Our construction bid software customizable, robust features help general contractors simplify the precon process and streamline communications with subs.
Send Invitations to Bid
With SmartBid construction invitation to bid software, you can:
- Organize bid project details
- Send invitations to bid and addenda
- Allow subcontractors to directly upload proposals
Share Project Documents
Use the SmartBid online planroom so you never struggle to:
- Access centralized file storage & distribution
- Upload all project documents, no matter the file format
- Grant customized access & editing permissions
Prequalify Subcontractors
Use SmartBid to prequalify subcontractors with:
- The ConstructConnnect Sub Network & SmartInsight Contractor Network integrations to find the most qualified subs
- Integrated ConsensusDocs 721 standard forms
- A custom form builder for detailed questionnaires
- Customized access for the reviewal process & scheduling renewals
Manage Subcontractor Data
Use your SmartBid private subcontractor database to:
- Manage your subcontractor info in a centralized contact database
- Create custom codes & groups of subs for future projects
- Know that your data is guaranteed private and secure
Compare Subcontractor Bids
Our BidTabs feature gives estimators and other bid project team members additional tools to calculate and compare subcontractor bid proposals.
- Consolidate all relevant bid data for more accurate bid calculations
- Replace spreadsheets and standardize your bid tabulation collaboration
- Get side by side subcontractor comparisons to quickly identify candidates
Track Subcontractor Compliance
Easily track, collect & manage your subcontractor compliance with SmartBid Compliance. Efficiently track licenses, COIs, & W-9 documents according to project or company requirements.
- Organize certificate of insurance & contract documents for seamless compliance tracking
- Eliminate manual data entry of document data with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) scanning technology
- Centralize communications with vendors & certificate holders
Reports & Project Metrics
Easily generate project metrics directly from the SmartBid Reports tab, with:
- Standard reports such as Minorities, Duplicate Companies, Bad Emails and more
- Statistics on all communications sent, received and read
- View accepted, declined & proposed invitations to bid
- Create your own custom reports
Live Customer Service
We take the term ‘Software as a Service’ seriously and offer the following support services for you and your subcontractors:
- Live call support
- Live, weekly training sessions
- An extensive training media library
- Easy system request and issue submittal via our online Help Center
Integrations
We strongly believe in enhancing SmartBid with software integrations and partnerships that help our users achieve seamless project management through:
- Access over 1 million subcontractors via sub network integrations
- Project management and ERP integrations
- Syncing cloud storage solutions like Dropbox
- Simple document management through BIM 360 connection
