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CSI MasterFormat 09 90 00

Painting scope checklist for bid levelling

Exposed structure, doors and frames, and touch-up after punch are commonly left out.

Level painting 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. 1Interior walls and ceilings
  2. 2Doors and frames
  3. 3Exposed structure and deck
  4. 4Exterior painting
  5. 5Wall coverings
  6. 6Epoxy floors and coatings
  7. 7Touch-up after punch list
  8. 8Lifts and access

Usual alternates

Compared side by side, never in the base total.

  • Graffiti coating

Where painting bids differ

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

  • Exposed structure and deck left out of interior painting bids.
  • Doors and frames excluded because they are assumed to arrive factory-finished.
  • Touch-up after the punch list limited to one visit or excluded.
  • Lifts and access equipment assumed to be supplied by the GC.

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 painting 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.