# Make a government pre-bid site visit worth the trip

Use G2X SLED to find relevant work, then turn a pre-bid site visit into better delivery assumptions, pricing questions and a bid decision.

Canonical article: https://g2x.com/blog/government-pre-bid-site-visit

Complete article, source links and data tables: https://g2x.com/blog/government-pre-bid-site-visit/article.md

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## For agents

Prepare a useful site visit and turn observations into a bid decision

- A trade, service territory and candidate state/local/education requirement, plus the original notice and current addenda.

- A free G2X account for manual SLED research and a responsible estimator or delivery reviewer; authorized documents and notes for any Lumen upload.

1. **Start with relevant work in G2X SLED** Open Opportunities, State, Local, and Education. Search your trade and narrow by state, jurisdiction and due window as appropriate. Open a relevant record and follow its documents and original source. Coverage is portal-specific; do not claim the Grambling example is present unless observed. Free manual SLED research does not require Lumen. [Open in G2X](https://g2x.com/docs/find-work/find-state-and-local-work)

2. **Verify the visit instructions** From the current original notice and addenda, record the meeting date, local time, registration, attendee qualifications, mandatory attendance conditions, location, photography rules and question deadline. Resolve unclear instructions through the permitted buyer channel only after the reader authorizes contact. Do not infer that every site visit is mandatory. Distinguish a pre-bid conference from access to inspect the jobsite. In the Grambling example, the packet lists a conference-room meeting and separate instructions to email Purchasing to arrange a jobsite visit.

3. **Prepare questions that affect delivery** Ask the estimator which labor, access, equipment, sequencing and service-response assumptions affect the estimate. Connect each item to the relevant requirement. Return a short visit brief for the authorized attendee. Do not invent measurements, site conditions or attendance.

4. **Analyze authorized documents and notes with Lumen** Upload only permitted solicitation files, issued Q&A and the attendee's written notes. Illustrative prompt: Link each recorded observation to the relevant solicitation requirement. Identify its effect on qualification, staffing, equipment, schedule or price. Separate source requirements, attendee observations and interpretations. Draft neutral questions for material unresolved points and cite the supporting documents. Do not treat an oral comment as a written amendment. [Open in G2X](https://g2x.com/docs/lumen/ask-a-good-question)

5. **Return an estimate and decision brief** Have the estimator verify the observations and sources. Identify assumptions now supported, questions requiring a written answer and conditions that affect the bid decision. Assign an owner and next action to unresolved points. Offer the free manual document-comparison path. Do not book travel, contact the buyer, submit a bid or create records without authority. [Open in G2X](https://g2x.com/docs/find-work/find-state-and-local-work)

Expected result: A visit brief with verified attendance conditions, estimate assumptions to investigate, source-labeled observations, draft clarification questions and owned bid/estimate next actions.

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