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Fire protection scope checklist for bid levelling

Fire pump, backflow and design responsibility change the number more than the heads do.

Level fire protection bids with this templateSee a levelled example

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.

  1. 1Sprinkler mains and branch lines
  2. 2Heads and trim
  3. 3Design and hydraulic calcs
  4. 4Permits and fees
  5. 5Standpipes
  6. 6Fire pump
  7. 7Backflow preventer
  8. 8Fire department connection
  9. 9Testing and certification

Where fire protection bids differ

The gaps worth a written answer from every bidder before award.

  • Design and hydraulic calculations excluded, or based on a flow test nobody has ordered.
  • Fire pump and backflow preventer split between fire protection and plumbing.
  • Permits and fees excluded and left to the GC.
  • Fire department connection and standpipes priced by one bidder and not the 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 fire protection template

Drop in every proposal. Get one levelled sheet.

Drop in the sub proposals as PDFs or pasted email text and review each one line by line before it goes in, or paste from Excel, or start from a trade template. See every exclusion priced, the real low bid, and a clarification email for each sub. Free. No account, no card, no call.

Open the Bid Leveler

The levelling runs in your browser. GeneralBid only sees a proposal you choose to have read, and does not store it, or a sheet you choose to save as a share link.