Bidwright Lite – Free Contractor Estimate Template, Bid Tracker & Job Profit Spreadsheet (Excel)

Free Contractor Estimate Template, Bid Tracker and Job Profit Spreadsheet

Bidwright Lite is a free contractor estimate template for handymen, remodelers and small trade contractors. Price one job, track your bids and check the real profit on finished jobs, all in one Excel workbook.

What’s included

• Quick Estimate: 15 lines with item type, quantity, unit cost, waste % and labor hours per unit, plus labor rate, overhead, markup and sales tax on materials. Shows direct cost, price, total and gross margin.
• Bid Tracker: 40 bids with status colors, follow-up alerts and a margin check.
• Job Profit: 20 jobs with estimated vs. actual profit and over-budget flags.
• Dashboard: open bids, win rate, won work and completed-job margin, with two charts.
• Settings: currency symbol, targets and your own trade list.

Excel-format .xlsx for Microsoft Excel; tested in LibreOffice Calc; built with standard functions that also work when you open it in Google Sheets. Formula cells are locked with no password.

How to use it

1. Type your business name, currency symbol and targets in Settings.
2. Price the job on Quick Estimate: one line per item, with quantity, unit cost, waste % and labor hours per unit.
3. Copy the total to the Bid Tracker, mark the bid Sent, and follow up when the alert appears.
4. When you win, add the job to Job Profit and type your actual material, labor and other costs.

Who it’s for

Handymen, painters, flooring installers, carpenters and remodelers who want a simple, honest way to price work and check margins without buying software.

What the full version adds

The full Bidwright Contractor Estimate & Job Costing Spreadsheet adds a 300-item price list, an estimate builder with 1,500 lines across 250 estimates, markup or margin with contingency, a printable client quote, job costing from a labor log, receipts and mileage, change orders, invoices with overdue flags, a one-page Job Profit Report and a full dashboard with 8 KPIs and 4 charts.

How to download

Downloading is free with a free Taskdale account. Free downloads are limited to 3 per day. Personal-use license: you may not resell, share or redistribute the file.