Bid Board
Helpful information for subcontractors using our Bid Board tool.
Getting Started
- The bidding guide: Create and send a winning proposal through BuildingConnected
- Complete your BuildingConnected profile and get invited to the projects you want to bid on
- How subcontractors can start a trial of Bid Board Pro
- I received an invitation to bid. What should I do?
- How do I update the status of my bid to “Submitted?”
- Online training: How to submit a bid through BuildingConnected
Profile Set-Up
- How to update your work performed
- Why are “work performed” keywords important?
- How to view all scopes of work that are available in BuildingConnected
- What do I do if I don’t see my company’s “work performed” keyword?
- Can subcontractors adjust location settings for bid invites?
- What happens when my Bid Board Pro trial expires?
Managing Bids
- How to submit your bid through BuildingConnected
- How subcontractors can accept and decline bids
- How subcontractors can download files for bids
- What to do if you cannot access a bid invite
- How to add and remove coworkers as followers on bids
- How subcontractors can revise submitted bids
Best Practices
- Vendor information for subcontractors
- I made a mistake when submitting my bid. What should I do?
- What is BuildingConnected’s “Return on Investment (ROI) Calculator”?
- Can I search for bids in BuildingConnected?
- Why am I not getting bid invites and what can I do about it?
- How subcontractors can add themselves to bids their company was invited to
Messages
Reports
Calendar (Bid Board Pro)
- Online training: Calendar for Bid Board Pro
- How to filter your calendar by follow-up date (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
- How subcontractors can one-click sync their BuildingConnected calendar with Google Calendar
- How subcontractors can manually sync their BuildingConnected calendar with their iPhone
Technical Support
- How subcontractors can troubleshoot file download issues
- 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
- How subcontractors can prevent errors when forwarding invites from Outlook (Bid Board Pro)
- Why is my “Export” button not working and what can I do about it? (Bid Board Pro)