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We are excited to invite you to the next SmartBid Quarterly Connect!   Join us on August 10th as our CEO, James Benham, reviews the latest and greatest features and functionalities in SmartBid – the leading construction bidding software for general contractors!    Already using SmartBid? Count me in!  Take your efficiency to the next level and join usRead more

We are excited about Spring, but we are even more excited to show off our latest SmartBid system updates!   Invitation Statistics Are your subs viewing the projects you share? Are they responding? What’s their proposal percentage the last 6 months? All of these questions will now be answered in the new Statistics report, andRead more

SmartBid is the construction industry’s preferred preconstruction software. Since its release in 2006, general and prime contractors around the world have adopted and trusted the SmartBid process to be their source for a web-based and mobile platform to streamline their bid project data, documents and subcontractor communications. Are you ready to make the move to SmartBid?Read more

We’ve been hard at work bringing SmartBid users nothing but the greatest updates and features. Now EVERYONE using our preconstruction platform can benefit from a number of tools and modules aimed at making your invitation to bid and subcontractor management easy and stress-free. Excited yet?   Redesigned Subcontractor Interface We’ve completely redesigned the subcontractor portalRead more

SmartBid is the preferred invitation to bid software for commercial general contractors. GC’s are able to use SmartBid for their  prequalification, subcontractor management, invitation to bid, and document collaboration needs within the secure online software. SmartBid also integrates with STACK, SmartInsight, SmartCompliance, and the Virtual Planroom Network to streamline your construction processes. We are excitedRead more

General contractors are loving the latest enhancements to our custom form builder in SmartBid. With a number of options to make sure your subs meet your project requirements, SmartBid has your prequalification process covered. How easy is prequalification in SmartBid? 1. Build your online form or use our integrated ConsensusDocs 721 form to customize theRead more

We are proud to announce the first of many Quarterly Connect Webinars!    Join us next week as our CEO, James Benham, reviews the latest and greatest features and functionalities in SmartBid. Already using SmartBid? Count me in! Take your efficiency to the next level and join us on March 2nd, 11am CT to make sure youRead more

We’re proud to announce that SmartBid construction bid software for general contractors now offers advanced reporting to help GCs evaluate the risk of working with subcontractors before awarding bids.   By ordering discounted risk and credit reports on subcontractors, from directly within the SmartBid, our users able to assess the full spectrum of risk associated withRead more

We’re always working to improve SmartBid, so here are the latest updates for you to try! Improved Stack Viewer We’ve introduced a better STACK plan files viewer that allows you to easily view files and perform takeoffs by simply clicking on the file name!  No downloads needed. (Don’t worry, if you still need to downloadRead more

We’re always improving SmartBid, and here’s our latest: custom project fields are now in SmartBid! Now when you log into SmartBid, you can create and add custom fields to projects, just like you can with company records and prequals. Check out Admin > Project > Project Fields to get started, and enjoy creating fields toRead more