A construction RFP sets a completion time and liquidated damages for missing it, and a firm that does not weigh that risk in the go or no go can win a bid it cannot deliver profitably.
What schedule and damages set
The solicitation sets the required completion time, the milestones, and the liquidated damages per day of delay. A short schedule with high damages shifts real risk onto the contractor and must be priced and weighed before the pursuit.
Why the risk is easy to underweight
The completion time and the damages sit in the general conditions and the special provisions, and a firm focused on scope and price can read past how aggressive the schedule is. The risk surfaces during the work, when it is too late.
How an AI bid response agent reads the risk
An AI bid response agent reads the package, extracts the completion time, the milestones, and the liquidated damages, and weighs the schedule risk in the go or no go so the call accounts for what the schedule demands.
You can see the schedule and damages weighed in the go or no go in our AI bid response agent demo for construction and infrastructure RFPs. It reads the completion time and damages into the pursuit decision.