How to use the Contacts page

With BC Pro, you can view and download key information about all the companies you have worked with on BuildingConnected from your Contacts page. 

The Contacts page does not include email addresses or contact information for the companies. To download contact information, you can download the bidder status report within individual projects. Learn more about reports here.

How does the "Our Vendors" page work?

The "Our Vendors" page can be found by navigating to the notebook icon, "Contacts" section, on the menu on the left-hand side. 



The list of companies shown here are any subcontractors that your company has invited to bid or invited to qualify. The following columns are reported for each subcontractor: 

• Company Name: You can click on the company name to see the company's profile. 
• Vendor Office: If a company has multiple offices, each office will appear individually in its own line.
• State/Province

The following columns are synced from TradeTapp if your company utilizes this tool. 

• Qualification Status (If none exists, you will have the option to "Invite to qualify".)
• Qualification Expires
• Single Project Limit
• Total Limit
• Qualification Notes

The following columns allow your team to track key analytics about the subcontractors you work with like how many times you've invited them and how many times they have actually submitted. 

To see a list of the specific projects a company has been invited to, follow the instructions here. 

• Invites 
• Bidding
• Submitted
• Awarded
• Declined
• Bidding %
• Submitted %
• Awarded %
• Declined %

The following columns provides further information about the company you have entered in like tags or rating and other information the company themselves have put in their profile. 

• Tags
• Business Type
• Enterprise Type
• Work Performed
• Labor Type
• Rating

This page updates nightly so if you invite new companies today, you will see them on this page the next day. 

Note: This list does not contain emails or contact information. If you would like need subcontractors' contact information, you can download the formatted bidder list or bidder list status report from an individual project. Find detailed instructions in How general contractors can download and print project reports.

To search, filter, and customize the Contacts page

To search your "Contacts" page, use the Find field to search for a vendor by name. 



To filter, select one of the items in the drop-down menu. 



Select options from the drop-down menu. The options will vary depending on the filter you've chosen. 



To customize which columns appear on your Contacts page, click the arrow to expand "Columns" in the left panel and click to deselect any columns you do not want to appear. The table will instantly update accordingly. 

To download the "Contacts" page to excel

Click on your “Contacts” page from the menu on the left-hand side.



Click the “Export” button on the right-hand side.  



This will download a spreadsheet containing all of the columns shown on this page. 

You can apply filters prior to downloading your Contacts page to streamline the information you need. The download will contain only the contacts that apply with those filters.