Track Cost Vs Bid

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name: track-cost-vs-bid
description: "Track cost against the bid line by line and watch contingency burn, so overage is managed not discovered. Reach for this during production."
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# Skill: Track cost vs bid

Contingency is tracked, not raided silently.

## Step 1 — Set the bid baseline
The approved budget by category (§3 #4).

## Step 2 — Track actuals
Committed and actual cost against each line.

## Step 3 — Watch the contingency
Monitor contingency burn against the remaining risk.

## Step 4 — Forecast the overage
Project final cost vs bid and flag the exposure.

## Output
A cost-vs-bid report by category with contingency burn and an overage forecast.