OBJECTIVE:
Make
available to business owners, contractors, schools
and end-users robust practical software packages that are inexpensive
($50 - $100) and
can pay
for themselves in one (1) to two (2) projects.
WHO:
BIDQWIK.com
is a one-man company that markets five (5)
spreadsheet software
products. The programs are Microsoft© hosted
Excel™ based
and require the user to
own Excel™, but do not require
the
user to be a spreadsheet expert or user. All
inputs
are easy part description, dollar, quantity or percent
fill-ins.
WHERE:
BIDQWIK.com,
developed from ProfitDeveloper.com, was started in San
Diego, California and now resides in Knoxville, Tennessee. Sales
of the products are worldwide.
WHEN:
Initially,
in 1994, I designed proprietary
Horizontal Communications
Cabling bidding software
to run a small cabling company (~50 technicians)
followed by the start of the Cable
Bidding /Tracking software suite
in 1996. The products became ProfitDeveloper.com
in February 2003
when the communications software packages were expanded
to handle many different types of business functions
(cabling, flowers, painting, actor/production companies,
Handi-man and many more). In February 2010, I decided
to add a site name that fit
the quick
bidding
capabilities
of
the
software
by opening BIDQWIK . COM.
Either way, BIDQWIK . com (bidding
quickly) and Profitdeveloper . com (bidding
for profit), are the same product.
WHAT:
There are five (5) software packages
utilizing Microsoft Excel"
BidPro -The
BidPro contractor bidding & financial
package is a Microsoft® hosted Excel spreadsheet
that will assist owners, estimators and project managers
in competitively bidding simple through complex projects
where labor and material costs are known and gross
profit margins are calculated or directed.(labor/material/subcontractors/cost/sell/profit/GPM/ROI) File
size 828
Kbyte
TrakPro -The
TrakPro project tracking and financial performance
package is a Microsoft® Excel hosted spreadsheet
that will assist owners, estimators and financial
managers in
tracking bid
project costs of simple through complex projects where
labor, material and other costs are known. TrakPro
will assist you
in making informed resource decisions as well as manage
profit and profit margin objectives through estimate-to-complete
and final costs.(track contract to actual costs/profit/GPM/and
what-ifs) File size 1.3
Mbyte
ConduitPro -
The ConduitPro package is a Microsoft® hosted
Excel spreadsheet that will assist anyone interested
in determining conduit fill capacity, bend radius
and maximum
pull tensions
for communications cabling (BICSI standards). In addition,
fill calculations are also provided for troughs, multiple fill-boxes
and circular openings. (BICSI/EIA
conduit sizing for cabling and trough cable fill) File
size 472
Kbyte
CablePro -
The CablePro is a Microsoft® hosted Excel
spreadsheet that will assist anyone interested in pricing
horizontal communications cabling (voice, data and
fiber). The software lists installation parameters that
will
enable any company, finance manager or consultant to
evaluate
contractor bids or decide budget parameters for capital
appropriation
requests. (horizontal communications cabling
bid/costs/sell/profit/GPM/ROI) File
size 1.1
Mbyte
LaborPro -
The LaborPro is a Microsoft® hosted
Excel spreadsheet that will assist anyone interested
in tracking worker attendance and labor hours worked
during your calendar year. Future year tracking is
possible through a few user changes to this program.
The spreadsheet
allows up to 50 workers to be tracked by user input
items (like hours worked) per week and has user input
absence
charts.(track planned-vs-actual hours and
attendance for up to 50 technicians) File
size 2.3
Mbyte
WHY: Many
programs I found required sophisticated servers, proprietary
code, SME (subject matter expert) support that didn't
exactly give me what
was needed and they
were always very
$$ costly. These
BidQwik.com designed packages were utilized to successfully
run a small cabling company in Southern California, were
I, as general manager,
consistently managed
to
meet our
corporate profit margins by accurately bidding, not guessing
or blanket dollars projections for just-in-case situations.
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Peter
Buitenhek
