Cost of Inaction Calculator
Your Inputs
Your Estimated Results
Scenario:
Expected revenue from projects you never knew existed Same bid volume — more of it converted through earlier, better-qualified pursuit
- In-House Total
- per year
- Replaceable Cost
- per year
- Net Savings
- per year
- Return Multiple
- vs tracker cost
- Hours Saved
- per year
- FTE Equivalent
- per year
- Value Saved
- per year
- Return Multiple
- vs tracker cost
- Hours Wasted
- per year
- Recovered Cost
- per year
- Selling Weeks Recovered
- of BD time
- Return Multiple
- vs tracker cost
- Manual Cost
- per year
- Net Savings
- per year
- Hours Freed
- per year
- Savings Multiple
- vs tracker cost
- Cost per Proposal
- hours × rate + external
- Annual Bid Spend
- per year
- Cost per Win
- spend ÷ wins
- Spend on Losses
- per year
- Improved Cost/Win
- after win rate lift
- Sources Needed
- for full coverage
- Coverage
- of target sources
- Unseen Projects
- per year
- Unseen Value
- per year
- Addressable Value
- market size
- Pursuable Bids
- at your pursuit rate
- Expected Wins
- as new entrant
- Expected Revenue
- per year
- Info-Driven Losses
- deals per year
- Defendable Losses
- deals per year
- Defended Revenue
- per year
- Defended Profit
- per year
- Return Multiple
- vs tracker cost
- Bid Score
- weighted score
- Recommendation
- automated decision
- Win Probability
- based on score
- Expected Value
- profit - bid cost
- EV Ratio
- expected value vs cost
What this means
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Adjust the inputs above to calculate your results.
Three steps to your number
Enter missed projects
Projects you miss per month due to late visibility.
Enter research hours
Hours your team spends on manual research each month.
Read the cost
Monthly, daily, and annual cost of inaction.
Methodology & assumptions
Monthly cost combines missed opportunity profit and manual research cost. Annualized for full-year impact.
Missed profit = Missed projects × Win rate × Contract value × Margin Research cost = Hours/month × (Salary × 1.25 ÷ 2,080) Monthly cost = Missed profit + Research cost Annual cost = Monthly cost × 12
Who uses this calculator
Construction firms
Justify intelligence investment.
EPC companies
Quantify delay costs.
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