BidThinker.Estimate. Price.
Adjudicate.
The AI cost platform built exclusively for Quantity Surveyors. Turn an assessment report, an unpriced BoQ, or a stack of tenders into a client-ready Excel or PDF, in minutes, not days.
14-day free trial · one successful job per tool · No credit card required
BidThinker.Crack injection to cracked concrete · 40 m
Patch repair to spalled concrete · 60 m²
Expose & treat corroded reinforcement · 18 m
Re-seal perished movement joints · 120 m
Waterproofing remediation · 85 m²
Order of Magnitude
R 285 000
Likely · incl. prelims & contingency
Low
R 242 250
High
R 327 750
Estimate Summary
The three jobs
we do best.
Cost estimation, BoQ pricing, and tender adjudication. Three focused tools, all AI-driven and priced to your location and period.
Order of Magnitude Estimate
Cost Estimation
Upload drawings, assessment reports or cost documents. BidThinker extracts the works scope, estimates quantities, and builds up rates for your location and period.
Pre-Tender Estimate
BoQ Pricing
Upload an unpriced Bill of Quantities, Excel, or scanned/digital PDF. AI prices every item with supply-and-install rates, wastage and OH&P for your market.
Financial Adjudication Report
Tender Adjudication
Upload up to 10 priced tenders. BidThinker checks arithmetic, flags omissions, benchmarks rates, and ranks submissions with a recommended tenderer and risk flags.
Three tools.
One simple flow.
Whichever tool you reach for, it's the same three steps: upload, let the AI work, download a client-ready file. No training required.
Upload the documents
Drop in drawings, an assessment report or cost documents — scanned or digital PDF.
AI extracts & prices
The works scope is extracted, quantities estimated, and rates built up for your location and period.
Download the OME
A Low / Likely / High Order of Magnitude Estimate, exported to Excel.
Upload the unpriced BoQ
Excel or scanned/digital PDF. Add the tender document for extra pricing context (optional).
AI builds the rates
Every item gets a supply-and-install rate with wastage and OH&P for your market and date.
Download the priced Excel
A fully priced BoQ with live formulae and a complete build-up to the tender total.
Upload the tenders
Up to 10 priced submissions at once, in PDF or Excel, any format your contractors submit.
AI analyses everything
Arithmetic, omissions, market rates and compliance, every line item checked and benchmarked.
Download the report
A professional adjudication report with a recommended tenderer, risk flags and financial summary.
Everything a QS needs.
Nothing they don't.
The capabilities behind all three tools, built from the ground up for construction and engineering procurement professionals.
AI Rate Build-Up
Supply-and-install rates with wastage and overheads & profit, built up by AI for the location and pricing period you choose. Powers both BoQ pricing and cost estimates.
Live-Formula Excel Export
Priced BoQs and estimates export to Excel with live =Qty×Rate formulae and a full build-up to the total. Change a rate in Excel and the whole sheet recalculates.
Scanned, Digital & Excel Intake
Upload tenders, unpriced BoQs or assessment reports as scanned PDFs (OCR), digital PDFs or Excel. BidThinker reads tables and line items accurately.
Arithmetic & Completeness
On adjudication, every rate × quantity is verified and omitted line items are flagged across submissions, calculation errors caught before they inflate the award.
Market Benchmarking
Rates are cross-referenced against market norms for the region and period. Outliers are flagged with percentage variance and context, on both priced tenders and your own pricing.
Comparison, Ranking & Reports
Compare up to 10 tenderers with AI BidScores and a recommended tenderer, or present a cost estimate as a Low/Likely/High range, in a client-ready report.
Built on enterprise-grade infrastructure
Azure AI
Powered by Microsoft
SSL / TLS
256-bit encrypted
Privacy Compliant
GDPR, POPIA & beyond
Data Isolation
Your data stays yours
PDF & Excel
Scanned, digital, Excel
Built for QS Firms
Any market, any region
Simple, transparent pricing.
No hidden fees. No per-user charges. One price covers your whole team.
Starter
For independent QS practitioners handling a steady flow of projects.
- 1 Tender Adjudication run / month
- 1 BoQ Pricing run / month
- Excel & PDF export
- Email support
Standard
For QS professionals running several tenders and estimates a month.
- 2 Tender Adjudication runs / month
- 3 BoQ Pricing runs / month
- 2 Cost Estimation runs / month
- Multi-tenderer comparison (10)
- Excel & PDF export
- Email support
Professional
For growing QS firms that need more capacity and full compliance tools.
- 3 Tender Adjudication runs / month
- 4 BoQ Pricing runs / month
- 3 Cost Estimation runs / month
- Full compliance tracking
- Executive summary reports
- Priority support
Enterprise
For large QS practices and government procurement offices. Minimum 5 seats.
- Everything in Professional
- Per-seat pricing, 5-seat minimum
- Pooled monthly run allowance across seats
- Custom rate libraries & compliance rules
- Dedicated onboarding
- Account manager
Billed through Azure Marketplace. All prices exclude VAT. 14-day free trial, one successful run per tool.
Common questions.
Is my tender data secure and confidential?
Yes. Documents are encrypted in transit and at rest. Each company's data is isolated, and only your team can access your projects. Our data handling is set out in our Privacy Policy and Data Retention Policy.
What can BidThinker do?
BidThinker is three tools in one platform. Cost Estimation turns a structural/condition assessment report into an Order of Magnitude Estimate. BoQ Pricing prices an unpriced Bill of Quantities with AI-built rates for your location and period. Tender Adjudication checks, benchmarks and ranks priced tenders into a recommendation report.
What file formats does BidThinker support?
BidThinker supports PDF (digital and scanned, via OCR) and Excel. Upload tenders, unpriced BoQs or assessment reports as PDF or Excel; priced BoQs and cost estimates are exported to Excel with live formulae, and adjudications as a professional PDF report.
How many tenderers can I compare at once?
Up to 10 tenderer submissions can be compared per project, on every plan. All tenderers are analysed simultaneously and ranked using our BidScore algorithm.
Do I need technical training to use BidThinker?
No. BidThinker is designed for QS professionals, not IT teams. If you can upload a PDF and read a report, you can use BidThinker. We also provide onboarding support for all new accounts.
Can BidThinker replace my professional judgement as a QS?
No, and it's not designed to. BidThinker is a decision-support tool. It surfaces errors, flags anomalies, and benchmarks rates so you can make faster, better-informed recommendations. All final adjudication decisions remain the responsibility of the qualified QS.
What happens to my data if I cancel?
You can export your projects and reports after cancellation. Deletion timelines are set out in our Data Retention Policy.
Is there a free trial?
Yes. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial, including one successful job on each of the three tools. No credit card required.
Estimate, price, adjudicate
the smart way.
Join QS professionals using BidThinker to estimate, price and adjudicate in minutes, and catch what their competitors miss.
Let's talk about
your practice.
Whether you have a question about pricing, need a demo, or want to explore an enterprise plan, we're ready to help.