How to invite bidders to projects using the slider feature

As a general contractor, you can utilize a slider to quickly add BuildingConnected’s “best matches” when inviting subcontractors to bid on projects. Best matches are determined by a subcontractor's trades performed, service area, proximity to project, and past relationship with your company. For more information on where the "best matches" list comes from and how they are determined to be best matches, please reference the article, "How to find and add bidders using “Search”.


To use the slider to add “best match” subcontractors to an unpublished bid package

Begin by navigating to your project then clicking on the unpublished bid package you would like to invite bidders to.



In the center of the page is a slider which enables you to invite best matches. In the example below, there are 176 companies that are best matches for the “Electrical” bid package. Please note that in order for the “best match” slider to work, your project must have an address assigned. For information on how to add a project address, please reference the article, “How to add a project address.”



Drag the slider to the right to select the amount of bidders you would like to invite, then click “Add _ Bidders.”  



These bidders will be automatically added to your bid package. Once all bidders are added to your bid package, you can publish the project which will send invited bidders an email notification. For more information on publishing projects, please reference the article, “How to publish a project on BuildingConnected.”