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FDOT · District 3Vol. 01 Panama City Beach--:--:-- CT Oct 28 letting in--d --h --m Invite-onlyFall 2026 cohort

Know where the low bid lands before you price it.

Bid Intelligence reads 1,340 FDOT bid tabs against your own InEight estimate. Every proposal starts with a predicted winning bid you can defend, and every loss shows you the exact lines where it went.

A long bridge crossing a Gulf coast bay at blue hour, seen from above, headlights streaking across it
T3A21 · SR 75 (US 231), S of SR 20 to Jackson CoBay County · bridge · $12.67M · lets Oct 28 Bid Review · T4C21 · let Sept 2026Lost by $90,820 Review exposure · CR 181 bridge replacement$236,50020 items above FDOT average $90.8K to take low38.4% of the exposure Members get this on every bid, and a predicted winning bid before every letting
1,340FDOT bid tabs on file ±8.8%Typical distance from the actual low bid, out of sample 26Lettings open statewide this morning 6:25 AMRefreshed from FDOT every day
01What a lost bid looks likeT4C21 · CR 181 bridge replacement · Florida panhandle · let Sept 2026 · 5 bidders
One panhandle bridge bid came in third, by $90,820

Twenty Review items sat above the FDOT average, $236,500 of exposure. Bringing back 38.4% of it would have taken low. Bid Review shows the lines, the comparables behind each one, and the division where the risk concentrates.

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Drag the handle to see the same six lines at the FDOT average. The other 59 lines are untouched.
Result#3 of 5$2,948,120 vs Contractor A at $2,857,300
Review exposure$236,50020 items above FDOT average · qty × price delta
Would have taken low38.4%of the exposure · concentrated in Roadside and Asphalt
02The market, this morningOct 28 letting · 24 statewide · 6 in District 3 · $37.50M

Every open letting in your district, already priced.

Pulled from FDOT at 6:25 this morning. The lettings are public record. The predictions are what you sign in for.

No.LettingCounty · workFDOT budgetLets inPredicted winning bid
A — 1 Mill Branch Rd over Mill BranchT4C33 · 76 pay items Calhoun · bridge replacement $4.97M 9 days
A — 2 SR 8 (I-10), Miller Bluff Rd to Okaloosa CoT3A25 · 78 pay items Santa Rosa · resurfacing $16.14M 9 days
A — 3 SR 75 (US 231), S of SR 20 to Jackson CoT3A21 · 118 pay items Bay · bridge $12.67M 9 days
A — 4 SR 2, Spring Branch to Cowarts CreekT3A08 · 28 pay items Jackson · bridge $1.76M 9 days
A — 5 SR 295 (Fairfield Dr), N Pace Blvd to CSXT3A28 · 74 pay items Escambia · drainage $1.66M 9 days
A — 6 SR 95 (US 29), Pond St to Alabama lineT3A06 · 32 pay items Escambia · signing / ITS $0.30M 9 days
18 more lettings statewide on Oct 28, and 2 on Dec 2.Every one with a predicted winning bid, likely competitors and a verdict against your own cost. Members see all of it before the first coffee. Request access
03Product · one letting, three screensBid Strategy · Bid Review · Overview

Built around how a bid actually goes.

Bid Strategy · T4C33 · lets Oct 28Mill Branch Rd over Mill BranchTight at your cost
Predicted winning bidMembers only · lets in 9 days
Likely rangeOuter rangeBudget $4.97M
Likely competitorsContractor B · 60% Holding a proposalContractor C Comparables59 lettings
Bid Review · T4C21 · let Sept 2026Lost by $90,820
$90.8K to take low$236.5K Review exposure
Pay itemvs FDOT$ impact
ReviewConcrete Class IV, substructure+30.1%+$68,898
ReviewRiprap, rubble, bank and shore+34.5%+$34,144
AggressiveTest piles, prestressed 18" sq−23.2%−$28,410
High · 09 Roadside +39.1%High · 06 Asphalt +88.2%
Overview · Thursday, Oct 16 · synced 6:25 AMOct 28 letting is 12 days out
Open statewide26 Pursuing4 Median gap on losses+26.8%
Mill Branch Rd over Mill BranchT4C33 · Calhoun · bridge$4.97MPursuing
SR 75 (US 231), S of SR 20 to Jackson CoBay · bridge$12.67MPursue
SR 8 (I-10), Miller Bluff Rd to Okaloosa CoSanta Rosa · resurfacing$16.14MPursue
01 · Before the letting

Know the number before you price

Every open letting in your district gets a predicted winning bid with a likely and an outer range, the competitors who show up on this kind of work, and a verdict against your own cost: room, tight, or not winnable.

Bid Strategy · refreshed from FDOT every morning
02 · After the letting

See exactly where a bid went

Upload the estimate and every pay item is checked against FDOT's averages: Review and Aggressive flags, the dollars at stake per line, and which CBS division carried the risk. Not a percentage. The lines.

Bid Review · works on any InEight CBS, PBS or EBS export
03 · Every morning

Never miss a letting again

New advertisements, days to letting, who is holding proposals, your closest losses and the firms that keep taking low ahead of you. One screen before the first coffee.

Overview · District 3 first, the rest of Florida next
04How it worksInEight CBS · PBS · EBS · ten minutes to a first review
How it works

A file export, not an integration project.

If your estimate lives in InEight, you're ten minutes from your first review. No IT ticket, no API keys, no consultant.

InEight CBS InEight PBS InEight EBS FDOT bid tabs, daily HeavyBid · ask us

Export the estimate from InEight

The CBS export you already make for the bid meeting. PBS and EBS exports work the same way.

Upload it

We map every pay item to its FDOT code and pull the comparable bids behind it: 59 lettings on a typical bridge job, each one named so you can check our work.

Read the review

Review and Aggressive flags per line, exposure in dollars, division risk, and the items that rest on a thin sample. First review in about five minutes.

Price the next one with the number

Every open letting in your district carries a predicted winning bid and a cost verdict, refreshed from FDOT each morning. Pursue the ones you can win.

05Accuracy, measuredBacktested on lettings outside the training set

We show the range every time, not just the number.

Every prediction carries a likely range (the middle 50% of backtest outcomes) and an outer range (the middle 80%). Measured on lettings outside the training set, and shown to you before you decide to pursue.

1,340FDOT bid tabs on file
±8.8%Typical distance from the actual low bid
59Comparables behind a typical bridge prediction
26Lettings open statewide today
Likely range · middle 50% Outer range · middle 80% Predicted winning bid FDOT budget
New bridge piers rising out of a calm bay at dawn, a crane barge setting a beam
Where predictions are tested Bridges, resurfacing, drainage and intersections across the panhandle, scored only after the letting closes.
06Why it existsBuilt inside a panhandle estimating department
A paving crew working under light towers at night, steam rising off fresh asphalt
Night paving · 0334-1-52 · Superpave, Traffic B

Built in a bid meeting, not a boardroom.

Bid Intelligence started inside a panhandle contractor's estimating department, for the Monday morning when a job you priced carefully went to someone else. It answers the only question that matters that morning: where, exactly, did it go?

  • 01Every number carries its comparablesA predicted bid names the lettings behind it. You can check our work line by line.
  • 02Ranges, not point estimatesLikely and outer ranges on every prediction, measured on jobs the model never saw.
  • 03Your estimate stays yoursUploads live in your workspace only. Nothing you price is shown to another firm.
07Apply for accessReplies within a business day
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What happens next
  1. 01We reply within a business day.
  2. 02A thirty-minute walkthrough on one of your own lost bids.
  3. 03Your workspace goes live with every open District 3 letting already loaded.

Bring one lost bid. We'll show you where it went.

We're onboarding FDOT District 3 contractors first, a few firms at a time. Send your name, a work email and the firm; we'll take it from there.

Where do your estimates live?
Your first review runs on one of your own bids. No marketing list; we only use this to set up your workspace.