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Specification & Approval
A client may love a selection without knowing exactly what the price includes. The proposal is where the design, quantities and terms become a shared understanding. These lessons explain how to make that understanding clear enough to approve.
The same lessons serve a home renovation and a client project, with further detail where the work calls for it.
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01
How to Quote a Project
A price becomes useful when the products, quantities and assumptions behind it are visible.
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02
How to Submit a Proposal
A proposal connects the recommended design to the scope and terms the client is being asked to approve.
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03
How to Present a Bid
Two totals are easier to compare once the client understands what each includes and what remains unresolved.
Reviewed September 2026 · Inspire Hardware