Post by Owen Hagger

The cheapest tender return is often the most expensive bid once you read the small print. The number that sinks a project is rarely on the summary page. It is a one-line exclusion three appendices deep: "assumes clean site", "excludes works below existing ground level". Here is how AI helps you catch it before you appoint: → Normalise every bid onto a like-for-like basis → Extract every exclusion, qualification and assumption → Flag where a bid deviates from the requirements → Draft a side-by-side comparison table → Draft a first-pass scoring matrix → Humans still value the risk and make the call AI reads three returns in minutes and surfaces the exclusions that change the answer. You value them and decide. Full breakdown, worked example and free template here: https://lnkd.in/eu9mPc9q #QuantitySurveying #Construction #Procurement #ConstructionTech