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General Contractor Proposals

Win More GC Contracts Without Pulling PMs Off Their Projects

Bidara is an AI proposal platform that learns from your past bids, project history, and qualifications to generate complete GC proposal responses. It handles technical approaches, safety plans, project schedules, and qualification packages.

$2T+
US construction market
15-25 hrs
Saved per bid
75%
Faster first drafts
Your data stays private

Watch how general contractors create complete proposal drafts in hours, not days

The GC Proposal Reality

"We need to be bidding more work, but our PMs are already stretched thin." Every GC owner knows the tension. Here's what you're up against.

Multi-Volume Proposals With Tight Deadlines

Best-value RFPs demand technical approaches, management plans, safety narratives, schedules, and qualification packages. A single proposal can consume 40+ hours of PM and estimator time over 2-3 weeks.

PMs Writing Proposals Instead of Managing Projects

Your best project managers are also your best proposal writers. Every hour they spend on proposals is an hour not spent on active jobsites. That creates risk on both sides.

Prequalification Packages for Every New Client

Every owner, every agency, every CM firm has their own prequalification format. You're constantly reformatting the same company information into different templates, wasting hours on repetitive work.

Differentiating Beyond Lowest Price

On best-value procurements, technical scores matter as much as price. But writing compelling technical narratives that differentiate your approach takes time and writing skill that most field-focused teams lack.

"We pass on good opportunities because we just don't have the bandwidth to write the proposal."

Sound familiar?

From RFP to Complete Proposal Draft in Hours

Bidara learns your project history, your team, and your approach. You focus on building. We handle the writing.

Step 1

Upload Your Project History & Qualifications

Upload past proposals, project summaries, qualification packages, safety records, and team resumes. Bidara extracts your project experience, capabilities, and differentiators automatically.

  • Project history parsed and categorized
  • Team qualifications and certifications extracted
  • Knowledge Base ready in minutes
Drop documents here or browsePDF, DOCX, past proposals, prequal packagesPHospital_Expansion_Proposal_2025.pdf4.2 MB · Uploaded just nowSSafety_Program_Manual.pdf2.8 MB · Uploaded just nowQPrequalification_Package_2026.docx1.5 MB · Processing...AI
Step 2

Upload the RFP or Solicitation

Upload the RFP, RFQ, IFB, or prequalification form. Bidara analyzes requirements, evaluation criteria, page limits, and required sections automatically.

  • Required sections detected automatically
  • Evaluation criteria extracted and weighted
  • Submittal requirements and page limits identified
RFP AnalysisAuto-detectedTechnical Approach (20 pages max)Required · 40% of evaluation scoreProject Management PlanRequired · Schedule, staffing, QC approachSafety PlanRequired · Site-specific safety narrativeKey Personnel & ExperienceRequired · Resumes and project history
Step 3

Generate Your Proposal

Bidara generates a complete first draft grounded in your real project history, team qualifications, and safety program. Every section addresses the RFP requirements in the format the owner expects.

  • Technical approach grounded in your actual project experience
  • Safety plan reflecting your real safety program
  • Every section mapped to RFP evaluation criteria
Proposal: County Courthouse RenovationGenerating...Technical Approach3,200 words · 18 of 20 pagesProject Management Plan1,840 wordsSafety PlanWriting...Key Personnel & ExperienceQueued
Step 4

Review, Refine, and Submit

Your draft is ready in hours. Have your PM review project-specific details, add pricing, and submit a proposal that reflects your firm's real capabilities and experience.

  • Section-by-section review with compliance scoring
  • Export to Word or PDF
  • Invite your team to review and comment
Technical Approach: DraftEditingExportTechnical ApproachManagement PlanSafety PlanKey Personnel1. Project Understanding2. Means & MethodsCompliance3,200 / 3,600 words (18 of 20 pages)

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Why General Contractors Choose Bidara

Purpose-built for construction proposals, not generic AI content.

Learns From YOUR Project History

Upload past proposals, project summaries, and qualification packages. AI uses your real project data, means and methods, and team experience -- not generic construction boilerplate.

Construction-Specific Sections

Technical Approach, Safety Plan, Project Schedule, Quality Control, Subcontractor Management. Not generic "Executive Summary" templates from a proposal tool built for IT consultants.

Keep PMs on Jobsites

Generate 75% of the proposal draft before your PM even opens the document. They review and refine instead of writing from scratch. More bids pursued, more projects won.

Reuse Across Delivery Methods

Design-build, CM/GC, hard bid, CM at-risk. Upload your experience once. Bidara adapts the content to match whatever delivery method the RFP requires.

Built for Real GC Proposal Workflows

From complex design-build RFPs to quick prequalification packages, Bidara adapts to how GCs actually pursue work.

Design-Build Proposals

Technical innovation narratives, design approach sections, integrated team qualifications, and value engineering strategies for design-build RFPs.

Design-BuildBest Value

CM/GC Qualifications

Construction Manager/General Contractor qualification packages with preconstruction services, GMP approach, and open-book estimating narratives.

CM/GCQualifications

Hard Bid Responses (IFBs)

Means and methods narratives, schedule descriptions, safety plans, and qualification statements for lowest-price competitive bids.

Hard BidIFB

Prequalification Packages

Comprehensive prequalification submissions with financial statements, project history, safety records, and organizational capability summaries.

PrequalificationNew Clients

How Bidara Compares

See how AI-powered proposal writing stacks up against traditional approaches for GCs.

FeatureBidaraProposal ConsultantPM Writes ItTemplates
Time to first draftHours1-2 weeks2-3 weeks1-2 weeks
Cost per proposal$299-599/mo$5,000-$15,000PM salary hours$100-$500
Learns your projectsYesOver timeN/ANo
RFP requirement detectionAutomaticManualManualNo
Safety plan generationAI-generatedManualManualGeneric
Multiple delivery methodsAll typesSpecializedLimitedGeneric
Scales with bid volumeInstantlyWeeks to hireLimited by staffSomewhat

Get Up and Running Fast

From sign-up to your first proposal draft in days, not weeks.

1

Day 1

Sign up, upload past proposals and project summaries

2

Day 3

Knowledge Base built, first proposal draft generated

3

Week 1

Team onboarded, first proposal submitted to owner

4

Week 2

Pursuing bids you previously passed on

The Business Case: ROI for General Contractors

More bids pursued, more contracts won. Here's what Bidara means for your pipeline.

Scenario: Mid-Size General Contractor

$50M annual revenue • 3 PMs • 20 bids per year

Without Bidara

PM hours per proposal:30-50 hours
Bids per year:20
Total PM hours on proposals:600-1,000 hours
Win rate:25%
Contracts won:5 per year

With Bidara

PM hours per proposal:10-20 hours
Bids per year:35+ (1.75x capacity)
Total PM hours on proposals:350-700 hours
Additional wins at 25% rate:+3-4 contracts
Additional revenue potential:$5M-$15M+
100x+ ROI

At $299-$599/month, Bidara pays for itself with a fraction of one additional contract win. The real gain? Pursuing opportunities you'd otherwise pass on.

Advanced GC Proposal Features

Everything you need to write better construction proposals, faster.

RFP Requirement Detection

Automatically extracts required sections, page limits, evaluation criteria, and submittal requirements from any RFP or IFB.

Technical Approach Writer

AI generates means and methods narratives, phasing strategies, and project understanding sections grounded in your actual experience.

Safety Plan Generation

Creates site-specific safety narratives from your safety program manual, EMR data, and OSHA training records.

Schedule Narratives

Generates written schedule descriptions, milestone summaries, and critical path explanations for proposal submissions.

Key Personnel Sections

Builds qualification matrices, resume summaries, and relevant experience narratives from your team's uploaded credentials.

Knowledge Base Memory

Stores your project history, qualifications, and company documents. Gets smarter with every proposal you write.

Compliance Scoring

Scores each section against RFP requirements to ensure nothing is missed before submission.

Export to Word/PDF

Download completed proposals in Word or PDF format, ready for final review and submission.

Team Collaboration

Invite PMs, estimators, and executives to review and refine proposal sections before submittal.

Frequently Asked Questions

For general contractors and construction business development teams.

Yes. Bidara automatically detects RFP structure requirements and generates proposals in the format the owner or agency specifies. Whether the solicitation requires a single-volume response or a multi-volume submission with separate Technical, Management, and Price volumes, Bidara organizes sections accordingly.

For multi-prime delivery, Bidara generates distinct scoping narratives and responsibility matrices that clearly delineate your scope from other prime contractors on the project.

Bidara generates subcontractor management plans that cover prequalification criteria, scope coordination, schedule integration, quality oversight, and payment procedures. It draws from your past proposals and company documents to reflect your actual subcontractor management approach.

If your Knowledge Base includes subcontractor prequalification forms, teaming agreements, or past project descriptions with sub management details, Bidara incorporates that language and those processes into new proposals.

Yes. Bidara generates bonding capacity statements, insurance coverage summaries, and surety information sections based on documents you upload to your Knowledge Base. It understands the difference between bid bonds, performance bonds, and payment bonds.

Upload your bonding letters, insurance certificates, and surety references. Bidara uses this real data to generate accurate bonding and insurance sections rather than generic boilerplate.

Yes. Design-build proposals require technical innovation narratives, design concepts, and value engineering approaches that hard bids do not. Bidara detects the delivery method from the RFP and adjusts its output accordingly.

For design-build: Bidara generates design approach narratives, innovation sections, sustainability strategies, and integrated team qualification matrices that show architect-contractor collaboration.

For hard bid (IFB): Bidara focuses on means and methods, schedule narratives, safety plans, and qualification statements. It skips design innovation sections that don't apply to lowest-price procurements.

Bidara generates narrative schedule descriptions, phasing strategies, and milestone summaries for proposal submissions. It creates detailed written explanations of your sequencing approach, critical path considerations, and schedule risk mitigation strategies.

It does not generate Gantt charts or CPM schedules -- those require specialized scheduling software. But the narrative descriptions it produces give evaluators a clear picture of your scheduling approach and project delivery timeline.

Bidara generates personnel qualification narratives, key staff resumes, relevant project experience summaries, and team organization descriptions. Upload your team's resumes, certifications, and project histories to your Knowledge Base.

The AI creates qualification matrices in written form showing each key person's role, years of experience, relevant certifications, and similar project experience. For org charts, Bidara generates the descriptive text and reporting relationships -- you add the visual diagram.

Simple Pricing for General Contractors

Start free for 5 days. Scale as your bid volume grows.

MonthlyAnnualSave 20%

Try free for 5 days · No credit card required · Up to 3 proposals

Starter

$299
$239/month

Billed annually · 2 months free

For small teams

  • 15 AI-generated proposals/month
  • Up to 3 team members
  • Knowledge base (200 documents)Upload past proposals, case studies, and company docs to train the AI on your writing style and methodology
  • Qualification tracking & alertsAI automatically extracts certifications, insurance, and licenses from your documents. Get alerts before they expire so you never miss a bid.
  • SAM.gov opportunity discovery
  • Email support
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Growth

$599
$479/month

Billed annually · 2 months free

For growing teams

  • Everything in Starter, plus:
  • 40 AI-generated proposals/month
  • Up to 10 team members
  • Knowledge base (1,000 documents)Upload past proposals, case studies, and company docs to train the AI on your writing style and methodology
  • Advanced collaboration & analytics
  • Priority support
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Enterprise

Custom

For large organizations

  • Everything in Growth, plus:
  • Unlimited AI-generated proposals
  • Unlimited team members
  • Unlimited knowledge baseUpload past proposals, case studies, and company docs to train the AI on your writing style and methodology
  • Dedicated account manager
  • Custom integrations
  • SSO / SAML
  • Dedicated support

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$2T+ US construction market. Don't let proposal capacity keep you from pursuing the work.

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