Fictional Tenant Improvement — Flooring bid package — three bids. This is the real report structure: executive review, recommendation, scope leveling, bidder profiles, award gates, and the questions to send each bidder. Exact figures and the full line-item depth unlock with the report.
Finding · The lowest quote excludes after-hours work — material for the stated weekend turnover schedule. Prairie carries the lowest true cost once missing and excluded scope is leveled.
Recommended · strongest after scope adjustment
Prairie Commercial Interiors
88% confidence
Lowest true-cost position, the clearest inclusions, and the fewest unresolved award gates — pending written confirmation of warranty transfer and allowance terms.
Scope leveling
Northline
Prairie
Summit
Existing flooring removal & disposal
✓ Incl.
✓ Incl.
— Excl.
Floor leveling / substrate prep
⚠ Gap
✓ Incl.
· Unclear
Moisture testing & mitigation
— Excl.
✓ Incl.
— Excl.
After-hours / weekend turnover
— Excl.
✓ Incl.
⚠ Gap
Warranty & closeout docs
⚠ Gap
✓ Incl.
✓ Incl.
True cost
Bidder profiles
B
Northline Flooring Co.
Budget option
Quoted True cost
+ Lowest sticker price — a useful budget anchor if the exclusions convert to firm inclusions.
Every vendor, figure, and finding in this sample is fictional. The report is decision support — it organizes scope, true cost, and clarifications, but you make the award.