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Manual Construction Bidding

Contractors and estimators waste time on manual, opaque bidding and bid-levelling processes that often lead to lost or unprofitable work.

In their words

use Ai to give them a quick feasibility score, based on suitable creds, skills etc, AND highlight any amber or red warnings

r/smallbusinessuk on Reddit

Opportunities are fragmented across federal, state, council and other procurement portals, and then someone still has to work out whether a tender is actually worth pursuing.

r/AustralianStartups on Reddit

It's just the bid proposals I want to get right!

r/GovernmentContracting on Reddit

How do you find virtual assistants for subcontractor quote collection?

r/govcon on Reddit

I would waste at least a few hours a week or more just sifting through new stuff that didn't fit

r/Construction on Reddit

the client I was talking to didn't know the city he lived in had an open solicitation that he could bid on, that right there is the problem my software solves

r/SaaS on Reddit

elevations and section details say 1 thing and scheudle says another.

r/estimators on Reddit

clients are going with the lowest bidders (which are usually not the most competent or do the best work)

r/landscaping on Reddit

genuinely trying to not waste six months chasing a tender I was never eligible for in the first place

r/IndiaBusiness on Reddit

I want the work but this new risk wasn't factored into my bid.

r/Construction on Reddit

Running into alot of “the price is too high” or “I got a better offer” for about half of my estimates I send out lately!

r/Contractor on Reddit

Installation got jacked up by about $320k to a total of $4 297 000. We lost.

r/estimators on Reddit

We have lost projects before because no one else bid them.

Hacker News

Contractors and estimators

Where they talk

  • r/estimators
  • r/govcon
  • r/Construction
  • r/smallbusiness
  • r/Contractor
  • r/ConstructionManagers
  • r/GeneralContractor
  • r/IndiaBusiness

Tools they use today

  • Building Connected
  • Excel
  • SAM.gov
  • Procore
  • Claude
  • Merx
  • PlanHub
  • Bluebeam

Why those fall short

  • Too many platforms, no qualification of trade relevance, slow to mark not bidding
  • GeM registration alone does not reveal separate qualification layers
  • invites tied to individuals; platforms need GC to change contacts
  • AI output flagged for inaccuracies; more output expected, not less work
  • no way to track who was contacted, what was said, or why bids were lost