Know which RFQs to no-quote before your estimator spends two hours on them.
Send one commercial RFQ packet. You get back one page: go, maybe or no-go, the missing callouts, the bottleneck and date risk, a buy list, and a reply you can paste to your buyer. A person checks every first pass before it's released. You keep the customer and the official quote.
Commercial packets only. Controlled, export-marked or government packets are refused unread.
Pivot bracket · 6061-T6 · Qty 50
Call: Maybe
How it works
You stay on the customer thread. We stay off it.
Upload the packet: PDF, drawing images, spreadsheet, or the buyer's email pasted in.
Our model reads it and drafts the first pass.
A person at South Bay Desk checks the call and the questions, usually within 4 business hours.
You get a private link to the one-page triage and a reply you can paste.
What you get
One page per packet, so your estimator only touches the maybes and the gos.
Go, maybe or no-go
The call up front, with the reason in one sentence.
Missing callouts
Finish, material spec, revision, certs, quantity breaks: what the buyer still has to tell you.
Date risk and buys
What actually decides the need-by: outside processing, hardware, material.
Reply to paste
The questions for your buyer, written as your shop, ready to send.
Who it's for
A good fit
- 10–80 person machine shops, fab shops, sheet metal and job shops
- The owner or one estimator quotes and also runs jobs
- Commercial RFQs by email, with prints and specs attached
Not a fit
- ITAR, export-controlled or CUI packages
- Government and prime-contract solicitations
- Shops that want us to talk to their buyer
Pricing
See the format on your own packet first. Month to month, no setup.
- 40 packets a month
- One sender
- Every first pass checked while we're getting started
- 30 packets a month
- A person always checks every pass, within 4 business hours
- A monthly review of wins and no-quotes
Not sure yet? The Desk pilot is $1,500 for 10 packets, credited toward your first Desk month. Plans start by invoice; email desk@southbaydesk.com.
What we refuse
ITAR, export-controlled, CUI, government or "not sure if it's restricted" packets. If a packet looks marked, it's refused unread and never stored. The full list
Your packets
The model runs in our own Cloudflare account. We keep the text we read, not your files, and delete it 14 days after review. We never contact your customer.
Send one packet. See the first pass.
Your first triage is free. A person checks it before you see it.
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