Weld Bid Desk v0.5 — Mobile Welding Bid & Profit Tool

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Business defaults

Business name

Phone (optional)

Email (optional)

Minimum service-call charge

Target profit margin %

Sales tax %

Deposit %

Internal job-cost inputs

Direct field welder labor cost / hr

Direct shop labor cost / hr

Direct helper labor cost / hr

Direct travel labor cost / hr

Variable vehicle cost / mile

Fuel/maintenance-style variable cost. Do not repeat truck fixed costs here if they are in Rate Builder.

Operating overhead / primary billable hr

Job-specific fixed overhead / admin

Only costs not already included in hourly overhead.

After-hours internal labor premium %

Use your own actual business costs. These are internal costs, not recommended market prices.

Rate Builder

Build direct labor cost separately from operating overhead so truck/insurance/shop costs are not silently counted twice. This does not tell you what the market will pay.

Annual owner/welder compensation target

Annual payroll burden / benefits

Annual truck / rig FIXED costs

Payments, registration, fixed ownership costs. Exclude fuel/mileage variable costs.

Annual insurance / licenses / software

Annual shop / office / other overhead

Expected primary billable hours / year

Minimum billed hours per call

Typical fixed call-out burden

Direct labor cost / hr$0.00

Operating overhead / billable hr$0.00

Cost-based minimum call-out at target margin$0.00

Customer + job

Customer

Project / repair

Job location

Job mode

Status

Quote / invoice #

Quote date

Follow-up date

Quote valid for days

Scope of work

Terms / payment notes

Exclusions / assumptions

Invoice payment instructions

Customer selling rates

Field welder sell / hr

Shop fabrication sell / hr

Helper sell / hr

Travel-time sell / hr

Mileage sell / mile

Mobilization / call-out fee

Material markup %

Consumables markup %

Labor + travel

Field welder hours

Shop fabrication hours

Helper hours

Travel time hours

Round-trip miles

Load-out / setup hours

After-hours customer labor surcharge %

Internal after-hours premium and customer after-hours surcharge are separate on purpose.

Materials + equipment

Description	Cost

Consumables cost

Equipment / rental cost

Equipment / rig customer charge

Outside service / subcontract cost

Outside service customer charge

Other direct cost

Other customer charge

Risk reserve % of hard cost

Bid controls

Manual price adjustment

Final pre-tax bid

Internal bid check

Hard estimated cost$0

Budgeted cost incl. reserve$0

Itemized selling price$0

Target-margin price$0

Estimated margin—

Field + setup labor cost	$0
Shop labor cost	$0
Helper labor cost	$0
Travel labor + vehicle cost	$0
Materials + consumables	$0
Equipment / outside / misc	$0
Hourly + job-specific overhead	$0
Risk reserve	$0

Customer proposal

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Estimate — • Issued —

Customer: —
Project: —
Location: —
Job mode: —

Optional customer acknowledgment

Authorized by: ____________________ Date: __________

Estimate is based on the described scope and information available at time of quote. Final pricing may change if hidden damage, access, material condition, scope, inspection/certification requirements, customer changes, or other job conditions differ from what was described.

Basic invoice

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Invoice — • Issued —

Bill to: —
Project: —
Location: —

Invoice date

Payment due date

Deposit / amount already paid

Subtotal: $0

Sales tax: $0

Invoice total: $0

Paid / deposit: $0

Balance due: $0

Job closeout

Compare the budgeted estimate with actual job cost. This is the feedback loop for future bids.

Actual labor cost

Actual travel / vehicle cost

Actual materials + consumables

Actual equipment / outside services

Actual other direct cost

Actual overhead allocated

Budgeted estimate$0

Actual cost$0

Actual profit$0

Actual margin—

Cost variance$0

Closeout notes

Saved jobs

No closed-job data yet.

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Important: Weld Bid Desk is an estimating and business-planning aid, not welding procedure, engineering, inspection, certification, legal, tax, safety, code, or regulatory advice. Users are responsible for qualifications, safe work, applicable standards, inspections, scope, materials, local requirements, taxes, and final customer pricing.