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BOQ Audit General Construction

BOQ audited for spec gaps, quantity anomalies, and pricing errors; bids levelled into a Schedule of Values; inspection checklist and escalation clauses ready for use

The bid came in low. Low bids are where the claims come from.

  • Area: Operations
  • Time savings: Typical run: 1-2 days for single BOQ; 2-3 days for multi-bid leveling
  • Try it: "BOQ or contractor bid received for a general construction project (residential, commercial, mixed-use) — needs auditing before award or payment"
  • Compounding: Each run refines templates and context — 3 automated steps improve with accumulated data
  • Frequency: Per trigger event

Inputs

  • 📋 Contractor BOQ(s)
  • 📋 Project context (sector, region, currency, scope summary)
  • 🗺️ Drawings (RCP, plans) if available
  • 📅 Tender deadline and award timeline

What BOB does

  1. boq-audit (audit-boq) → using --alias {matter-alias}, parse the contractor BOQ, run the four audit passes (spec-gap, quantity-validation, EO-pricing, cost-completeness), produce markdown audit report + JSON anomaly array with NLM citations on every flag
  2. boq-audit (level-bids) → normalise all contractor bids into a Schedule of Values, flag "too good to be true" rates, buried preliminaries, and missing line items
  3. Review audit and SOV findings with owner-rep or QS — walk through Critical and High flags, agree which to challenge with contractor, agree the lowest responsible bidder advisory
  4. Issue findings to contractor with 7-day response window for itemised re-bid or clarifications
  5. boq-audit (inspection-checklist) → derive a site inspection checklist from the audited BOQ — mock-up requirements, MEP coordination points, hold-points before installation
  6. Owner-rep makes award decision based on audit + SOV + contractor responses + capacity assessment. Award is binding only at this step