How it works
From forwarded email to finished proposal — here's exactly how.
Archer runs a three-stage pipeline: parse your bid package, generate a draft takeoff, assemble a professional proposal. Each stage ends with your review. You stay in control of every decision.
Intake
Three front doors, designed for how you actually work.
Forward the email
Your BidReady organization gets a unique intake address. Forward a GC’s bid invite from your phone. Archer verifies the email, parses the attachments, and starts. No login, no re-typing.
Share from your phone
Tap the share sheet. Pick BidReady. Files upload via signed URLs with resumable upload for large drawing sets.
Upload from the web
For office staff. Drag and drop the whole bid package. Same pipeline, same speed.
Stage 1
Archer reads the spec book so you don't have to.
Trade-aware filtering
Drawing sheets outside your trade are skipped before they’re rasterized.
Two-pass extraction
A cheap first pass filters the spec book for trade relevance. Only surviving chunks reach the detailed extractor.
RFI candidates surfaced
Ambiguous items flagged with confidence scores.
You review every scope item before Archer moves forward.
Stage 2
A draft takeoff, already done — with material, labor, and equipment separated.
Why separate?
Contractors don’t trust black-box totals. You trust seeing the components.
Pricing library
Your per-trade defaults that ground every estimate.
Editable on your phone
The grid is designed for thumbs.
You approve the estimate before Archer writes the proposal.
Stage 3
A finished proposal, ready to send from your phone.
Four sections
Cover letter, scope narrative, exclusions, qualifications.
Exclusions matter
A missing exclusion is a margin killer.
Proposals versioned
Regenerate after tweaking, keep history.
Archer never sends a proposal without your explicit go-ahead.
Your dashboard
Everything that needs your attention, in one place.
Unified feed
Every project event in one place — scope reviews, estimate approvals, proposal sends.
Action queue sorted by urgency
The bids that need your attention first are always on top.
Deep-linked notifications
Tap the notification, land exactly where you need to act.
Ready to stop spending Sundays on bid response?