A better file workflow
Catch conflicting proposal and estimate totals
When proposal and estimate totals disagree, do not average them. Reconcile the packet before you submit.
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What gets in the way
The problem
A bid packet can hold a proposal cover, an estimate workbook, alternates, and addenda. Each file can look right alone. The miss happens when people check files separately instead of reconciling the numbers—and the assumptions behind them—together.
What changes
The Sclerite outcome
Sclerite is designed to help you notice when related documents in an authorized bid folder disagree. Watch is a designed path for surfacing a proposal-versus-estimate disagreement; Ask can help locate relevant source wording or numbers. You still open both original files and reconcile them manually.
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Authorize the bid folder
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Review a flagged disagreement in Watch
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Open both sources and mark the variance explained or unresolved
Example
The proposal cover and estimate workbook show different totals. Sclerite is designed to present both sources so a person can stop, compare the same bid basis, and refuse to submit with unresolved variance.
Important limitation
Sclerite can miss information when a file is unavailable, unreadable, ambiguous, or outside the folders you chose. Verify important findings in the cited source before acting.
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Windows 10/11 x64 · Payment method required for trial · $19/month or $149/year after trial · Authorize specific folders — not the whole PC · Verify important answers in the original source file · Does not silently rewrite source documents