The right hand that never clocks off.
Fidell reads the tender pack, drafts a request to every trade, chases the quiet ones and lines up the quotes, from the Gmail or Outlook inbox you already use. You check it and press send.
18 hourssaved per tenderOur founder’s estimate, from timing their own tenders.
Built by a director of a Melbourne building company. Why it exists
The price is your job.
The admin around it shouldn’t be.
Eleven jobs come with every tender. Here’s who does each one now.
The pack
- Read the packDone by YouDone by FidellToday Every page, to get across the jobYour part Drop the pack in
- Work out what the job involvesDone by YouDone by FidellToday Trade by trade, from the drawings and the specYour part Confirm the scope
- Work out which trades need to quoteDone by YouDone by FidellToday Each trade, then who to send it toYour part Confirm which trade quotes what
The trades
- Draft an RFQ for every tradeDone by YouDone by FidellToday One trade at a timeYour part Read them. Press send.
- Work out who’s quotedDone by YouDone by FidellToday Scrolling the inbox, job by jobYour part Glance at the board
- Chase the quiet onesDone by YouDone by FidellToday Each one by handYour part Read it. Send it.
- Answer the trades’ questionsDone by YouDone by FidellToday Back into the drawings for each answerYour part Check it. Send it.
- File every quoteDone by YouDone by FidellToday Saving each one to the right jobYour part Nothing to do
Your quote
- Compare the quotesDone by YouDone by FidellToday Line by line, against the scopeYour part Choose the one to carry
- Write up the scope for your clientDone by YouDone by FidellToday Reworded so a client can follow itYour part Choose how it’s presented
- Prepare the quote documentDone by YouDone by FidellToday Formatted by hand, page by pageYour part Say how it should look. Send it.
The admin, done. The decisions, yours.
The one you would hire if you could find them.
They know what the drawings hide, do the half you hate, and never send a thing without you.
- Read and scope
Every page read. Scoped trade by trade.
Where the drawings don’t say, it asks you instead of guessing.
- Draft and send
Every RFQ drafted. You press send.
Written from your own address, with the pack attached.
- Chase the quiet ones
Who’s in, who’s quiet, chased.
Replies land on the job. When a trade goes quiet, the chase is already written.
- Compare like for like
Quotes lined up, gaps flagged.
Each quote is read for what it includes and leaves out.
Your trades don’t have to do anything. No account, no app, no portal: a reply is just a reply.
It tells you what it doesn’t know.
A price it can’t stand behind shows as a gap, and any total over it says so.
| Package | Where the price comes from | ex GST |
|---|---|---|
| Concreting | Quote · Denham Concrete | $38,400 |
| Bricklaying | Revised quote · Keystone Masonry | $27,900 |
| Framing | Your take-off · priced by you | $24,300 |
| Tiling | Quote · Dean’s Tiling | $15,050 |
| Roofing | Waiting on Chapel St Roofing · due Thursday | Awaiting |
| Rainwater tank | Pump not specified · you asked the architect | A question |
| Landscaping | The owner’s landscaper · in your exclusions | By others |
4 of 6 priced · 2 to decide
Price or exclude the 2 open first. Then it compiles, under your letterhead.
“Built to give builders their time back.”
“The admin happens while we sleep, and nothing goes out until we’ve read it.”
Fidell’s founder, a director of a Melbourne building company
I know how hard builders work, on site and after hours in the office, and how hard it is to keep track of everything. Fidell was conceived through my own experience of that.
Four things it will never do.
Your inbox does the work.
Fidell works from the inbox you already use, and only to run your tenders.
- Never sold or used for advertising
- Your mail never trains AI
- Stored in Australia, encrypted
- Withdraw access any time from your Google Account or Microsoft account
Your first two tenders are free.
Use them within three months of setup.
No commitment to continue after them.
- Guided onboarding and setup with our team, inbox connection included
- A direct line to our team for support
- A say in what we build next
- Tender 1on the pilot
- Free
- Tender 2on the pilot
- Free
- Tender 3 onwardsper tender
- A$389
- Pay as you go, one tender at a time.
- Covers the full tender: the scope, every RFQ, the chasing and the quote comparison.
- No subscription, and nothing charged at setup.
Do my trades need to sign up or install anything?
No. Requests reach them as ordinary emails from your address, and a reply is just a reply. There’s nothing for them to learn, log into or pay for.
Does it work with Gmail and Outlook?
Yes. Fidell works with Gmail and Google Workspace, and with Outlook and Microsoft 365. If an IT provider runs your Microsoft 365, they approve Fidell once for your business. We give you a link to send them and a short note on what each permission is for.
When am I charged?
Just after you upload a tender’s pack, before Fidell starts reading it. You see the price and confirm it first. Revised packs for the same job are included for six months. On the pilot, your first two tenders are free if you use them within three months of setup. We take a card at setup so starting a tender is one click, and nothing is charged then.
Is there a contract or a lock-in?
No. There’s no subscription and nothing to cancel: you pay per tender, when you start one.
Who can see my tenders?
You, and the colleagues you add to a project. No other builder ever sees your prices, trades or clients, including the founder’s building company.
Can my estimator and project manager use it too?
Yes. Each person connects their own inbox. Mail Fidell files to a project is shared with the people on that project, and the rest of each inbox stays private.
Run your next tender with Fidell.
A small group of Melbourne builders, each set up properly on a live tender.