Bid package: alternative delivery
Design-build proposal and CMAR proposal preparation
We prepare the qualifications, approach and forms for a design-build or construction manager at-risk selection, using your team, fee and staffing numbers.
Fixed price in 2 business hours. Pay only after you accept.
- Fixed price agreed before any work starts
- Plan review is free
- You pay only after you accept the price and delivery date
- Bid packages in 5 business days
- Your facts, your prices, your signature
Project phases
Roles
- Project executiveMonth 0 to month 15, part time
- Preconstruction managerMonth 0 to month 4, full time
- Project managerMonth 2 to month 15, full time
- SuperintendentMonth 3 to month 15, full time
- Project engineerMonth 4 to month 14, full time
- Safety managerMonth 4 to month 14, part time
- Full time
- Part time
Quick answer
Design-build proposal and CMAR proposal preparation from Bidmere organizes each selection step for general contractors and design-build teams. You get a step-by-step requirements matrix, an approach narrative from approved facts, staffing and fee forms in the owner’s format, and a decision list. Packages are priced from $1,950 and ready in 5 business days.
What goes into a design-build proposal or a CMAR proposal?
Both usually run in steps: qualifications first, then an approach and fee proposal, often an interview. We prepare the written steps.
- Step-by-step requirements matrix: what each selection step asks for and how it is scored
- Approach narrative: preconstruction, estimating, scheduling and delivery approach drafted from facts you approve
- Staffing and fee forms: staffing plan, fee and general conditions in the solicitation’s format, using your numbers
- Decision list: commitments, exceptions and pricing items only your company can approve
How do design-build and CMAR selections differ?
Design-build puts design and construction in one contract with one entity. In CMAR, the owner holds a separate design contract, and the construction manager advises during design before committing to a price, often a guaranteed maximum price (GMP).
That changes what evaluators look for. A design-build response must show the design partner’s role, design responsibility and how the team controls cost while design develops. A CMAR response leans on preconstruction services: estimating at each design stage, constructability review, subcontractor buyout and how the GMP is built.
Where does design-build estimating fit in the proposal?
Design-build estimating supports the fee, general conditions and any early cost model the owner asks for. It is scoped separately from the writing.
Early design documents rarely support a detailed takeoff. Many teams carry a conceptual or budget estimate in the proposal and refine it at each design milestone. If you need that estimate, we quote it through our estimating service. Your team still sets the fee, contingency and GMP.
What should you send for a design-build or CMAR pursuit?
- The RFQ or RFP for each step, addenda and evaluation criteria
- Approved team facts: firm experience, key staff resumes and references
- Design partner information for design-build teams
- Your fee, general conditions rates and staffing plan
- Early design documents and any budget the owner has shared
Have the solicitation in hand? Send the RFP or bid documents. Fixed quote within 2 business hours. Plan review is free, and you pay only after you accept.
Get a fixed quoteHow should a staffing plan read in a CMAR proposal?
It should show who is on the job in each phase and how much of their time. Evaluators compare it against the fee and general conditions.
Fictional example: a 15-month pursuit shows a part-time project executive throughout, a full-time preconstruction manager for months 0 to 4, and the project manager and superintendent from months 2 and 3 to closeout. Each line ties to a general conditions cost your team approves. If the staffing chart and the cost form disagree, the decision list flags it.
Which questions should be settled before drafting?
- Whether contingency sits inside or outside the GMP
- Which general conditions items the owner counts as fee
- The design partner’s scope and responsibility split
- Interview format and who presents
Not included: design services or engineering, setting your fee or GMP, bonds and insurance, and signing or submitting.
Before you send plans
Common questions about handing off the work
Will someone else be writing claims about my company?
Only from facts you supply and approve. Gaps go on a list for your decision. Nothing is invented to fill a page.
Who is responsible for the final submission?
Your company. We prepare and check. Your authorized signer approves, signs and submits.
What if our deadline is close?
Send the due date with your request. We confirm what can be delivered before you accept, or we tell you the scope needs to shrink.
What if the quote is more than we expected?
You see the fixed price before any work starts and pay nothing unless you accept it. You can also narrow the scope to selected sections.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
How much does a design-build or CMAR proposal cost?
Each job gets a fixed price after we read the documents. Substantial bid and proposal packages are priced from $1,950. Smaller tasks are quoted to the work involved. A single step, such as the qualifications round, can cost less. The quote arrives within 2 business hours. Plan review is free, and you pay only after you accept the price and delivery date.
How fast can you turn it around?
We reply with a fixed quote or our questions within 2 business hours. Substantial proposal steps are ready in 5 business days from your accepted quote and complete documents. Tell us your due date and your internal review date. If the time left cannot support the work and your review, we say so before you accept.
What is the difference between design-build and CMAR?
Design-build combines design and construction in a single contract with one entity. In CMAR, the owner holds a separate design contract. The construction manager provides preconstruction services during design, then commits to a construction price, often a GMP. The proposal content follows from that difference.
What is a GMP?
A guaranteed maximum price caps the price for the construction work. The contractor is paid actual costs plus a fee up to the cap. It generally carries costs above the cap unless a change order raises the GMP. Your team sets the GMP and its assumptions.
Can you prepare the estimate behind the fee or GMP?
Yes, as a separate estimating scope with its own fixed quote. Early design documents usually support a conceptual or budget estimate, not a detailed takeoff. We price with rates and subcontractor numbers you approve. Your team decides the fee, contingency and final price.
Do you help with the interview?
We can draft talking points and a presentation outline from the approved written response, so the interview matches what you submitted. Your team chooses who presents and what commitments are made. We do not attend interviews, meet the owner or speak for your company.
What must our team provide and approve?
Your team provides the facts, resumes, references, fee and general conditions numbers, and approves every commitment in the response. Your company signs, submits and provides any bonds. Missing facts stay on the decision list until someone with authority answers them.
How do you handle confidential documents?
Start with a short, non-confidential description in the quote form. The form takes text only, with no uploads and no payment. If the job needs your plans, financials or pricing, we arrange a secure document exchange after scope review. Leave private rates and personal data out of the first message.
Get a fixed quote
Share the project basics. You get a fixed price and delivery date within 2 business hours. Plan review is free, and you pay only after you accept.