RFQ-to-Quote Drafter | Real Minds AI
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RFQ-to-Quote Drafter

Reads the incoming RFQ and drawing pack, extracts every line item and spec, and drafts a first-pass cost build-up against your price list and prior quotes — for the estimator to review and sign off, turning a 3–5 day quote into a same-day review.

How it would work

One agent, grounded in your library, with citations on every paragraph.

01 · input
Member question
02 · agent
Your agent
03 · output
Cited answer or escalation
The problem it solves

A skilled estimator spends most of an RFQ reading PDFs and drawings, pulling part numbers, and cross-referencing material prices by hand — work that is mechanical, not engineering. The quote lands days late, and slow quotes lose deals to whoever answered first. The judgement that actually wins the job is a fraction of the time spent.

This pattern extracts the line items, quantities, materials, tolerances, and dates from the RFQ pack, drafts a cost build-up from your house price list and prior-quote library, and flags anything ambiguous or missing for the estimator to clarify. The estimator reviews the exceptions and owns the final price — the tool never sends a quote on its own.

TA
Tracy Anthony · Co-Founder & CEO · wrote up this design
What it would take to build

Estimated build: 3–4 weeks. Most of it is template work we've already done.

Estimated build time
3–4weeks
Diagnostic · build · soft launch · review.
Reused from template
~70%
Agent shell · retrieval · audit · deployment.
Bespoke to this skin
~30%
Drawing/PDF extraction tuning, pricing rules, prior-quote ingest.
stack · Claude · OCR · price-list DB · review UI
What it would cost for your org

Fixed scope, fixed price, fixed dates.

The cost band reflects the engagement shape, not a per-feature line item. We work on fixed scope, fixed price, fixed dates — see the services catalogue for what falls inside each band.

Engagement band
A bite-sized first piece → pilot build → embedded support. Start small, scale on proof — most builds land in the pilot band.

Considering this for your org?

The honest place to start is a bite-sized first piece — one contained change, low risk. Tell us where it hurts; we’ll play it back, scope it, and show you what’s possible.

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