Bid Board
Helpful information for subcontractors using our Bid Board tool.
To see release notes for Bid Board and other BuildingConnected products, click here.
Getting started
- Complete your BuildingConnected profile and get invited to the projects you want to bid on
- I received an invitation to bid. What should I do?
- The bidding guide: Create and send a winning proposal through BuildingConnected
- Does BuildingConnected have a mobile app? (Subcontractors)
- Online training: How to submit a bid through BuildingConnected
- How subcontractors can start a trial of Bid Board Pro
Files
Messages
- Bid notifications (Bid Board)
- How subcontractors can reply to messages sent through BuildingConnected
- How subcontractors can message general contractors through BuildingConnected
- How subcontractors can stop project notification emails
- How subcontractors can block general contractors from sending email notifications
Managing bids
- What to do if you cannot access a bid invite
- How to add and remove coworkers as followers on bids
- How to edit project information (Bid Board)
- How to delete a forwarded opportunity (Bid Board Pro)
- How subcontractors can make a quick measurement on a drawing
- How subcontractors can accept and decline bids
Submitting bids
- How to submit your bid through BuildingConnected
- Can I delete or retract a submitted bid? (Subcontractors)
- Online training: Logging or Sending Proposals
- How do I update the status of my bid to “Submitted?”
- I made a mistake when submitting my bid. What should I do?
- How subcontractors can revise submitted bids
Forwarding bids
Best practices
- Where can I find my company's prequalifications? (Subcontractors)
- How to bulk decline or archive bids
- How to manually add new bids to your Bid Board
- How to filter bids in your Bid Board (Bid Board Pro)
- How to find bids you've been invited to in your Bid Board
- Why am I not getting bid invites and what can I do about it?
Vendors & suppliers
Reports (Bid Board Pro)
- How subcontractors can create and manage custom reports (Bid Board Pro)
- How to export reports to excel (Bid Board Pro)
- How to delete custom reports (Bid Board Pro)
- How subcontractors can share reports with colleagues (Bid Board Pro)
- How to copy custom reports (Bid Board Pro)
- How subcontractors can manage report templates (Bid Board Pro)
Calendar (Bid Board Pro)
- Online training: Calendar for Bid Board Pro
- How to sync your calendar for Bid Board Pro
- How to change your calendar view (Bid Board Pro)
- How to print your calendar (Bid Board Pro)
- How subcontractors can one-click sync their BuildingConnected calendar with Outlook/Office 365
- How subcontractors can one-click sync their BuildingConnected calendar with iCalendar
Leaderboard & analytics (Bid Board Pro)
Settings
Opportunity groups
- How to create opportunity groups
- How to change the status of opportunity groups
- How to submit proposals with opportunity groups
- How subcontractors can log bids in opportunity groups
- How to remove opportunities from groups and delete opportunity groups
- How subcontractors can organize their Bid Board using Suggested Groups (Bid Board Pro)
Integrations
- How to integrate Bid Board with your CRM
- How to create a project from an opportunity (Bid Board Pro and BC Pro)
- How to integrate your PlanGrid account with BuildingConnected and transfer files and project details (Bid Board Pro)
- How to manage your projects that are linked to opportunities (Bid Board Pro and BC Pro)
- Why am I being asked to verify my identity to publish projects? (Subcontractors)
Technical support
- How to avoid ISP blocks
- How subcontractors can troubleshoot file download issues
- How to resolve the “XML File” error
- How Bid Board Pro users can enable automatic forwarding for Gmail
- How Bid Board Pro users can enable automatic forwarding in Outlook and Outlook 365
- How Bid Board Pro users can enable automatic forwarding with Mail on Mac