Bid schedule development for federal and commercial proposals
A CPM bid schedule and narrative in Primavera P6 or MS Project, built to the solicitation’s scheduling requirements. Win the job and keep us on for updates, and you pay no baseline fee.
✓ Flat-fee quote within 24 hours
✓ PSP®-certified schedulers
✓ No baseline fee after award when we run your updates
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Proposal and project schedules for general contractors on federal, public and commercial work
A rushed bid schedule weakens a strong proposal
More solicitations now ask for a CPM schedule and a schedule narrative with the proposal. Your estimators are pricing the job until the last day, so the schedule gets built late, by whoever has time. Evaluators notice:
- Activities with no successors, missing calendars and durations that do not match the estimate.
- A schedule that ignores the solicitation’s rules, such as maximum activity durations or Government review periods.
- A narrative that does not explain phasing, weather, access or long-lead procurement.
- Dates you will have to defend later, because the proposal schedule becomes the starting point for the contract baseline.
Flat-fee quote in 24 hours · NDA on request
Schedulers who build proposal schedules to the solicitation
Leopard Project Controls builds bid schedules for general contractors who have no scheduler free during proposal week. Our PSP®-certified schedulers read the solicitation’s schedule section first, then build the logic, calendars and narrative it asks for in Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project.
Recent proposal schedules include a NAVFAC building repair at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Air National Guard solicitations in Massachusetts and New Jersey that required a Primavera P6 schedule and narrative with the proposal, and a flood-protection package for a New York public authority.
How it works
- Send the solicitation. The RFP, drawings, the schedule spec section and your proposal due date.
- Get a flat-fee quote in 24 hours. Scope, deliverables and delivery date in writing.
- Receive your bid schedule and narrative. Built in Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project to the solicitation’s requirements, ready to go into your proposal.
Flat-fee quote in 24 hours · NDA on request
Win the job and pay no baseline fee
Bid schedules are quoted at a flat fee. When your proposal wins and Leopard stays on to maintain the project schedule (progress updates and schedule management), we develop the contract baseline schedule from the bid schedule at no charge.
- Before award: one flat fee for the bid schedule and narrative.
- After award: one flat fee per update, or one flat monthly fee for the whole project.
- What you do not pay: a separate baseline schedule fee, as long as we are running your updates.
The baseline comes with unlimited revisions until it is approved.
Proposal schedules on recent bids
Federal and public authority solicitations where the contractor asked us for the bid schedule.
Building 60 Production Facility Repairs (proposal schedule)
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME
Client: Benaka Inc.
Proposal-stage P6 schedule and bid schedule narrative
Squadron Operations Building 25 Repair (proposal schedule)
Barnes Air National Guard Base, MA
Client: Benaka Inc.
Resource-loaded P6 proposal schedule, 462 activities
F-16 Mission Training Center (proposal schedule)
Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, NJ
Client: Benaka Inc.
P6 proposal schedule built to Section 01 32 01.00 10
Battery Park City Resiliency Project, Package 4
Lower Manhattan, NY
Client: JRCRUZ
Proposal-stage P6 schedule, 1,059 activities on four calendars
“Leopard Project Controls delivered a bulletproof baseline schedule that gave our bid the precision it needed. Their Primavera expertise and attention to agency standards made a major difference.”
Damien Ball, Project Manager, JRCRUZ Corporation
What is in a bid schedule package
- CPM schedule in Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project: activities, logic and durations matched to your scope and estimate.
- Schedule narrative: phasing, critical path, assumptions and risks, written for the evaluator.
- Calendars: work weeks, holidays, Government review periods and a weather calendar where the site calls for one.
- Solicitation rules applied: milestones, maximum activity durations and coding from the schedule spec, such as UFGS 01 32 01.00 10 or 01 32 17.00 20.
- Resource or cost loading when the solicitation asks for it.
- Native file and reports: XER or MPP, plus PDF reports sized for your proposal.
Flat-fee quote in 24 hours · NDA on request
Bid schedule consultants for federal, public and design-build proposals
A bid schedule is the contractor’s plan for the work, submitted with the proposal. On federal best-value procurements and many public authority and design-build solicitations, the owner evaluates it with the technical proposal. Bid schedule development turns the solicitation, the drawings and your estimate into a CPM schedule and narrative an evaluator can follow from notice to proceed to completion.
The requirements differ by owner. USACE work and some Air National Guard solicitations cite Section 01 32 01.00 10, which holds non-procurement activities to 20 workdays and sets how Government reviews are shown. NAVFAC work points to Section 01 32 17.00 20 and a cost-loaded network. Public authorities write their own rules for calendars, milestones and phasing. Our bid phase scheduling services follow the section your solicitation names, with Primavera P6 scheduling services or Microsoft Project scheduling to match.
A proposal schedule also sets up the job. After award, the same logic becomes the starting point for baseline schedule development, and the dates you proposed become the dates the owner holds you to. That is why our fee links the two: when we build the bid schedule and then run your monthly schedule updates, the baseline carries no separate fee.
Contractors bring in a bid scheduling consultant when the estimating team is at capacity, when the solicitation asks for software the team does not use, or when a past proposal lost points on schedule. Send the solicitation and your due date, and you get a flat-fee quote in 24 hours.
Bid schedule FAQ
Is the bid schedule free?
No. We quote a flat fee for each bid schedule. If you win the job and keep Leopard on to maintain the project schedule, we do not charge a separate fee for the contract baseline.
What does the baseline fee waiver cover?
The baseline schedule we develop after award from the bid schedule we built for you. It applies when Leopard handles the progress updates and schedule management on the project. Updates are billed as one flat fee per update, or one flat monthly fee for the whole project.
How fast can you deliver a bid schedule?
You get a flat-fee quote within 24 hours of sending the solicitation. The quote states the delivery date, set ahead of your proposal due date.
Which scheduling software do you use?
Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project, whichever the solicitation requires. You receive the native file and PDF reports.
What do you need from us?
The solicitation, the drawings and specifications, the schedule spec section, your proposal due date, and any phasing or crew assumptions from your estimate.
Will you sign an NDA?
Yes. We sign an NDA on request.
Send the solicitation and get your quote in 24 hours
Attach the RFP or the schedule spec section and tell us your proposal due date. NDA on request.
