Connects to the tools you use
Set up connections through ERP.AI and Proto workflows, with every change logged.
- Architecture Firms CRM
- Client communications
- Proposal delivery
- Identity
CRM for Architecture Firms keeps client accounts, fee opportunities, design RFP submissions and follow-up work in one pursuit record. A business development lead owns the opportunity and its expected value and close date.
Opportunities in one list
Practice Reviewer records Approve, Reject or Return with a reason.
Every feature works on the same records. Pick one to see the screen your team works in.
Keep firm entities, client counterparties and staff ownership attached to each pursuit.
Accounts
| Name | Code | Contact name | Address | Eligibility note | Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briar House Development | CLIENT-BRIAR-HOUSE | Laila Farrow | 18 Orchard Street, Salem | RFP invitation received | Morrow Built Environment | |
| North Pier Civic Trust | CLIENT-NORTH-PIER | Marcus Adebayo | 42 Wharf Road, Tacoma | Funding approval confirmed | Fieldstone Architecture | |
| Cedar Court Properties | CLIENT-CEDAR-COURT | Anika Sharma | 6 Grove Avenue, Portland | Site access granted | Cedar Arc Studio | |
| Mason Works Cooperative | CLIENT-MASON-WORKS | Diego Varela | 271 Foundry Lane, Spokane | Procurement contact verified | Horizon Plan Collective | |
| Willow Community Health | CLIENT-WILLOW-HEALTH | Eleni Papas | 33 Elm Street, Bend | Conflict check complete | Fieldstone Architecture |
Track fee pursuits from a new lead through qualification, proposal and customer outcome.
Qualified waits for the business development lead
| Record number | Subject | Status | Revision | Owner | Counterparty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OPP-61275 | Briar House adaptive reuse | New | 400 | Clara Nwosu | Riverbend Heritage Society | |
| OPP-38043 | North Pier library expansion | New | 550 | Rafael Silva | Riverbend Heritage Society | |
| OPP-79590 | Cedar Court mixed-use design | New | 870 | Evelyn Park | Highbank Education Board | |
| OPP-41170 | Mason Works warehouse conversion | New | 300 | Evelyn Park | Highbank Education Board | |
| OPP-21029 | Willow Clinic interior modernization | New | 130 | Rafael Silva | Willow Community Health |
Prepare design proposal submissions with a revision, due date and traceable review.
Submission waits for the proposal coordinator
| Id | Status | Revision | Submission due | Site address | Parent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RFP-2026-041 | Draft | 850 | 23 Oct | Briar House, 18 Orchard Street | Briar House adaptive reuse | |
| ACT-2026-042 | Draft | 390 | 14 Oct | North Pier library, 42 Wharf Road | Highbank School science wing | |
| REV-2026-043 | Draft | 200 | 16 Oct | Cedar Court, 6 Grove Avenue | Harbor Market public realm design | |
| OPR-2026-044 | Draft | 360 | 18 Oct | Mason Works, 271 Foundry Lane | Cedar Court mixed-use design | |
| ATT-2026-045 | Draft | 140 | 20 Oct | Willow Clinic, 33 Elm Street | Cedar Court mixed-use design |
Keep calls, meetings, emails and follow-up tasks attached to the pursuit they advance.
Relationship activities
| Id | Activity type | Due at | Completed at | Outcome | Parent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RFP-2026-041 | Call | 14 Oct | 15 Oct | Site walk scheduled | Briar House adaptive reuse | |
| ACT-2026-042 | Meeting | 11 Oct | 14 Oct | RFP questions answered | Cedar Court mixed-use design | |
| REV-2026-043 | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | Fee range accepted | Cedar Court mixed-use design | ||
| OPR-2026-044 | Task | 14 Oct | 17 Oct | Client requested revised scope | Willow Clinic interior modernization | |
| ATT-2026-045 | Call | 12 Oct | 13 Oct | Presentation completed | Willow Clinic interior modernization |
Preserve reviewer decisions, supporting files and the revision each decision concerns.
Review decisions
| Id | Source revision | Decision | Decided at | Reason | Reviewer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RFP-2026-041 | 390 | Approve | 14 Oct | Fee basis approved | Jonah Fischer | |
| ACT-2026-042 | 690 | Return | 24 Oct | Consultant scope missing | Lena Okafor | |
| REV-2026-043 | 580 | Approve | 19 Oct | Schedule risk acceptable | Evelyn Park | |
| OPR-2026-044 | 270 | Return | 12 Oct | Insurance evidence needed | Clara Nwosu | |
| ATT-2026-045 | 720 | Approve | 21 Oct | Submission ready to send | Theo Martinez |
Read pipeline value, qualification work and blocked operations with their recorded outcomes.
Operation receipts
| Id | Operation key | Action | Result state | Occurred at | Failure reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RFP-2026-041 | ARC-RFP-2026-081 | Submit design RFP | Failed | 03 Nov | Submission deadline passed | |
| ACT-2026-042 | ARC-REVIEW-2026-082 | Approve fee proposal | Needs review | 02 Nov | Fee schedule incomplete | |
| REV-2026-043 | ARC-SUBMIT-2026-083 | Attach site drawings | Failed | 14 Oct | Site plan missing | |
| OPR-2026-044 | ARC-FEE-2026-084 | Schedule client review | Needs review | 26 Oct | Consultant letter unsigned | |
| ATT-2026-045 | ARC-RFP-2026-085 | Revise project scope | Failed | 21 Oct | Client contact unverified |
Pursuit to customer outcome ships ready to use. One step needs a named approval before the work moves on: Review proposal (Practice Reviewer).
Name the client, owner, expected fee and close date.
Check the current revision before moving a new pursuit forward.
Keep site, budget and due date with the parent opportunity.
Submit the Draft version the coordinator just inspected.
Record an independent decision and reason against the source revision.
Close an open pursuit Won or Lost when the client decides.
Open any opportunity to see its design rfps, the roles that work on it, its process stages and its approvals on one page.
Expected close date, Expected value USD, Owner and Counterparty.
Each line is linked to this opportunity.
Business Development Lead, Proposal Coordinator and Practice Reviewer, each with their own permissions.
Open pursuit and Qualify pursuit, with the role that acts.
Review proposal, with who decides.
Willow Community Health · New
| Id | Status | Revision |
|---|---|---|
| RFP-2026-041 | Draft | 850 |
| ACT-2026-042 | Draft | 390 |
| REV-2026-043 | Draft | 200 |
Give the proposal coordinator submission work and the reviewer the independent decision.
Signed in as Practice Reviewer
| Decision | Approver | |
|---|---|---|
| Review proposalRecord an independent decision and reason against the source revision. | Practice Reviewer |
Everyone opens Architecture Firms CRM to the work that is theirs. Pick a role to see what it starts with.
Owns client relationships, fee pursuits and follow-up work.
This is the first screen this role sees.
Opportunities · Business Development Lead
Prepares design RFP submissions and supporting pursuit files.
This is the first screen this role sees.
Design RFPs · Proposal Coordinator
| Id | Status | Revision | Submission due | Site address | Parent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RFP-2026-041 | Draft | 850 | 23 Oct | Briar House, 18 Orchard Street | Briar House adaptive reuse | |
| ACT-2026-042 | Draft | 390 | 14 Oct | North Pier library, 42 Wharf Road | Highbank School science wing | |
| REV-2026-043 | Draft | 200 | 16 Oct | Cedar Court, 6 Grove Avenue | Harbor Market public realm design | |
| OPR-2026-044 | Draft | 360 | 18 Oct | Mason Works, 271 Foundry Lane | Cedar Court mixed-use design | |
| ATT-2026-045 | Draft | 140 | 20 Oct | Willow Clinic, 33 Elm Street | Cedar Court mixed-use design |
Records independent decisions against a pursuit revision.
This is the first screen this role sees.
Design RFPs · Practice Reviewer
| Id | Status | Revision | Submission due | Site address | Parent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RFP-2026-041 | Draft | 850 | 23 Oct | Briar House, 18 Orchard Street | Briar House adaptive reuse | |
| ACT-2026-042 | Draft | 390 | 14 Oct | North Pier library, 42 Wharf Road | Highbank School science wing | |
| REV-2026-043 | Draft | 200 | 16 Oct | Cedar Court, 6 Grove Avenue | Harbor Market public realm design | |
| OPR-2026-044 | Draft | 360 | 18 Oct | Mason Works, 271 Foundry Lane | Cedar Court mixed-use design | |
| ATT-2026-045 | Draft | 140 | 20 Oct | Willow Clinic, 33 Elm Street | Cedar Court mixed-use design |
Reviews the pipeline and records customer outcomes.
This is the first screen this role sees.
Design RFPs · Practice Principal
| Id | Status | Revision | Submission due | Project budget | Parent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RFP-2026-041 | Submitted | 810 | 17 Oct | 630 | Harbor Market public realm design | |
| ACT-2026-042 | Submitted | 500 | 21 Oct | 830 | Riverbend Hall restoration | |
| REV-2026-043 | Submitted | 460 | 20 Oct | 950 | Harbor Market public realm design | |
| OPR-2026-044 | Submitted | 900 | 16 Oct | 90 | North Pier library expansion | |
| ATT-2026-045 | Submitted | 580 | 14 Oct | 880 | Cedar Court mixed-use design |
Maintains firm, identity and access records.
Read open fee work, proposal submissions, follow-up and decision evidence from the recorded fields.
This quarter
How far records got this quarter
| Stage | Reached | Step | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New | 35 | ||
| Qualified | 23 | 66% | |
| Proposal | 13 | 57% | |
| Negotiation | 6 | 46% |
Sample totals per stage
Group open Opportunities by Owner and sum expected value USD.
List open Opportunities by expected close date, owner and expected value.
Compare Won and Lost Opportunities by Counterparty, won at and loss reason.
List design RFPs by Status and submission due with their linked opportunity.
Compare relationship activity due at with completed at and activity type.
Show review decisions under each opportunity with source revision, Reviewer and Reason.
Group operation receipts by Action and result state with failure reason.
Show record attachments under their parent opportunity by Visibility and evidence type.
See how Architecture Firms CRM fits your kind of team.
Give a practice principal a clear view of fee pursuits, design RFPs and customer outcomes.
Keep firm entities and staff attribution clear when several offices pursue work.
Manage focused commissions with a clear pursuit owner and proposal review trail.
Each stage of pursuit to customer outcome names the role that acts and the status it records, so a change is never anonymous.
Each stage, the role that acts and the status it records
Ask Proto to help prepare pursuit work while people keep authority over reviews and outcomes.
Set up connections through ERP.AI and Proto workflows, with every change logged.
Every record lives in a table you can see, extend and export. Add fields or whole tables in Proto.
Browse all 10 tablesStart with one team and one process, then add the rest once the basics are running.
Confirm the practice organization, users, team members and account naming convention.
Add a current client account and opportunity with owner, value and expected close date.
Record a meeting and a due follow-up activity against that opportunity.
Create a Draft design RFP, attach its package and submit at the current revision.
Record an independent decision with a reason; rehearse a later Won or Lost customer outcome.
$0per user
The base account and everyday work in the ERP.AI app are free, for every user.
| Usage | Per $1 |
|---|---|
| Record reads (list, filter, get) | 20,000 |
| Search or aggregate queries | 4,000 |
| Record writes | 4,000 |
| Imported or synced records | 200,000 |
| Workflow runs | 2,000 |
| AI agent runs | 2,000 |
| Scheduled jobs or webhooks | 20,000 |
| File uploads (MB) | 2,000 |
| CSV or PDF exports | 100 |
Click Get started, then use Proto to configure CRM for Architecture Firms for your business. Start with one practice organization, one client account and a current fee pursuit.
Each opportunity names a team members owner. Agree who keeps its expected close date, value and activity history current.
Each design RFP has a parent opportunity and names the practice organization. The proposal stays beside the client pursuit it supports.
Submission checks Draft status and the expected revision. The coordinator reviews the current version before another attempt.
Tasks are relationship activities under an opportunity, with due and completed dates and an outcome.
A review decisions record names the reviewer, source revision, decision, date and reason on the parent pursuit.
The review decision records the practice's assessment. Won or Lost on the opportunity records the customer's outcome.
Operation receipts keep the attempted action, expected revision, result state and failure reason under the opportunity.
Yes. Separate Opportunities can share one Accounts counterparty while keeping their own owners, statuses and design RFPs.
Record attachments sit under the opportunity with a title, evidence type, uploader, date and Internal or Shared visibility.
Start free, then use Proto to change fields, steps and approvals before your team goes live.