Save 20% to 45% on your lighting spec without compromising performance. Send us your fixture schedule and we will return a value engineered quote with equivalent products sourced from the same manufacturers as the tier one brands.
What a Value Engineered Quote Gets You
Our team takes the fixture schedule you were specified, identifies equivalent products in our catalog, and quotes the project at a lower total cost. The comparison is line by line so you can see exactly what we substituted, what was held, and what was saved on each item.
- Line-item alternative pricing for your full fixture schedule, original spec next to the proposed substitution
- Equivalent technical specs for lumens, color temperature, CRI, beam angle, and mounting type, matched to the original
- Same-factory products sourced from the manufacturers that supply the tier one brands at a private-label price
- Held items called out clearly when no equivalent exists or a substitution would compromise the design, no surprises on the back end
Typical savings range from 20% to 45% on the overall fixture price. The exact number depends on the spec mix, project size, and how aggressively the original was bid; we tell you up front what is possible before you commit.
Who Uses This Service
- Electrical contractors bidding new construction or competing in a hard-bid environment, where a tighter price wins the job.
- General contractors and design-build firms trying to hit a tight construction budget without dropping the lighting package below the owner's performance targets.
- ESCOs and energy retrofit firms running an audit or ROI analysis where the proposed retrofit needs to clear an internal payback threshold.
- Facility managers and owners who got a spec from a designer and want to know what the alternatives look like before approving the buy.
How It Works
- Send us your spec. Upload your fixture schedule, spec book, or BOM in any format we can read (PDF, spreadsheet, drawings). If you only have a partial list, that is fine too.
- We research alternatives. Our lighting team identifies equivalent products in our catalog, holds any items where a substitution would compromise the design, and prices the package.
- You receive a comparison quote. Original spec on one side, our proposed alternatives on the other, with the savings called out item by item. Typical turnaround is 1 to 3 business days.
- Order what you want. Take the full VE quote, the original spec, or any mix of the two. We invoice the order and ship from stock or factory direct.
Why Our Quotes Beat the Spec
The lighting industry runs on a tiered manufacturer model. The brands at the top of the spec sheet, the ones a designer or engineer wrote in, often source their products from the same OEM factories that supply private-label brands at a lower price point. We have spent years building relationships with those manufacturers and we know which substitutions hold up technically and which do not.
When you send us a spec, we are not guessing at substitutions. We are matching against a catalog of products we have already vetted, with photometry, warranty, and lead-time data we have already validated. That is why our VE quotes close and why our customers come back to us when the next project hits the bid table.
Questions Before Submitting?
Call (888) 548-6387, Mon to Fri, 8 AM to 8 PM ET, or email [email protected]. We typically respond the same business day.