Estimation, quoting & proposals,
done right.
The all-in-one platform for government contractors and professional services firms to build accurate estimates, win more deals, and stop losing money to spreadsheet chaos.
80,000+ line items processed · $2.4B+ in proposals quoted
Q-2024-0042
Cloud Migration — Phase 2
Used by 100+ teams including
Your estimates live in 47 different spreadsheets
Copy-paste errors. Wrong rate tables. Version chaos. Sound familiar?
Every firm starts the same way: one spreadsheet becomes five, becomes fifty. Rate tables drift. Someone overwrites a formula. A proposal goes out with last year’s margins.
Basis replaces the chaos with a single source of truth — structured, auditable, and always up to date.
Everything you need to quote with confidence
From first estimate to signed proposal, Basis has you covered.
Quote Builder
Structured line items with labor, materials, and subcontractors. Calculate G&A, overhead, and fee across 50+ rate categories automatically.
Proposal Generator
Turn quotes into polished proposals with one click. White-label PDF and XLSX exports.
Gantt Scheduling
Visualize timelines, dependencies, and milestones. Drag to adjust and watch costs update in real time.
Engagement Kanban
Track every deal from lead to close. Drag cards across stages and see pipeline value at a glance.
Compliance Checks
Built-in FAR/DFAR rate validation across 200+ clause references, ceiling checks, and audit trails. Never submit a non-compliant quote.
Rate Library
Centralized labor categories, rate tables, and escalation schedules. Update once, cascade to every active quote in under 3 seconds.
Team Roles & Permissions
Estimators, reviewers, and approvers with granular access. SSO and SCIM for enterprise teams.
Integrations
HubSpot, QuickBooks, Deltek, Unanet, Jira, Salesforce. Push data where it needs to go.
AI Assist
Auto-suggest line items from past quotes. Detect anomalies. Generate proposal narratives from structured data.
Every government contractor and professional services firm starts the same way: one spreadsheet. It works fine for your first proposal. By your twentieth, you have a folder of files named estimate_FINAL_v3_ACTUALLY_FINAL.xlsxand a sinking feeling that last Tuesday’s rate change didn’t make it into the version you sent to the client.
The enterprise tools — Deltek, Unanet, Costpoint — solve this problem, but they were built for 500-person firms with six-figure implementation budgets and a dedicated admin team. If you’re a 10- to 200-person shop, you’re either over-paying for software you’ll never fully deploy, or you’re back in Excel.
Basis threads the needle. Structured enough for a DCAA audit. Simple enough that your newest estimator is productive on day one. No consultants, no six-month rollout, no shelfware. Just accurate quotes, defensible numbers, and proposals that win.
Teams using Basis see real impact
Measured across our customer base in the first 90 days.
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faster turnaround
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Trusted by teams who quote for a living
“Basis cut our proposal turnaround from two weeks to three days. The accuracy alone paid for itself in the first month.”
Sarah Chen
Director of Operations, Meridian Systems
“We stopped losing deals to pricing errors. The compliance checks catch issues before they become problems.”
Marcus Rivera
VP of Business Development, AstraLabs
“The resource planning view is a game changer. We can see utilization across the entire pipeline at a glance.”
Emily Nakamura
Program Manager, Vectral Defense
Live in 15 minutes. No migration headaches.
Getting started with Basis is fast — really fast.
1
Import from Excel in 2 clicks
Drag in your existing spreadsheets. Basis maps columns automatically.
2
Invite your team via email
Add estimators, reviewers, and approvers. Permissions are set in seconds.
3
First quote in under an hour
Build a structured, defensible quote with your real rates and labor categories.
Ready to win more deals?
Start building accurate, compliant quotes in minutes. No credit card required.