How a mid-sized MEP contractor unlocked speed on tenders, tightened cost estimates, and recovered AED 3.4M in unclaimed variations.
The contractor's 5 estimators lived in Excel. Every tender was an 11-day exercise of re-keying BoQs from PDFs, chasing supplier rate cards, and second-guessing quantities. Two out of three tenders were submitted late or with copy-paste errors. Site progress photos vanished in WhatsApp groups. Overruns on one Al Quoz warehouse project cost AED 1.6M in unclaimed variations because supporting evidence was scattered.
We built a drawing-and-BoQ intelligence system that ingested PDF drawings, extracted quantities, cross-matched them against 40+ supplier rate cards, and drafted a full quotation cover letter. Turnaround dropped to under 6 hours. A site-intelligence layer converted 300+ daily WhatsApp photos into structured progress reports and snag lists. RFIs were tracked with SLA alerts. A progress-claim assistant pre-assembled supporting documents.
"Palmpixel took our 11-day quote turnaround and made it 6 hours. Our win-rate on tender bids is up 38% — and my estimators finally sleep at night."
Investment: AED 340k across 14 months. Return: AED 3.4M in recovered variations + AED 1.9M in additional tender wins. Net ROI: 14.6× annualized.
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