What are preferred contacts? (BC Pro)

BuildingConnected allows BC Pro subscribers to privately assign preferred contacts within subcontractor companies. This feature is a great way to ensure that you are sending invitations to bid to the appropriate point of contact at subcontractor companies when they meet your project criteria.

Please note that:

• Preferred contacts are on an office basis. When you click to prefer a contact, you are preferring that contact for the specific office that owns the project. 
• Only members of the project’s office can see preferred contacts.
• Preferred contacts are not visible in the BuildingConnected network.
  
  

To designate a preferred contact

Start from the bid package under which you’d like to add a preferred contact for a subcontractor company. Click on "Add Bidders" or “Invite Bidders.”

From the list of search results, find the subcontractor company. The list of company contacts are listed to the right.

Click on the “Star” button next to their name. Click "View all contacts" if your desired contact is not appearing first. 

The star will immediately fill in to help you quickly identify the preferred contact for that company. Moving forward, your preferred contact will be the first contact listed unless there is a "Primary Contact". Subcontractors can set their own "Primary Contact" and they are labeled as such in the recommendation engine. See William Bobson in the screenshot above.

To remove someone as a preferred contact, simply click on the “Star” button a second time.