# Metal Building Quote Template and Request Form

> Source: https://netray.co/tools/metal-building-quote-template
> Publisher: Netray (netray.co), AI and integration engineering for ERP and manufacturing systems.
> Section: Free Tools

## Short answer

Fill in building size, pricing lines, freight and erection assumptions and export a professional metal building quote or a quote request form.

## Category

industry-templates

## Industry

Metal Buildings and Fabrication

## Audience

- Estimator
- Fabrication sales
- Project manager

## Tool

**Kind:** template

**Output:** document

**Fields:**

#### Your company

**Key:** company

**Type:** text

**Default:** Summit Metal Buildings LLC

#### Quote number

**Key:** quote_no

**Type:** text

**Default:** MB-2026-0147

#### Quote date

**Key:** date

**Type:** date

**Default:** 2026-10-21

#### Valid for (days)

**Key:** valid_days

**Type:** text

**Default:** 30

#### Customer

**Key:** customer

**Type:** text

**Default:** Hartwell Logistics Inc.

#### Job site address

**Key:** site

**Type:** text

**Default:** 1200 Industrial Pkwy, Tulsa, OK

#### Building type

**Key:** bldg_type

**Type:** select

**Options:**

- Clear span rigid frame
- Modular frame
- Single slope
- Lean-to addition
- Canopy

**Default:** Clear span rigid frame

#### Width x length x eave height

**Key:** size

**Type:** text

**Default:** 60 ft x 100 ft x 16 ft

#### Roof pitch

**Key:** roof_pitch

**Type:** text

**Default:** 1:12

#### Design loads

**Key:** loads

**Type:** textarea

**Default:** Roof live 20 psf, ground snow 10 psf, wind 115 mph Exposure C, per local code and engineer of record.

#### Building package (frames, purlins, girts, panels, trim)

**Key:** material_cost

**Type:** number

**Default:** 86400

#### Doors, windows, insulation, accessories

**Key:** doors_cost

**Type:** number

**Default:** 14200

#### Freight to site

**Key:** freight_cost

**Type:** number

**Default:** 6800

#### Erection labor and equipment

**Key:** erection_cost

**Type:** number

**Default:** 38500

#### Foundation and site work by

**Key:** foundation_by

**Type:** select

**Options:**

- Customer
- Contractor, priced separately
- Included

**Default:** Customer

#### Permits and engineering

**Key:** permit_note

**Type:** text

**Default:** Stamped drawings included; permit fees by customer.

#### Lead time after approved drawings

**Key:** lead_time

**Type:** text

**Default:** 10 to 12 weeks

#### Payment terms

**Key:** payment

**Type:** text

**Default:** 30% with order, 60% before shipment, 10% on completion

#### Exclusions

**Key:** exclusions

**Type:** textarea

**Default:** Concrete, anchor bolt setting, utilities, interior finish, sales tax, bonds, rock excavation.

**Blocks:**

#### Metal Building Quotation

**Body:** {{company}}
Quote no: {{quote_no}}
Date: {{date}}
Valid for {{valid_days}} days

Prepared for: {{customer}}
Job site: {{site}}

#### Building description

**Body:** Type: {{bldg_type}}
Size (W x L x eave): {{size}}
Roof pitch: {{roof_pitch}}

Design loads: {{loads}}

#### Pricing

**Table:**

**Columns:**

- Item
- Basis
- Price

**Rows:**

**0:** Building package

**1:** Primary and secondary framing, roof and wall panels, trim

**2:** {{material_cost}}

**0:** Doors, windows, insulation, accessories

**1:** As listed on the attached schedule

**2:** {{doors_cost}}

**0:** Freight

**1:** Delivered to site, unloading by others

**2:** {{freight_cost}}

**0:** Erection

**1:** Labor, crane and lift equipment, fasteners

**2:** {{erection_cost}}

**0:** Total (excluding items below)

**1:** Sum of lines above

#### Scope and assumptions

**Body:** Foundation and site work by: {{foundation_by}}
Permits and engineering: {{permit_note}}
Lead time: {{lead_time}}

Price assumes level, accessible site and open truck access. Steel surcharges are adjusted at order release.

#### Exclusions

**Body:** {{exclusions}}

#### Payment terms

**Body:** {{payment}}

#### Acceptance

**Signatures:**

- Customer authorized signature
- Date
- Estimator

**Notes:** Use the same fields as a quote request form: send the building type, size, loads, site and exclusions blocks to a customer and ask them to confirm. Add the four price lines yourself to get the total. This is a starting point, not legal advice; have your counsel review terms.

## Content

**Intro:** This metal building quote template gives estimators a clean, consistent proposal: building description, design loads, priced lines for the package, accessories, freight and erection, plus the assumptions and exclusions that protect margin. Fill in the fields and export to PDF or Word.

**Sections:**

#### How to use the quote template

**Body:** Start with the customer and site, then enter the building size as width x length x eave height and the design loads from the local code or the engineer of record. Fill the four price fields, review the assumption fields, and export. The same document works as a quote request form if you send only the description blocks to a customer and ask them to confirm size, site access and who handles the foundation.

**Bullets:**

- Enter loads from the jurisdiction, never a generic default
- Quote freight separately so fuel and distance changes are visible
- State who owns the foundation and anchor bolts
- Set a validity period because steel pricing moves

#### Sample pricing logic behind a metal building quote

**Body:** Most pre-engineered quotes are built from a package price (often quoted per square foot of floor area from the manufacturer), plus accessories, freight, erection and your margin. As a sample, a 60 x 100 ft building is 6,000 sq ft; a package near 14 dollars per sq ft gives roughly 84,000 dollars before accessories. Erection is commonly priced per sq ft or by crew days. Ranges vary widely by region, steel markets and load requirements, so use your own supplier quotes, not generic numbers.

#### What a defensible metal building quote must state

**Body:** Disputes on metal buildings almost always come from scope gaps. The template forces the items that matter: design loads and code basis, who supplies engineering and permits, foundation responsibility, delivery terms, erection assumptions such as site access, and a clear exclusions list. Add steel price validity and a surcharge clause so a price movement between quote and order release does not erase your margin.

**Bullets:**

- Concrete, anchor bolts and site grading
- Utilities, insulation vapor barriers and interior finish
- Sales tax, bonds and permit fees
- Change orders for unforeseen soil or access conditions

#### Common mistakes and keeping quotes in your ERP

**Body:** Estimators commonly forget crane or lift rental, overweight freight permits and trim or fastener packages. Review the estimate against a checklist before you send it. Keep the issued quote in the ERP linked to the opportunity so win rate by building type and margin by size can be reported later. Teams running on-prem ERP often want a private AI that drafts quotes from past jobs without sending drawings to a public cloud service.

**Cta:** If your quotes still start from last year's spreadsheet, Netray can add a private AI layer to your ERP that drafts quotes from similar past jobs and keeps your data on your own servers.

**Faq:**

#### Is there a metal building quote calculator?

**Answer:** This page is a quote template: you enter the package, accessories, freight and erection prices from your supplier and crew estimates and it produces the document. For sizing, multiply width by length for floor area and compare your package price per square foot with supplier quotes.

#### What should a metal building quote request form include?

**Answer:** Building type, width, length and eave height, roof pitch, design loads or location, door and window needs, site address and access, foundation responsibility, desired delivery date and whether erection is required. The more complete the request, the fewer revised quotes you need.

#### How long should a metal building quote stay valid?

**Answer:** Many fabricators use 15 to 30 days because steel prices and manufacturer package pricing change. State a surcharge or repricing clause if the order release date moves, and confirm validity matches your supplier's quote.

#### Does the template calculate the total?

**Answer:** The template is a document generator, so you type the four price lines and add them for the total line. For automated totals and margin, use a worksheet or your ERP quoting module.

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