Convert a BOQ PDF to Excel, with every subtotal checked

Drop the PDF on the converter at the top of this page, wait for the result, read the tiles above the section navigator, open any red row, then download the Excel file. A short file converts in seconds; a long tender can take a minute or more, so keep the tab open. If you only want to try it, run one of the two samples first, which needs no file.

They are built for tables, not bills. A BOQ has descriptions that wrap over several rows, headers that repeat on every page, section headings sitting between tables and subtotal rows such as "Carried to Collection" that are not items. A generic tool usually hands back one table per page and leaves you to repair those things, and nothing in its output tells you whether the item count or the totals are right.

Yes. Item numbers are kept as printed (A, B, 1.1, 2.3.4, A1) and are never renumbered. If the same number appears twice in the document, both rows are kept in document order and both are flagged, so you can see whether the tender has a typo or the converter has misread a digit.

They are checkpoints, not items, so they are not counted in the item total. For each one the converter compares the stated figure with the sum of the amounts since the previous checkpoint. The result appears between the items on the board and again in the Sections sheet as the stated collection total with its variance.

Open the page named in the flag and compare the printed amounts with the sheet. The usual causes are a digit misread from a scan, a row the table reader merged with its neighbour, or a page missing from the file. Sometimes the tender's own addition is wrong. The converter reports the difference but cannot say which side is at fault, so check against the page before you price.

A unit written inside the quantity cell is split off into the Unit column. Thousands separators are removed, and a comma used as the decimal mark is detected from the whole document rather than guessed row by row. Units are exported in plain text (m2, m3, nr, lm) so they behave in filters and lookups, and shown as m² and m³ on screen.

The upload takes PDF files. If you already have the cells in a spreadsheet, copy them into the "Paste rows" tab and the same checks run in your browser. That path uploads nothing and uses none of the free allowance.

Two sheets. Items has one row per item with nine columns: section, item_no, description, unit, quantity, rate, amount, tags and page. Where the tender left the amount blank, the cell is a formula (Quantity x Rate), so it fills in as you enter rates. Sections has one row per section with the item count, quantity per unit, amount total, stated collection total and variance, built from formulas over the Items sheet so it recalculates as you price.

No. Your browser builds it from the result. The spreadsheet library (SheetJS, a pinned version) is fetched from cdnjs only when you click the Excel button. The CSV downloads use no library at all. If the library cannot be loaded, the page says so and the CSV files still work.

Uploads can be up to 35 MB. The free allowance is 1 file per day, up to 10 pages, no account. Pro takes files up to 150 pages. A 300-page tender is over the 150-page cap, so convert it in parts split at a bill or section boundary.