A BOQ built for tendering and then abandoned is the most common gap in Indian construction software. Rebota keeps it live — connected to procurement, site logs, and billing throughout the project.
Most contractors build a detailed BOQ to win a tender, then execution proceeds on a completely different set of numbers — purchase orders raised loosely against budget, site progress tracked in a notebook, and the original BOQ referenced only when a client dispute forces someone to dig it up. Rebota's BOQ module is built to stay the single source of truth throughout the project, not just at the tendering stage.
Procurement (requisitions and purchase orders) links back to specific BOQ line items. Site execution logs feed the Measurement Book, which auto-syncs against BOQ quantities rather than requiring separate manual entry. RA billing pulls certified quantities from the same BOQ-linked data — so budget-vs-actual is always current, and a client billing dispute can be resolved by pointing to the actual logged measurement, not a reconstructed estimate.
Contractors currently building BOQs in Excel for tendering and then tracking execution separately, with no live connection between planned quantities and what is actually happening on site.
A very small, single-line-item project with minimal BOQ complexity may not need the full workflow — though most contracting work benefits from it as soon as line-item count grows past a handful.
Specialized estimation software with deep cost-database libraries (region-specific rate analysis, extensive material/labour rate catalogues) may offer more estimation-stage depth for large, complex tender preparation — Rebota's BOQ module is scoped for the full project lifecycle, not just tender preparation.
Estimation-only use with no intention to track execution against the BOQ can reasonably stay in a spreadsheet.
For contractors who want the BOQ to remain the operational backbone of the project — not just a tender artifact — this is the most mature and heavily-used module on the platform.
Treat the BOQ as a living document that procurement, site logs, and billing all reference — the discipline that makes this valuable is keeping every purchase and every logged quantity tied back to its BOQ line, not letting execution drift onto a separate, untracked set of numbers.
