Release Notes

Prime Bid Version 7.22

  1. Performance enhancements

    Prime Bid now has better memory usage resulting in faster load times and calculations.

  2. Maintenance release

    Various bug fixes and maintenance updates.

Prime Bid Version 7.2

  1. New Filter: Section Bid Recap

    This filter displays all of the subs and suppliers that bid for a section of work, sorted by section. This allows for a listing of all of the bids from the matrices onto the sections spreadsheet.

  2. New Filter: Section Bid Recap by Matrix

    This filter displays all of the subs and suppliers that bid for a section of work, sorted by the matrix name. This allows for a listing of all of the bids from the matrices onto the sections spreadsheet.

  3. New Filter: Gross Unit Price by Category

    This filter displays the category total prices for each section with a unit price for the category based on the gross unit for the bid file (usually the gross square footage). This helps keep track of unit prices by category for sections. When a section has costs for more than one category, then the section will display for each category.

  4. New Filter: Gross Unit Price by Section

    This filter displays the category total prices for each section with a unit price for the section based on the gross unit for the bid file (usually the gross square footage). This helps keep track of unit prices for sections.

  5. Change to the Sub Listing Filter

    The Sub Listing filter has been changed to sort by matrix name and show all of the sections within the matrix with the winning bidder. This allows the user to distinguish the type of work for a subcontractor without having to type in the type of work into the spreadsheet.

  6. New Prebuilt Job Cost Budget Export for Viewpoint Cost Accounting

    Added a new prebuilt file format exporting a job cost budget. The file is a text file that has a format that will import directly into Viewpoint. The user can designate cost types and how to manage the addons.

  7. New Prebuilt Job Cost Budget Export for Timberline Cost Accounting

    Added a new prebuilt file format for exporting a job cost budget. The file is a text file that has a format that will import directly into Timberline. The user can designate category types and how to manage addons.

Prime Bid Version 7.1

  1. Scope item editing in the sections spreadsheet

    Users can now edit scope items, including adding scope items by cost category and changing the cost category total for each added or changed scope item value.

  2. New filter: Scope Items Worksheet

    New working filter in the sections spreadsheet to work directly with the scope items, scope items changes can update the category total.

  3. Ability to flag scope items

    Scope items can be flagged (marked) for reference with a background color. The flagged colors show up in the vertical view and in the scope item worksheet.

  4. Automatically flag scope items from estimating import with a value of $1 or less

    The imported scope items from estimating software with a value of $1 or less automatically get flagged to highlight the need for a value to be placed in the scope item.

  5. Assign a background color to a flagged scope item

    The background color that indicates that a scope item has been flagged can be set by the user.

  6. Recalculate section total by changing the value of a scope item

    A new preference for changing the section category change in conjunction with a scope item value change can be set by the user.

  7. DBE Status filter

    A new filter for the bid vendor database shows all of the DBE categories with all of the matching vendors sorted by Main Section.

  8. Transfer rights now has messaging instead of approvals

    The transferring of rights now does not require each user to click a Yes button to complete the transfer, now a message box appears and the rights are transferred without delay.

  9. Automatically sort a new section in the section input sorted filters

    New "sorted" Section Input filters resort by the CSI section code each time a new section is added to the bid file.

  10. Display preliminary values for scope items in the Vertical View

    The default value for each scope item from the scope items worksheet displays in the vertical view on the scope item row in the preliminary column.