Freedom Independent Sales
For engineering firms · civil, structural, MEP

Proposals you already priced shouldn't sit in pending forever.

Picture your pending list on Monday: every proposal has a check-in out in your firm's name, on-hold projects have a date to revisit, and past clients hear from you before their next project goes out for proposals.

01

What exactly do you do for an engineering firm?

We follow through on proposals you've already sent, check in on projects marked on hold, and reconnect with past clients, all in your firm's name with wording you approve. No cold calling your clients. No RFP hunting. Outreach to new firms comes only after those two are running.

02

How much of my team's time does it take?

About two hours to start, as a target: a 30-minute review, a 60-minute kickoff and 30 minutes approving messages. Your project managers stay on billable work. The one-page weekly numbers report is rolling out.

03

How do I know if it's worth it for us?

Run the four checks below on your own numbers, then bring them to a 30-minute review. If there's nothing worth fixing, we'll say so.

Where it leaks

Four places engineering work goes quiet

The work is good. The leak is that nobody owns the follow-up once the PM who wrote the proposal is back on billable work.

LEAK · 01

Proposals sitting in pending

"We sent the proposal and never heard back."

Why your systems don't show itProject and accounting systems track sent and won. A proposal nobody marks lost stays pending forever.
LEAK · 02

On-hold projects

"That project went on hold."

Why your systems don't show itOn hold is a status, not a date. Nothing pings anyone when the financing closes, so the restart call goes to whoever happened to check in.
LEAK · 03

Past clients gone quiet

"We haven't heard from them in a while."

Why your systems don't show itAccounting shows who paid this year. A client who stopped sending work isn't an event; they just stop appearing.
LEAK · 04

Referral sources drifting

"Our work comes from relationships."

Why your systems don't show itArchitects, GCs and owners' reps aren't clients, so they're in nobody's billing system and often not in a CRM either.
Check it yourself

Under 30 minutes, from your own records

Four checks from your project system and accounting. No call, nothing to send us.

The full 6-point self-audit →

  1. Proposals sent 3 to 18 months ago still marked pending: how many have had no contact logged in 60 days, and what they're worth together.
  2. Projects marked on hold: for each, the date anyone last asked the client about status.
  3. Clients billed in 2021 to 2023 with no proposal since: the sum of their best year's fees.
  4. The five architects or GCs who brought you the most work in the last five years: when you last talked to each.

Write the number next to each. If two or more surprise you, bring them to the review.

How much of your time

About two hours to get going. Then you take the calls.

30 min
Pipeline review

Your numbers, where revenue is lost. You decide if it's worth fixing.

60 min
Kickoff

Who your best customers are, access to your calendar and customer list, and who takes the calls.

30 min
Approve the messages

We write them in your name. You read them and say yes or change them.

10 min/wk
Read the numbers rolling out

One page a week: answered, followed up, held, signed. The page itself is being built now.

These times are our target, not a promise. We confirm yours on the review.

Pipeline review

Bring your pending proposals. We'll go through them with you.

A 30-minute look at your own numbers. If there's nothing worth fixing, we'll say so and end early.

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