Understanding the Abandon Bid Status (and when to mark lost)

What the Abandon Status Is For

Abandon is used when you make a deliberate decision not to pursue a project, or to stop pursuing it before it becomes a competitive bid.

Common use cases include:

• A project is added to the pipeline early (often just job name and GC)

• A Go / No-Go decision is made later

• The team decides not to bid → the project is marked Abandon

This workflow is most common with companies that:

• Use bid coordinators

• Track opportunities early

• Hold weekly Go / No-Go meetings

In less common cases, Abandon may also be used if:

• Some estimating effort was started

• The company decides to retract before the bid is truly in play

What the Lost Status Is For

Lost should be used when you competed on the job.

Examples:

• You submitted a bid and were told you lost

• You submitted a bid and never received feedback

If you bid the job and didn’t win—regardless of whether you heard back—the correct status is Lost.

Why the Project “Disappeared” After Marking Abandon

When a project is marked Abandon, it is filtered out of the pipeline by default.

This is intentional. Most users want the pipeline to show:

• Active bids

• Jobs currently being pursued

Nothing is deleted.

How to Find and Change an Abandoned Project

You can change a project’s status at any time.

To view abandoned projects:

1. Go to the Pipeline

2. Click Filters (orange dropdown in the upper-left)

3. Turn on Abandon

4. Open the project and update the status (for example, to Lost)

Afterward, remember to turn the Abandon filter back off to keep your pipeline focused on active work.

Quick Summary

• Abandon = You chose not to bid

• Lost = You bid and did not win

• Projects marked Abandon are hidden by default, not deleted

• All bid statuses are editable at any time