Provisional Pricing in Methvin Estimate App

In construction estimating, there are often items where the cost is not yet finalized — such as elements awaiting design confirmation, vendor quotes, or client decisions. Instead of delaying your entire estimate or entering a rough guess, Methvin’s Provisional Pricing feature lets you assign temporary placeholder rates to such items.

Using the Provisional Pricing Feature

Activate Provisional Pricing

• In your estimate worksheet, go to the toolbar and click on the “Provisional Pricing”  button.
• This will activate Provisional Pricing mode — any cost rate you enter now will be marked as Provisional.

Enter Provisional Rates

• Select any line item (e.g., floor tiling, footing, skirting board, or wall).
• Enter the cost rate for items you’re currently unsure about.
• These rates will now be flagged as provisional and visually identified for future reference.

Exit Provisional Mode

• Click on the Provisional Pricing button again to exit this mode.
• Any rates entered now will be treated as regular (non-provisional) cost entries.

Filtering Provisional Rates

• Go to the Cost Rate column in your pricing tab. 
• Click the filter icon and select “Provisional”.
• This will display all items with provisional rates, grouped in one place for easy review.

Finalizing Provisional Items

• When you open a worksheet of a provisional item, you'll see:
  
  • A label in the top-right corner saying “Provisional Price”.
• Once you have completed the cost breakdown and finalized the price:
  
  • Simply untick the “Provisional Price” checkbox in the top-right corner.
• The item will now be treated as a regular priced item.