Document Analysis: let the agents read the bid for you

Document Analysis now does more of the reading before you even open a file. The new Bid Summary agent writes a brief of the entire bid package, and you can download it as a PDF from Outputs. Bid Items reads every schedule in the proposal, groups the base bid with its alternates, and finishes the job even when a schedule ends on a blank page. Spec books split into one PDF per section, so you can jump straight to what you need.

Setup is faster too. Set Up fills in the project details straight from the package, and Bid Facts lays out the key details in one summary. Starting today, every new project opens in Document Analysis.

Forecast: folders, now easier to organize

Choose or create a folder right when you create a forecast, and any forecast you create inside an open folder is filed there automatically. Jump back to parent folders from the path at the top of the page, undo folder changes if you make a mistake, and decide what happens to the forecasts inside a folder before you delete it.

Bid Tabulations: What Won It, line by line

What Won It now shows every bid line, with Line # and Item # just like the other views, so you can trace exactly where the job was decided. It also has its own Export button.

Improvements

• Forecast Lines the DOT has already priced use the DOT’s price
• Forecast Alternates start as awarded when the totals match
• Custom Bid Tabs Importing a priced file keeps $0 lines and flags every $0 price
• Document Analysis Search highlights each match on the page and stays open while you read
• Document Analysis Drag the edge of any panel to widen Review, Notepad, Log, and Ask
• Navigation Projects now sits just above Settings in the left menu
• Coverage Refreshed letting dates for 20 states, including Texas, California, North Carolina, Florida, and Pennsylvania

Fixes

• Rough In Import from Rough In carries over the letting date
• Similar Bids Margins and markups show only the values you entered
• Forecast Contributing Bids shows your saved numbers right after you save and recalculate

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Forecast: upcoming lettings, ready to forecast in one click

Forget hunting down bid items, downloading the CSV, and uploading it back into Edgevanta. We now pull the bid items into every upcoming job for you, so the manual setup is gone.

Click Create and you’ll see every upcoming letting for the owners you follow, organized by state, owner, and letting date. Select a whole letting or just the jobs you’re chasing. Every rough-in and forecast is created in one step with the bid items already loaded. You go straight from “what’s letting next month?” to pricing the job.

Upcoming lettings are live in 10 states today, and we’re adding more every day.

Forecast: see how accurate your forecasts were

The Forecasts page now has an Accuracy tab, available to every account. Each forecast is scored against the official bid tab, with one row per owner and letting date. You’ll see the forecasted low, the actual low bid, and the difference, added up across the whole letting. Forecasts that are a line or two off from the official tab are still scored instead of being skipped, so you get the full picture.

Improvements

• Forecast InEight price-only exports (Line Number and Unit Price) import straight into My Current Price
• Import/Export Forecast Excel exports open with a details sheet, and What Won It can now be exported
• Coverage Upcoming lettings added for Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas

Fixes

• Forecast Uploads catch item numbers that don’t line up with their descriptions and realign them automatically
• Forecast The Alternates window lets you edit every either/or set and fits on the screen

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Document Analysis: a new way to review bid packages

Document Analysis is a brand-new workflow for reviewing bid packages from start to finish, and it's now available to every organization. It's built to take you from a stack of files to a finished, shareable review in one place. Each project runs through four tabs:

1. Package holds your files and the key facts pulled from them.
2. Set up gets the project ready.
3. Review is where you read, with every file and note in one spot.
4. Outputs collects everything the project produced.

While you read, you can take notes in the Notepad and tag them. Keep them private or share them with your team, and see every teammate's notes in one place. Ask a question right from the document and get an answer with cited sources, then add that answer to your notes. Your question history is saved, so you can share, rename, or delete questions anytime.

When you're done, preview and download what you need, one file or all at once: your notes as a PDF, your team's review as a PDF, or a marked-up copy of the documents where every note becomes a comment linked back to its spot in the source, with bookmarks and page labels.

Document Analysis will eventually replace Projects. Until then, both are available, so you can start using the new workflow whenever you're ready.‍

‍See it Live: we're planning a webinar to walk through a real bid package in Document Analysis, from the first file to the finished review. Stay tuned for an invite!

Bid Tabulations: see What Won It on any job

What Won It, the view that shows where a job was decided, now lives in Bid Tabulations too. Pick any job, any two bidders and compare them item by item to see exactly where one pulled ahead. The Post Bid tab has also been simplified, with the bidder ranking above the full tabulation and a full-screen view for the price sheet.

Improvements

• Forecast Add or edit owners after a forecast is created, and price a forecast against more than one owner
• Forecast Anything you can click now has a dotted underline, including the unit price under My Ext. on the Summary tab
• Import/Export Column review is skipped when every column in your file checks out
• Agents Scanned pages and full files are read more accurately
• Bid Prices Liquid asphalt index refreshed for October 2026 across 42 states
• Coverage West Virginia September 2026 bid tabs are loaded

Fixes

• Rough In Parameters stay on Statewide Unbanded after you open them
• Bid Tabulations Item detail filters narrow the bids list and carry into Rough In
• Bid Tabulations Alternates stay sharp in pinned columns while you scroll
• Forecast Custom bid tabs show up when you pick jobs for a forecast, so county and local jobs can be pulled into a forecast
• Custom Bid Tabs Vendor columns show the company name, and it's clear everywhere whether a bid tab has been published
• Custom Bid Tabs Scanned bid tabs read quantities and prices at the right scale, skip vendor-totals pages, and keep alternates with the right bidder
• Custom Bid Tabs Bid forms keep their cover pages and price sheets