After accepting a bid the client could be required (if desired) to pay XX% up front.

It's difficult to manage when you have lots of sections.
Example:
Design
-- Branding
-- Wireframe
-- Web design
-- Business card
...
--

1. Allow items to have different rates.
2. Allow items to be entered by hours rather than flat rates
3. Make it optional to show the hours on the final bid.

ability to edit header and footer AND ability for logo input?

I really love Bidsketch and it would be great if it integrated with ActiveCollab. They seem to have a pretty straight forward API and good developer documentation. http://www.activecollab.com/docs/manuals/developers

Contracts often require things like a point contact person as well as the company name - right now you only have {client_name} as a client variable. Why not their address? Their company name, etc. Same with my info. More fields should be added to client and my own profile so that more variables can be added in sections. Isn't that the whole point? To make these as re-usable as possible? I'm already having to re-type things too much for a "templating" application.

When adding a fee to the schedule it would be great if you could specify a quantity that would automatically multiply the basic fee with the quantity giving a total.
Example:
Widget fee: $ 50.00
Quantity: 5
Total: $250.00

I think it would be really nice to have either the Javelin CRM or some other CRM integration option - I think it would really help pull together one's workflow.

I came across a request that required two names as the main contacts for the client. There was no way to add the second contact.

Would like to be able to add a tax value (e.g. VAT) to a final proposal fee, based on a percentage of the final cost

It'd be nice to have a form which we can embed & style on our own websites/portfolios for quote requests (that then feeds the info right into Bidsketch), thus eliminating the need for double entry. Be a nice way to manage the sales pipeline a little more.