Keep all your bid invitations, addenda and plans in one secure, online location that you can access remotely 24/7. When a supplier receives a bid invitation, he or she can submit a proposal with supporting plans and project specs to your central portal, so you can easily compare bid proposals as they are logged into the bid project response form. If you request clarification, the supplier's changes are made on the proposal in the system, so you see only the most complete and current information. SMARTBIDNET provides access to open and past bid projects, allowing you to view communication history, proposals and statistics on bid projects.

With a simple bid form, SMARTBIDNET makes it easy for you to send bid invitations to specific suppliers with specific skill sets. SMARTBIDNET automatically sends invitations, supporting plans, specs and addenda via e-mail or fax to companies you specify, and e-mails you when the bid invitations are received. The supplier can then submit a proposal with supporting plans and project specs to your central portal, so you can easily compare proposals as they are logged. If the supplier needs to make a clarification or attach addenda, the changes are made directly on the proposal in the system, so you see the most complete and current information.

Build your private network of subcontractors and categorize them by the services they provide to ensure bids target qualified and licensed companies you approve. These subs will be available to submit proposals for future construction projects. Your database of people and companies is securely available online 24/7 to ensure you never lose touch with those you depend on.

SMARTBIDNET's new prequalification feature has just rolled out and is in beta mode at the current time. With this new feature, you can prequalify subcontractors through an extensive screening process. You can decide in advance who you want making bids for your projects. Just send them an invitation to prequalify, and subs will fill out the accompanying questionnaire.

SMARTBIDNET provides advanced data reporting on subcontractors, pre-qualification, communication status and history and bid project history and analysis. Our reporting tools provide a flexible way for you to keep your data current and to analyze and correct errors in your data.

SMARTBIDNET integrated e-mail functionality makes it easy to stay up to date on your vendor and subcontractor contact information. Request periodic contact information updates with just a few simple clicks.

No need to write and rewrite the same documents over and over. SMARTBIDNET utilizes communication templates, where you can attach your company logo to the document and simply insert the information you want to go out.

Now it's easy to keep track of multiple bid projects at a time. With the shared calendar, you can collect all your current bids on a single online calendar. Everyone on the project can see bids and deadlines.

You can now power whole sections of your Web site with SMARTBIDNET. When you use SMARTBIDNET for bids and plans, you can choose to publish your projects, and with our easy-to-use setup, your most current bid projects will appear on your Web site for subcontractors and vendors to utilize.

Bid invitation recipients can now download, use and print electronic files using OnScreen Takeoff and PlanSwift. With these two estimating tools, you can measure objects, mark plans up on-screen, calculate square footage and material costs and more. PlanSwift also offers iPhone integration for estimating on-the-go.

SMARTBIDNET offers Pulse – a secure desktop client that allows for real-time reporting on bid projects in conjunction with subcontractor address book functionality.

If all your information and contacts are in another system, SMARTBIDNET's import feature allows you to transfer your data hassle-free, using Microsoft Excel or .csv files. Need to export files from SMARTBIDNET? You can do that just as easily, and in the same formats. There's never a need to transfer files manually.