Send one scope to three trades, compare the bids, award the work, and track what you owe. All amounts before tax.
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New subcontract
The work, the price and the holdback you agreed with the sub. Record each payment here as you make it — it lands in Expenses against the job.
Ontario's Construction Act has you hold back 10% for the lien period — other provinces and states differ. Estiquik does the arithmetic; it doesn't track lien deadlines.
Changes
Extra work or a credit agreed with the sub. Only approved changes count toward the value.
Where it stands
Payments
Each payment is saved as an expense (category Subcontractors) on this job, so job profit counts it.
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New bid package
Write the scope once, attach the drawings, and send it to the subs you'd use. Each gets a private link to read it and enter a price; bids land here side by side.
Subs see the scope, the files and the job's city — never the client's name, the street address or anyone else's price.
Drawings and specs
PDF, images or Word — up to 25 MB each, kept at full quality so plans stay readable. Invited subs open them from their link.
Who's bidding
Pick subs from your directory, save, then send. Copy a sub's link to text it instead.
Enter a bid
For a price that came in by phone or email. Subs who use their link don't need this — their bid appears here by itself.
Add from your directory
Bids
Lowest first. Read the inclusions and exclusions before you compare prices — the cheapest bid often leaves something out.
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New sub
Keep their insurance and WSIB / WCB dates current — you're warned 30 days ahead, and again before you award them work or pay them.