Takeoffs for commercial bids
We read the drawings, specs and addenda for your commercial window covering bid. In 48 hours you get every shade counted twice, sized and tied to the sheet it came from, with the questions for the GC and proposal language ready to paste.
Your first takeoff is free. Any set under 25 pages, the full package, no card needed.
Pages from our sample takeoff for a made-up job. See every page.
How it works
Commercial bids are won or lost on the takeoff: a missed note, a storefront that was N.I.C., a tag that doesn't match the legend. We read all of it, so you can price the job and get back to selling.
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Plans, specifications, every addendum and the bid date. Paste a link to the bid files or email them to us.
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We count the pages we'll work from and email you the fixed fee. Nothing starts until you say go.
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Every sheet with windows, every general note and keynote, the legend, the window schedule and the Division 12 spec. Then a second, independent count.
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The package lands in 48 hours. Revisions are free until bid day, and one addendum is included.
A real package, a made-up job
Cypress Point is a sample job we drew so you can see every page: a small medical office with 16 windows, three shade types, a motorized conference room and two storefront windows that aren't in scope.
In every package
Totals by shade type, the scope with the sheet and note behind each line, the shade schedule, inclusions, exclusions and assumptions, every discrepancy in the documents, questions for the GC, a field-verify list, motor and power coordination, the quality check and the marked sheets.
The schedule in Excel with columns for your field measure, totals by type as live formulas, the questions and the spec summary.
Scope, basis of price, inclusions, exclusions and clarifications, written from the takeoff so your bid says what you priced.
A clean quote request for the manufacturer's commercial team, with the products, quantities and sizes.
The same schedule as a simple file for your own spreadsheet or quoting tool.
How we keep it right
Every takeoff ends with a quality check page, so you can see what was checked and what we couldn't.
Pricing
Priced by the pages we work from: the drawing sheets plus the window covering specification pages. We confirm the page count and the fee by email with a secure pay link, and start when it's paid.
Your first takeoff is free: any set under 25 pages, the full package, no card needed. After that, these prices.
Nothing to pay now. We confirm the page count and the fee by email before we start.
Bidding every week? Go monthly
Sign up here and pay by card or bank on Stripe's secure checkout. Monthly plans cancel any time. Plans follow the Takeoff Service Terms.
Each drawing sheet we work from (plans, elevations, schedules, details) plus the window covering spec pages, usually a Division 12 section like 12 24 13 Roller Window Shades. Spec sections for other trades don't count, even when they come in the same file.
Need it faster than 48 hours? Say so on the request and we'll tell you if we can.
Bidding commercial every month?
The Commercial plan ($499 a month, 8 logins) adds commercial bids, jobs, companies and takeoff tools to the HeadRail CRM. Send us the big ones, do the rest in-house.
Request a takeoff
Two minutes. We'll reply by email with the page count and the fixed fee, and start when you say go.
A real estimator reads every request.
Questions
Something else? Ask on the request and we'll answer with the fee.
48 hours from complete documents: the plans, the specifications and every addendum issued so far. Need it sooner? Say so on the request and we'll tell you if we can.
Each drawing sheet we work from (floor plans, elevations, schedules, details) plus the window covering specification pages, usually a Division 12 section such as 12 24 13 Roller Window Shades. Spec sections for other trades don't count. We tell you the page count and the fee before we start.
Yes. 3 takeoffs a month for $449, 6 for $799 or 12 for $1,499, each takeoff under 25 pages (a bigger one counts as 2). Unused takeoffs roll over 1 month, extra takeoffs are 20% off, there is no setup fee, and paying annually saves 20%.
Yes. Your business's first takeoff is free when the set is under 25 pages: the full package, no card needed. Tick the box on the request. Bigger sets and later takeoffs are priced by the page, and we confirm the fee before we start.
By card or bank payment on Stripe's secure checkout. For a single takeoff we email the page count and the fixed fee with a pay link, and start as soon as it's paid. Takeoff Plans start right here on this page, billed monthly or paid annually, and a monthly plan cancels any time. Every takeoff follows our Takeoff Service Terms.
No. Takeoffs are a stand-alone service for any blinds or shade dealer. If you bid commercial work every month, the HeadRail Commercial plan also gives you commercial bids, jobs and takeoff tools in your own CRM.
No. The takeoff sizes are window openings for pricing, taken from the window schedule, written dimensions or the scaled drawings, and each line says which. A size the documents don't show is marked Field verify, never guessed. Order sizes come from your field measure before you release the order.
One addendum is included, and revisions are free until bid day. Later addenda are quoted before we start them.
They are used only for your takeoff and deleted 30 days after the bid date. We never share them or use them for anything else.
Window coverings on commercial jobs: roller, solar and blackout shades, dual and motorized shades with their motors and switches, blinds and drapery. Tell us the products or manufacturer you want to quote and we'll match the takeoff to it.
