| name | division-26-electrical-bid-scope |
| description | Whole-division starter rules for CSI Division 26 - Electrical. Use when starting, triaging, validating, or packaging a commercial electrical bid. |
Division 26 - Electrical Bid Scope
Company: Your Company
CSI division(s): 26
Spec section hints: 26 00 00, 26 05 00, 26 20 00, 26 24 00, 26 27 00, 26 28 00, 26 51 00
Scope Rule
Base bid is limited to CSI Division 26 - Electrical work specifically assigned to the bidder: service, distribution, grounding, raceways, wiring, devices, lighting, controls, and electrical specialties. Communications, security, fire alarm, utility company work, HVAC controls, owner-furnished equipment, and commissioning must be explicitly included, excluded, or flagged before pricing.
Base Scope
- electrical service and distribution
- raceways and conductors
- grounding and bonding
- switchboards, panels, and transformers
- wiring devices
- lighting fixtures and controls
- equipment connections when assigned
Terms That Usually Identify This Scope
- electrical
- conduit
- feeder
- panel
- switchboard
- transformer
- lighting
- receptacle
- 26 00
Adjacent Scope To Exclude By Default
- data cabling
- security
- fire alarm
- HVAC controls
- utility company
Adjacent Scope To Flag Before Pricing
- utility
- lighting controls
- fire alarm
- low voltage
- owner furnished
Bid Package Workflow
- Put source PDFs, spreadsheets, and addenda in
bid-docs/.
- Run
contractor-bid triage <project> --profile division-26-electrical.
- 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-26-electrical 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.
