The office·Quoting and estimating·Reading the request

The RFQ is an email, three PDFs and a drawing. Get it into one place.

On the call, we would ask

  • How many pieces does a typical request arrive in?
  • How long before the estimator knows what is actually being asked for?
  • What gets missed in the attachments: a spec, a term, a revision?
  • Which requests are not worth quoting, and how soon could you tell?