Estimation Team | EPC estimating and bid-review templates
Six Excel templates, each with a worked example

Estimating and bid-review templates from someone who has sat on both sides of the table

For estimators, project engineers, bid managers and owners' teams. Built from 25 years of EPC projects. No course, no theory, no blank spreadsheets.

Single-user licence. Free updates for a year. Refund within 14 days if it does not save you an hour.

Read meHeadlineDirect costContingency
B24Direct cost, total
B25Indirects, % of direct
B27Base estimate71,132,000
B28Escalation
B29Contingency
B12Estimate class
B30Total estimate85,400,000
B35Headline to quote
Blue on yellow is an input. Change one and the headline moves. Every template opens like this, on a worked example you overwrite.
What is inside

Six working files, in the order you would use them on a tender

1Basis of Estimate and cost summaryDirect cost, indirects, escalation against the spend curve and risk-based contingency roll up to one headline with a stated class and accuracy range. The written basis, assumptions, exclusions, risks and reconciliation sit next to the numbers, so the estimate survives review.
2Contingency simulationThree-point ranges on the lines that carry the risk, a correlation setting, and an S-curve with P10 to P95. Contingency at the level you fund at, in one cell.
3Bid/no-bid scorecardTwenty weighted criteria, knockouts, the bid economics beside the score, and a register that tracks your hit rate.
4Tender clarification and deviation logEvery question, every answer, every deviation, and what each one did to the price.
5Escalation and currency exposurePrice movement by period and commodity, and what a ten percent move in the exchange rate does to a bid with local content.
6Commercial bid evaluation matrixFor owners comparing EPC offers on a like-for-like basis, with the qualifications priced.
Who it is for

People who have to put a number in front of someone who will challenge it

Estimators, project and bid engineers, bid managers, and owners' or developers' teams evaluating contractors. If your work ends in a review meeting, this is for you.

What it is not

Not a course. Not blank sheets.

Not generic project templates with the word "EPC" added. Not something you need a manual for; every file opens on a worked example that you overwrite. Every figure in the examples is illustrative. The structure and the method are real.

Price
USD 69 all six

Single templates, USD 19 to 29.

  • Single-user licence, use on as many of your own projects as you like
  • Excel 2007 onwards; also calculates in LibreOffice and Google Sheets
  • Free updates for a year
  • Refund within 14 days if it does not save you an hour
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The bid/no-bid scorecard

Twenty criteria, knockouts, bid economics and the hit-rate register, with a worked example. Enter your email and it is yours.

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Questions

The ones people ask before buying

Which Excel version do I need?

Excel 2007 onwards. The files also open and calculate in LibreOffice and Google Sheets; nothing newer than the functions those support is used.

Can I use these on client projects?

Yes. The licence is per user, not per project.

Can my team use them?

Buy one licence per person, or write to hello@estimationteam.org for a team price.

Do the examples come from real projects?

No. Every figure is illustrative. The structure and the method are real.

What if it is not what I expected?

Reply to the receipt within 14 days and I refund it. No form, no questions.

About

I built these because I kept rebuilding them

25 years on EPC projects in petrochemicals, fertilisers and now green hydrogen, ammonia and sustainable fuels. Priced them, bid them, won some, lost some, delivered the ones we won. The part nobody teaches is how to make a number stand up in the room. That is what these files do.