division-23-hvac-bid-scope

name	division-23-hvac-bid-scope
description	Whole-division starter rules for CSI Division 23 - Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC). Use when starting, triaging, validating, or packaging a commercial HVAC bid.

Division 23 - Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Bid Scope

Company: Your Company CSI division(s): 23 Spec section hints: 23 00 00, 23 05 00, 23 07 00, 23 09 00, 23 21 00, 23 31 00, 23 34 00, 23 37 00, 23 74 00

Scope Rule

Base bid is limited to CSI Division 23 - Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) work specifically assigned to the bidder: HVAC piping, equipment, ductwork, air distribution, controls, insulation, testing, and balancing. Plumbing, fire suppression, electrical power, structural supports, roofing, and owner-furnished equipment must be explicitly included, excluded, or flagged before pricing.

Base Scope

• HVAC equipment
• ductwork and air distribution
• hydronic piping when assigned
• refrigerant piping when assigned
• mechanical insulation
• HVAC controls when assigned
• testing and balancing when assigned

Terms That Usually Identify This Scope

• HVAC
• mechanical
• ductwork
• air handler
• rooftop unit
• VAV
• diffuser
• hydronic
• refrigerant
• 23 00

Adjacent Scope To Exclude By Default

• plumbing fixture
• fire sprinkler
• electrical feeder
• roofing patch

Adjacent Scope To Flag Before Pricing

• controls
• test and balance
• roof curb
• gas piping
• structural support

Bid Package Workflow

1. Put source PDFs, spreadsheets, and addenda in bid-docs/.
2. Run contractor-bid triage <project> --profile division-23-hvac.
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-23-hvac 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.