Free Subcontractor Quote Template

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Use these previews for layout and wording ideas. Pick the closest trade-package example, then create your own subcontractor quote in Docelf. Make the scope boundary and the handoff to other trades easy to see. Add your logo and brand colors if you want it to match your business.

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Define Your Trade Scope Before Work Begins

A subcontractor quote should make the boundary around your trade package easy to see. State what your crew will provide and what stays with other trades. Clear handoffs reduce disputes later.

Need to price the full project rather than one trade package? Use the general contractor quote template.

• Reuse saved contractors, customers, services, materials, and standard trade items
• Organize the quote by bid package, area, drawing section, phase, or alternate
• Separate labor, materials, equipment, mobilization, supervision, permits, and testing
• Add quantities, rates, alternates, discounts, and sales tax. Docelf updates the total
• Keep the accepted trade scope ready to turn into an invoice

What Is a Subcontractor Quote?

A subcontractor quote is a written offer for one trade or defined part of a larger project. It tells the recipient where your trade package starts and stops and what you will charge.

Use a quote when the bid documents and your scope are clear enough to price. If the drawings or coordination requirements change, revise the quote and get approval before the changed work begins.

Use a bid when you are responding to a competitive solicitation with stated submission rules. Use an invoice when a deposit, progress payment, or final balance is due.

Subcontractor Quote, Bid, or Invoice?

Use a subcontractor quote for a defined trade package. Use a bid when the project is being priced through a formal bid process. Send an invoice when payment is due.

How to Create a Subcontractor Quote

A clear subcontractor quote defines the trade package and the handoffs before work begins. Follow these seven steps.

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1. Add Your Business: Enter your business name, contact details, license information, and trade classification when relevant.
2. Add Your Logo: Add your logo if you want the quote to match your other project and billing documents.
3. Add the Recipient and Project: Choose a saved contractor or customer, or enter the recipient's details. Add the project name, address, bid package, and contact person.
4. Add the Quote Number and Dates: Add a unique quote number, issue date, valid-until date, and bid or award schedule when relevant.
5. Price the Trade Scope: Price the trade package so the general contractor can see your base scope. Keep alternates and mobilization separate when they affect the decision. Use quantities where they help explain the price.
6. Add Scope Boundaries and Terms: Reference the drawings or specifications that define your price. State the important exclusions and coordination assumptions. Explain the change and payment process.
7. Add Acceptance Details and Send: Check the trade scope and exclusions before you send. Explain how the recipient can accept, then email the quote or download a PDF.

Before you send: Check the trade scope against the drawings or bid package you priced. Make sure every important handoff or exclusion is clear before the quote is accepted.

Make the Subcontract Scope Hard to Misread

The price matters, but scope boundaries prevent most disputes. Name what you furnish, install, coordinate, and leave to others.

What to Include in a Subcontractor Quote

Use the checklist to make the trade scope and handoffs clear before the package is accepted.

• Your business name, contact details, logo, license, trade classification, and insurance or bond details when relevant
• The contractor, construction manager, owner, or customer details and project contact
• The project name, address, bid package, quote number, issue date, valid-until date, and bid deadline when relevant
• A clear trade scope tied to drawings, specifications, addenda, areas, phases, or alternates when useful
• Labor, materials, equipment, mobilization, supervision, permits, testing, delivery, protection, and cleanup when they apply
• Quantities, rates, prices, alternates, discounts, sales tax, and the total quoted price
• Inclusions, exclusions, qualifications, schedule assumptions, access, coordination, and responsibility for related work
• Payment schedule, retainage, change-order process, warranty, and a clear way to accept

Avoid broad phrases such as “complete work” unless you define them. The recipient should be able to compare your price against the drawings, specifications, and exact responsibilities you used.

Subcontractor Quote Accepted? Turn It Into an Invoice

Open the accepted quote in Docelf and create the invoice. Docelf reuses the accepted trade-scope details so you do not have to enter the package again.

Bill the approved progress amount or final balance. Adjust the line items for that billing period, then add the due date and send the invoice.

Other Quote Template File Formats

Use the format that best fits how you write, calculate, review, and share the quote.

• Word Quote Template
• Google Docs Quote Template
• Excel Quote Template
• Google Sheets Quote Template

See every option on the quote templates by format page.

Related Contractor and Subcontractor Quotes

Choose a related template that matches your role or the trade package you are pricing.

• General Contractor Quote Template
• Labor Quote Template
• Construction Job Quote Template
• Electrical Quote Template
• Plumbing Quote Template
• Bid Quote Template
• All Construction Quote Templates

Subcontractor Quote Template FAQs

• What is a subcontractor quote?

  A subcontractor quote is a written offer for one trade package or defined part of a larger project. It shows the scope boundary and price before the package is accepted.

• Who receives a subcontractor quote?

  Send the quote to the person or business that will approve your trade package. That may be the general contractor or another project decision-maker.

• What should I include in a subcontractor quote?

  Start with your business, the recipient, and the project reference. Tie the trade scope to the drawings or bid package you priced. State the important inclusions and exclusions, then show the price and schedule. Add change, payment, and acceptance terms.

• Should I reference drawings and specifications?

  Reference them when they define the work you priced. Use the drawing or specification version that lets the recipient identify the basis of your quote.

• How should I write inclusions and exclusions?

  State what your trade furnishes and installs, then say what stays with others. Focus on the handoffs most likely to cause a scope gap.

• Should I include retainage and progress billing terms?

  Include them when they apply. State the billing schedule and retainage rule so the recipient knows when each payment becomes due.

• What is the difference between a subcontractor quote and a bid?

  A subcontractor quote is a direct offer for a defined scope and price. A bid is usually submitted in response to a formal or competitive request with stated instructions, documents, and a deadline.

• How do I handle scope changes after acceptance?

  Put the change in writing. State the added or removed work, price, schedule effect, and updated assumptions. Ask the contractor or customer to approve it before the changed work begins.

• Can I turn an accepted subcontractor quote into an invoice?

  Yes. Open the accepted quote in Docelf and create the invoice. Docelf reuses the accepted trade-scope details so you do not have to enter them again.

Ready to Send Your Subcontractor Quote?

Define the trade package and handoffs so the scope is clear before approval.

• Email the quote through Docelf or download a PDF
• See when the recipient opens it
• Get notified when the quote is accepted
• Turn the accepted quote into an invoice

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