The subs assumed controls were covered, but neither included them.

When a sub writes EXCLUDES FIRESTOPPING in caps at the top of page one, your estimator sees it. That is not the problem.

The problem is the line that appears in no quote.

• Access panels for the valves above a hard ceiling.
• Housekeeping pads.
• Blocking for the roof curbs.
• Controls wiring on a system three trades touch.

Every sub assumed someone else had it, wrote nothing, and priced accordingly. The tab balances. The scope has a hole in it.

Catching that requires reading all twelve quotes against each other, item by item, and noticing an absence. It is the least interesting work in the office and it happens the same week everything is due. It gets skipped, and it gets skipped by good estimators who know better.

Revelry runs the comparison on every quote in the package.

• For each line item it marks where a sub includes it, where a sub excludes it, and where a sub is silent.
• Any line that is not accounted for across the board gets flagged.
• The flag points to the page and the exact wording in each quote, so your estimator reads three sentences instead of five full packages.

Then it is a phone call.

A gap found before award is a question you ask a sub while they still want the job. The same gap found after award is a change order, and you are negotiating from behind.

Built against your scope sheet

The line list and the level you level at are yours, so the comparison gets built to them during setup rather than shipped as a fixed template. What counts as a gap on a healthcare job is not what counts on a warehouse, and an estimator leveling by CSI division is asking a different question than one leveling by in-house cost codes. That configuration is part of the engagement.