Manufacturing Sales Engineering, Estimating & Quoting Operations worked example

No-Bid Threshold at 12% setup, handling, and delay allowance: a worked example

This scenario runs the no-bid threshold calculation on the strong side: 12% setup, handling, and delay allowance, with every other input held at its documented default. Use it when no-bid threshold in manufacturing sales engineering, estimating and quoting operations is changing rate or allowance and you want to see the impact.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Quotes to clear in the period: 120 units (unchanged)
  • Estimating throughput rate: 12 units / min (unchanged)
  • Setup, handling, and delay allowance: 12 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 10)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base no-bid threshold time = no-bid threshold workload รท no-bid threshold completion rate) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 11.2 hr for required no-bid threshold time, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 10 hr for base no-bid threshold time.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12 % for no-bid threshold allowance applied.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12 pieces / min for no-bid threshold completion rate.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where setup, handling, and delay allowance sits at 10% and the headline result is 11 hr, this scenario comes in 1.82% above the baseline at 11.2 hr.
  • Use it during capacity planning or RFQ triage to decide when the estimating queue is full and new bids should be declined or deferred. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Required no-bid threshold time: 11.2 hr (headline result)
  • Base no-bid threshold time: 10 hr
  • No-bid threshold allowance applied: 12 %
  • No-bid threshold completion rate: 12 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live No-Bid Threshold calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.