Source, Evaluate, Respond, and More Business
Stepscale increases your firm’s win rate by sourcing relevant opportunities,
evaluating for strong fit, and drafting submission-ready responses,
all without stretching your best people thin.
TRUSTED BY REVENUE-FOCUSED AEC FIRMS
“From identifying and evaluating RFP opportunities to drafting responses using our actual past project experience, Stepscale has quickly become our core BD platform that our team relies on every day.”
Bruce Johnston
Principal, Access Engineering
“We looked at the other platforms in this space and Stepscale was the only one built for how AEC firms actually work. The team behind it understands our world, the platform delivers, and we trust them with how we win RFP business.”
Stephen Boyd
Principal, Arc Studio
The problem
Business development work can swallow 100+ hours a month for the smallest AEC firms.
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Searching across portals
MERX, BC Bid, CanadaBuys, and provincial systems checked by hand.
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Evaluating each RFP
Parsing hundreds of pages just to decide whether it is worth pursuing.
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Finding relevant past work
Hunting through drives and old proposals for experience and references.
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Drafting sections and estimates
Writing the approach, summaries, and fees from scratch every time.
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Last-minute reviews
Checking compliance gaps and formatting just before submission.
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Senior non-billable time
Principals spending evenings on BD instead of billable client work.
“The other platforms were cookie cutter and 3x more expensive. Stepscale felt like it was actually built for a firm like ours.”
The Solution
Stepscale Does What Generic AI Tools Can't.
Purpose-built for AEC firms winning work through RFPs.
Source
Automatically find relevant RFPs scored against your firm’s fit and past work.
- Buyer intel and award amounts for similar projects
- Research for competitor recent wins and bid amounts in your category
- Fit scoring so your pipeline stays full of winnable bids
Evaluate
Know whether to bid before you spend a week on it.
- Customizable go/no-go scorecards per opportunity
- Requirement fit, scope risk, and past project alignment
- Shared evaluations for faster partner-level decisions
Research
Pull the intel your team usually spends days chasing.
- Competitor recent wins, bid amounts, and category intel
- Sub-consultant recommendations and bid leveling
- Estimating and quoting grounded in past project data
Respond
Start from a full draft grounded in your firm’s actual projects and standards.
- Customizable proposal draft with schedule and Gantt chart
- Auto-formatted into your company template
- Download as Word or PDF, add addendums and update quickly
Review
Catch what the evaluator will catch before you hit send.
- Final review against the RFP and all addendums
- Flags missing sections, weak answers, and compliance gaps
- Add debriefs post-award to train Stepscale over time
From the field
Teams that switched to Stepscale.
“I use Stepscale daily and nothing else does what it does. Their search, review, and drafting tools are the best we’ve used. We’re turning around work faster, with better content.”
Chris Spagnolo
Garnet Group
“We brought Stepscale in to give our business a real edge and it delivered. Our past project knowledge is instantly accessible, and our team is focused on high-value work instead of searching from scratch.”
Sean Martin
Sean.co
“Stepscale has fundamentally changed how I approach business development. My process is sharper, and I spend my time on the right opportunities instead of chasing every one.”
Kiel O’Sullivan
Previon Capital
Product
The All-in-One Business Development Platform
Opportunities, Responses, Assistant, and Document Library work together to win you more business.
Customers
For Architectural, Engineering, and Construction Firms
AEC teams use Stepscale to manage and grow their RFP/RFQ business pipeline.
Where to from here
Let’s run your next RFP live.
Share a recent opportunity, see every step from search to first draft using your past projects.
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30-min tailored demo
With a real, recent opportunity.
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Hands-on onboarding
Your firm, your projects, your RFPs.
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Immediate ROI
Measurable hours saved within 30 days.