Standardized Contractor Bid Sheet?

[Adam Black]

We are getting cloer and closer to our goal of 10, 10, 10 monthly, 10 buys, 10 rehabs, 10 sells. As we get closer we are trying to streamline and standardize everything we can.
I have put together a excel sheet that goes from room to room and list every item down to the number of electrical sockets needed for that room.
On a seperate worksheet, it populates this info to a "bid sheet" with a entry for labor, another worksheet populates sku numbers for the itmes we use, ceiling fans, stoves, etc for us to pick up at Home Depot.
My problem is getting these guys to fill it out. It's like you are insulting their intelligence to give them help like this. The excuses run the gammet from "what if we tear out the tub and it is rotten behind it" to "I can provide material for less than you are buying them at Home Depot".
Anybody else doing anything similar? Doe this sound like a good idea?
Of course, we disclose on the form that we understand additional items may occur due to unforeseen problems such as rotten wood, etc. But they still try to buck it?

[J Scott]

Originally posted by Bob Mc Intosh:

Would either of you mind sharing what you send to your contractors? I am just getting started into rehabs and would love to see what you guys have!

It depends on whether I use a GC for the project or sub the project out directly to multiple contractors, but I always start with a Scope of Work document. That document can be handed to my GC for a full bid or can be broken up into pieces and handed to individual contractors.

I also use this SOW as part of my contract(s)...

Here is an example of one of my SOW documents that I could just hand to my GC for a bid:

http://www.reistartup.com/wp-content/uploads/Second_Chance_House/Scope%20of%20Work.doc

If I was going to sub it out myself, I would break the SOW into the categories above (as opposed to breaking it down room by room), and hand off the specific requirements to the specific contractors...