Estimate by classification, not by guesswork.
BidWire organizes your estimates the way you actually think: by work classification, with union labor rates and real supplier pricing baked in.
Legacy estimating software wasn't built for how union shops actually work.
Overpriced and overbuilt
Accubid starts at $15K/year per seat. McCormick was built in the DOS era. You're paying enterprise prices for tools that fight you on every bid.
Organized by catalog, not by craft
Existing tools force you through material databases and assembly libraries. You think in classifications of work. Your software should too.
Generic pricing, stale data
National average databases don't reflect your local supplier pricing. By the time you update a spreadsheet, material costs have already shifted.
Classification-first estimating.
Classify the work
Start with the type of work: conduit runs, fixture installations, panel work, feeders. The way you scope it on site is the way you estimate it here.
Pull union labor units
NECA-aligned labor units mapped to IBEW classifications. Normal, difficult, and very difficult conditions built in. No manual lookups.
Price from your supplier
Real pricing from retail material suppliers like Graybar, City Electric, and Rexel. Not last year's national averages.
Send the bid
Clean, professional estimate with full material breakdown, labor summary, overhead, and profit. Ready to submit.
Built for IBEW/NECA shops from day one.
Not a generic construction tool with union rates bolted on. BidWire understands the difference between a journeyman pulling feeders and an apprentice roughing in branch circuits.
- NECA labor unit tables with normal, difficult, and very difficult condition factors
- Classification-based labor rates reflecting CBA wage scales by local
- Retail supplier integration for real-time material pricing from your supply house
- Modern, web-based access from any browser. No desktop installs, no IT department required
The estimate should take hours, not days.
BidWire is being built for the contractors who know the craft deserves better tools.