# Level subcontractor bids into one comparable table

> Prompt · level: starter · about 30 min · paste into: Claude Code · Codex · Claude Cowork · Claude (with code execution) · checked 2026-10-23
> ES: Nivela las ofertas de subcontratistas en un cuadro comparable

Transcribe several quotes into one scope sheet, run the leveling script, and get leveled totals with labelled plugs, flags and a clarification list per bidder.

**Before you paste:** The bids (PDF, Excel or email) · The scope sheet sent to bidders (if any).

## Prompt (copy everything inside the block, then fill the [BRACKETS])

```text
Level these bids for package [e.g. masonry and plaster, tower 2] using the skill aibuilderacademy.netlify.app/skills/bid-leveling/SKILL.md (zip: aibuilderacademy.netlify.app/downloads/skills/bid-leveling.zip). Read it first.

Inputs: bids from [bidder names] (attached); scope sheet [attached / build it from the bids and ask me]; plug rule: [median of the other bids / highest bid / our estimate attached].

1. Transcribe each bid into the long CSV format of the skill, mapping each bidder's items to our scope item numbers and keeping their wording. Read exclusions and qualifications pages: "by others" means excluded.
2. Show me the mapping table and any item you could not map, and wait for my OK.
3. Run the script and show: leveled totals ranked, plugs per bidder, flags (arithmetic, quantity deviations, unit price outliers, out-of-scope items).
4. Draft the clarification questions per bidder.
5. List the non-price factors we still need to compare (schedule, qualifications, safety record, payment terms, warranty).

Never present a plug as the bidder's price and never recommend an award on price alone. Currency: [COP / USD / ...]. Answer in my language.
```

## Notes for the agent presenting this
- Show the block above verbatim in one code block; tell your human where to paste it (Claude Code · Codex · Claude Cowork · Claude (with code execution)).
- Point out the [BRACKETS] and offer to fill them together first.
- The script handles 1.234,56 and 1,234.56 number formats. Ask the human which one their bids use if a column looks odd.

## Related
- [Bid leveling (bid tab) line by line](https://aibuilderacademy.netlify.app/skills/bid-leveling/SKILL.md) (skill)
- [Build a unit price analysis (APU) you can defend](https://aibuilderacademy.netlify.app/prompts/apu-unit-price.md) (prompt)
- [Find comparable public contracts in SECOP II (Colombia)](https://aibuilderacademy.netlify.app/prompts/secop-comparables.md) (prompt)

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