Activating and Deactivating Project Alternates

In addition to the base bid, your bid may also contain multiple Alternates. In some cases you may want to review your bid with some of the Alternates not contributing to the bid totals. In this case you would want to deactivate the Alternate so that the Alternate is not contributing to the overall project bid. You can always re-activate the Alternate, at which time the totals for that Alternate will contribute to the overall project bid.

 

There are multiple ways to activate and deactivate an alternate. The navigation panel shows you each alternate with a check box next to the description. If you un-check the box, the alternate will be deactivated. You can come back at anytime and check the box to activate the alternate. From the Summary Sheet, you can right mouse click on any cell on the alternate over-line row. Next, choose whether you wish to deactivate or activate the alternate. You also have the option to deactivate or activate an alternate by clicking on the ellipsis on the alternate over-line row.

You can also activate and deactivate alternates by clicking on the Work Breakdowns option on the navigation panel. From the list of work breakdowns, select Alternates. Next, right mouse click on the Alternate description. Choose to deactivate or activate the alternate.

For any deactivated Alternates, you will see that the net bid amount and the gross bid amounts have been zeroed out, and the Summary Sheet background color for those Alternates is grey.

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