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Keep every developer, consultant and open offer in one place the team trusts.

A CRM for an infrastructure contractor is the record of developers, consultants, projects and priced offers, kept so that a call from any of them is answered with full knowledge. GullySales works on the fields, the stages and the habits that fit a tender-driven business, in a tool your team will actually use.

Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For electrical infrastructure contractors

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The unit of record is the project”

    A standard CRM treats a person as the record. Here a project, such as a park phase or a plant expansion, has several people attached. If the system lists only people, nobody can see that several contacts belong to the same live tender.

  • “Offers go stale in inboxes”

    A priced offer sent by email lives in one estimator's inbox. When that person is away, nobody knows its stage or the decision date. A shared register with an owner for every offer prevents the silence that follows a submission.

  • “Dates carry the weight in this trade”

    Pre-qualification deadlines, bid due dates, defect period endings and expected decision dates all trigger action. A record without those dates cannot remind anyone of anything. The structure should hold them as fields, not as notes.

  • “Past clients are future orders”

    A developer finishing phase one is a lead for phase two. A record linking each past client to its next phase makes the follow-up natural. Without it, the later phase is found by chance or lost to a rival.

What we do

What we deliver for electrical infrastructure contractors.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. A project-centred record layout

    Fields for developer, consultant, scope, voltage level, stage, bid due date and decision date, with contacts attached to each project.

    Result: One record shows every person and date for a project.

  2. Offer stages that match your process

    Stages such as invited, pre-qualified, priced, under negotiation, won and lost, each with a named owner.

    Result: Every offer has a stage and a named owner.

  3. Date reminders for the moments that matter

    Reminders set for pre-qualification deadlines, bid dates and the end of each defect period.

    Result: A reminder fires before each date that needs action.

  4. An import of existing contacts and offers

    Existing spreadsheets and email threads cleaned and loaded so that the system begins with real history.

    Result: The register starts with your actual offers, not a blank screen.

  5. A short guide for the estimators

    A plain note on what to record after each call and who may edit which field.

    Result: A guide the estimators follow after each call.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries logged in the CRM
  • Data completeness
  • Reports generated from CRM data

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Fields worth keeping

Hold the dates and the scope, because those trigger every action.

Project and phase
Filled by the estimator when an enquiry arrives. It groups every contact on the same park or plant so none is chased twice.
Pre-qualification deadline
Entered from the invitation by whoever receives it, so the pack is prepared before the window closes.
Voltage level and scope
Set by the estimator after the first call. It lets the team filter open offers by the work the crews are fitted for.
Decision date and decision-maker
Updated after each follow-up call, so a quiet offer shows who signs and when the group next meets.
Defect period end date
Entered at handover. It prompts a call to the developer about the next phase, just when they are choosing a contractor.

Who it is for

This is written for these electrical infrastructure contractors.

  • HT and LT cabling and cable laying contractors
  • Substation and transformer erection contractors
  • Industrial park and township electrical infrastructure contractors
  • Earthing, lightning protection and panel installation contractors
  • Street lighting and campus distribution contractors
  • Contractors enlisted with DISCOMs for service connections
  • Electrical EPC contractors for factories and warehouses
  • Electrical contractors for metro, rail and institutional projects

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Your offers and contacts sit in several estimators' inboxes with no one willing to enter them, so a new system would stay empty.
  • You handle only a handful of projects a year, and a spreadsheet with dates would do the same job more cheaply.
  • No one has agreed who owns each open offer, and software cannot settle that question.

How it works

How the CRM work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Map the sales process

    We sit with the people who sell and write down how a deal moves from enquiry to payment, including where it stalls.

  2. 2

    Agree stages, fields and owners

    Each stage gets a name your team already uses and a proof that the deal has left it. We agree which fields are required at which stage, and who may change what.

  3. 3

    Build on a copy

    Pipeline, fields and views are built on a trial copy where the CRM offers one, or in a separate pipeline where the plan allows. Live work stays untouched.

  4. 4

    Connect channels, then switch on automations

    Channels are connected first. Each automation is then switched on separately, so a misfiring rule is easy to find.

  5. 5

    Test with real deals

    The people who will use the CRM run open deals through it. Gaps are fixed before the whole team switches over.

  6. 6

    Switch over and trim

    Once real use shows which fields stay empty and which stages nobody uses, those are cut and the handover record is updated.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales management. A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3 · you are here

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.

Which CRM tool should we use?
One your team will open daily. Widely used Indian options suit a firm of this size. The choice matters less than agreeing what to record, so GullySales settles the structure first and the tool second.
Who keeps the records up to date?
Whoever spoke to the contact. If the estimator sends the offer, they log it. A single person updating everything for others fails once that person is busy.
Why not use a standard sales CRM?
A standard setup treats a person as the record, and here the project is the record with several people attached. Without that structure, nobody sees that three contacts belong to one live tender. The layout needs fields for scope, voltage level and bid dates from the start.
Who should enter the data?
The person who handles each step enters it that day: the estimator logs offers and call notes, and whoever receives an invitation logs the deadline. A single owner for every record stops entries from drifting, and a short guide says who may edit each field.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

Your next practical step

Tell us what you are trying to grow, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps, mostly taps. Skip anything you would rather answer on the call.