| name | division-33-utilities-bid-scope |
| description | Whole-division starter rules for CSI Division 33 - Utilities. Use when starting, triaging, validating, or packaging a commercial site utilities bid. |
Division 33 - Utilities Bid Scope
Company: Your Company
CSI division(s): 33
Spec section hints: 33 00 00, 33 05 00, 33 10 00, 33 20 00, 33 30 00, 33 40 00, 33 50 00, 33 70 00, 33 80 00
Scope Rule
Base bid is limited to CSI Division 33 - Utilities work specifically assigned to the bidder: water, wells, sanitary sewerage, storm drainage, fuel, hydronic/steam energy, electrical utilities, and communications utilities. Building plumbing/electrical systems, earthwork beyond utility scope, paving restoration, permits, and utility company work must be explicitly included, excluded, or flagged before pricing.
Base Scope
- water utilities when assigned
- sanitary sewerage utilities when assigned
- storm drainage utilities when assigned
- fuel distribution utilities when assigned
- energy utilities when assigned
- electrical utilities when assigned
- communications utilities when assigned
Terms That Usually Identify This Scope
- utilities
- water utility
- sanitary sewer
- storm drainage
- fuel distribution
- electrical utility
- communications utility
- manhole
- 33 00
Adjacent Scope To Exclude By Default
- building plumbing
- building electrical
- landscaping
- asphalt restoration
Adjacent Scope To Flag Before Pricing
- utility company
- tap fee
- permit
- bypass pumping
- paving restoration
Bid Package Workflow
- Put source PDFs, spreadsheets, and addenda in
bid-docs/.
- Run
contractor-bid triage <project> --profile division-33-utilities.
- Review
bid-package-working/takeoff/candidate-pages.md (candidate pages plus scope signals).
- Fill
takeoff/scope-pages-sources.json, then run contractor-bid build-packets <project>.
- Fill the takeoff JSON, then run
contractor-bid build-workbook <project>.
- Run
contractor-bid check <project> --profile division-33-utilities before sending anything out.
- 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.
