Best practices for owners setting up projects (BC Pro)

If you are an owner using BuildingConnected, you can invite both main contractors and subcontractors to tender on a project. This article will go over best practices for setting up tender packages once you have created your project so you can organize tenders and easily manage submitted proposals on your Tender Comparison tab. 

For detailed information on how to create a project, please reference the article, “Best practices for setting up a project in BuildingConnected.” 

To set up tender packages 

Once you have created your project, click “New Tender Package” from the “Tender Packages” tab. 



Create a tender package for main contractors by typing “Main Contracting” in the “Tender Package Name” field. The keyword “Main Contracting” will auto-populate in the “Keywords” field. 



This will allow you to utilize our “best match” feature so you can find new main contractors to invite to tender. For more information on inviting main contractors to tender on your project, please reference the articles, “How to invite subcontractors to projects using the ‘best match’ feature” and “How to search for a specific company to invite to a project.” 



Once you have added main contractors to the “Main Contracting” tender package, click “Back to Project” on the left-hand side to add tender packages you would like to invite subcontractors to.



From the “Tender Packages” tab, click “New Tender Package.” 



Enter the trade of work the subcontractor performs in the “Tender Package Name” to auto populate the “Keywords” field. Enter any other project information, then click “Save.” 



Continue the steps above until you have set up all tender packages for your project and have added the subcontractors you would like to invite. When you are ready to publish your project, you can do so by selecting all tender packages then clicking “Publish.” 



For a more detailed walkthrough of how to publish projects, please reference the article, “How to publish a project in BuildingConnected.” 

The Tender Comparison tab 

As an owner, setting up your tender packages as shown above will allow you to easily compare tenders from both main contractors and subcontractors from your “Tender Comparison” tab once proposals are submitted. 

In the example below, the “Main Contracting” tender package has been selected to compare proposals submitted by each main contractor. 



For more information on how to use the tender comparison feature, check out the quick, 3-minute walkthrough, “Online training: Tender Comparison.”