Contractor beta · early access
Construction tenders, from package to award
TenderBid is preparing a UK contractor beta for managing tender packages, inviting your own suppliers, comparing quotations and retaining the decision history.
Pilot access is being prepared. Request early access to join the onboarding process.
For contractors and developers
Create a tender and its packages
Separate electrical, plumbing, groundworks or other scopes into packages. Attach the documents each supplier needs to price the work.
Invite your existing suppliers
Add contacts to your private supplier book and invite them to the relevant package. The workflow is designed to work without a large registered marketplace.
Collect both kinds of quotation
Receive structured bids from registered suppliers. If another supplier emails a PDF quotation, record its price and received date and upload the original document yourself.
Compare and clarify the scope
Review price, programme, exclusions and qualifications. Record explained comparison adjustments separately from the original submitted price. Keep supplier clarifications and private contractor notes distinct.
Record the package award
Select a supplier for each package and retain the rationale, quotation revision and comparison used for the decision. Package and tender status reflect the recorded awards.
For subcontractors and suppliers
Open your invitation
Follow the contractor’s link in your phone or desktop browser. A permitted package preview and documents can be viewed without creating an account.
Express interest or decline
Let the contractor know whether you want to price the package. An invitation gives access only to the material that contractor has authorised.
Create an account to submit a structured bid
The account flow retains your invitation context. Add your price, programme, exclusions, qualifications and supporting quotation files.
Keep revisions and clarifications together
Submit a revised quotation when permitted and answer shared clarification questions. Original revisions remain part of the record.
Questions about the contractor beta
- What is construction tender management software?
- It helps a contractor organise the scope and documents for work, invite suppliers, collect quotations, compare the responses and retain the award decision. TenderBid’s first beta focuses on this contractor-led process.
- Do all my suppliers need a TenderBid account?
- No. The planned beta allows invited suppliers to preview permitted information, download permitted documents and express interest or decline without an account. Structured bids, revisions and retained clarification participation require an account. Contractors can also record emailed quotations themselves.
- How should I compare subcontractor quotations?
- Start by checking that each quotation covers the same scope. Review programme, exclusions and qualifications alongside price. Record the reason for any comparison adjustment and keep the supplier’s original submitted figure unchanged. The lowest headline price alone may not represent the same scope of work.
- Can TenderBid be used on a phone?
- TenderBid is a web application being prepared for desktop and mobile browsers. Suppliers follow an invitation link; an App Store download is not part of the beta workflow.
- Is the contractor beta available to everyone?
- TenderBid is accepting early-access requests while hosted testing and pilot preparation are completed. Access is controlled. The workflow described here is the beta scope; it is not a claim that public self-service access or a large supplier marketplace is already available.
Read our early-access pricing guidance, learn about TenderBid, or contact the team with a pilot question.
Run the pilot with your existing suppliers
The first goal is a complete contractor workflow, including suppliers who continue to send their quotations by email.