Turn an RFP into a scoped estimate with a risk register.
Upload the RFP as a PDF, Word file or text. Get a structured task breakdown with industry-typical hour ranges and a risk register that ties each scope-killer to the tasks it affects. Free, with no account and no card.
Risk register
Scope-killers taken from the RFP's own wording, such as an integration with no named system, a fixed price over undefined page counts, or migration of content nobody has measured. Each risk names the tasks it affects.
Structured task breakdown
Requirements mapped to a task taxonomy (frontend, backend, infra, integration, QA, PM overhead) with hour ranges per task. Not unstructured prose.
Industry-typical hour ranges
Honestly labeled starting points, not tuned to your agency's past projects. Adjust them to your agency's historical actuals.
Vague-scope detection
RFPs with unresolved placeholders ([niche], [integration]) are refused — EstimateForge returns a clarification-needed artifact instead of faking a number.
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The City of Hidden Hills, California “Website Redesign and Development Services (Request for Proposals)” (PDF, 7 pages), run through EstimateForge unedited: 26 tasks, 8 risks, 601–1,244 hours.
Task breakdown (first 8 of 26)
Total: 601–1,244 hours · $105,175–$217,700 at $175/hr blended.
Risk register
Digital library integration is described only as 'where applicable' with no platform, data, or API specified, making T19 unscopeable until the 2026 initiative is defined.
E-newsletter integration names MailChimp 'or equivalent' without confirming the actual provider or existing account, risking rework if provider differs from assumptions.
'Up to 50 pages' and feature list give no detail on page complexity, custom layouts, or data-heavy pages (agendas/documents), so page build effort is highly variable.
Content migration scope and condition of existing static site content (volume, format, structure) is not described, risking underestimated migration effort.
Hour ranges are industry-typical estimates, not tuned to your agency's historical actuals. Adjust to your reality.
Estimate an RFP free
Upload an RFP, SRS, or client brief. EstimateForge extracts requirements, maps them to a task taxonomy, assigns industry-typical hour ranges, and flags scope-killer risks. The estimate appears on this page, with an address of its own you can save. There is a limit per visitor and per day, because each estimate runs real work.
Do not upload classified, export-controlled, or third-party confidential material you are not allowed to process through a self-service web tool. Uploaded RFPs are kept in EstimateForge's file storage, under an unguessable address, so the estimate can be generated from them.
Hour ranges are industry-typical starting points, not tuned to your agency. The risk register is the differentiator — it catches the scope-killers that determine whether the project is profitable at the bid price. Adjust hour ranges to your reality before sending an estimate to a client.