division-08-openings-bid-scope

name	division-08-openings-bid-scope
description	Whole-division starter rules for CSI Division 08 - Openings. Use when starting, triaging, validating, or packaging a commercial doors, frames, hardware, glazing, or storefront bid.

Division 08 - Openings Bid Scope

Company: Your Company CSI division(s): 08 Spec section hints: 08 00 00, 08 11 00, 08 14 00, 08 31 00, 08 41 00, 08 44 00, 08 71 00, 08 80 00

Scope Rule

Base bid is limited to CSI Division 08 - Openings work specifically assigned to the bidder: doors, frames, access panels, entrances, storefront, curtain wall, windows, hardware, glazing, and louvers. Structural steel, low-voltage wiring, access control, painting, and wall construction must be explicitly included, excluded, or flagged before pricing.

Base Scope

• hollow metal doors and frames
• wood doors when assigned
• access doors and panels
• aluminum entrances and storefront when assigned
• windows and curtain wall when assigned
• finish hardware
• glazing and louvers when assigned

Terms That Usually Identify This Scope

• door
• frame
• hardware
• storefront
• curtain wall
• window
• glazing
• louver
• access panel
• 08 00

Adjacent Scope To Exclude By Default

• low-voltage wiring
• card reader
• painting
• structural steel

Adjacent Scope To Flag Before Pricing

• access control
• electric strike
• panic
• closer
• fire rating

Bid Package Workflow

1. Put source PDFs, spreadsheets, and addenda in bid-docs/.
2. Run contractor-bid triage <project> --profile division-08-openings.
3. Review bid-package-working/takeoff/candidate-pages.md (candidate pages plus scope signals).
4. Fill takeoff/scope-pages-sources.json, then run contractor-bid build-packets <project>.
5. Fill the takeoff JSON, then run contractor-bid build-workbook <project>.
6. Run contractor-bid check <project> --profile division-08-openings before sending anything out.
7. Record user corrections with contractor-bid learn and update this skill/profile when the correction should become a durable rule.

Guardrail

Do not silently price excluded or flagged adjacent scopes. Carry the scope boundary through the summary, workbook, proposal letter, alerts, and sendoff package.