions is the one that turns into a change order.
- 1Service and distribution
- 2Branch wiring and devices
- 3Light fixtures, furnish and install
- 4Lighting controls
- 5Mechanical equipment connections
- 6Fire alarm system
- 7Low voltage rough-in and conduit
- 8Temporary power and lighting
- 9Utility company fees
- 10Site lighting
- 11Generator
- 12Permits and fees
Usual alternates
Compared side by side, never in the base total.
- EV charging
Where electrical bids differ
The gaps worth a written answer from every bidder before award.
- Low voltage rough-in and conduit excluded and assumed to be by the low voltage vendor.
- Utility company fees and transformer pads excluded.
- Temporary power and lighting priced for a shorter duration than the schedule.
- Fire alarm carried as an allowance on some bids and in full on others.
Level it instead of reading it
Open this checklist in the Bid Leveler, type or paste each bid against it, and every gap is priced, every bid ranked like for like, and a clarification email written for each sub. Free, in your browser.
Open the electrical template