Projects

• Multiple projects can be created to group packages within real-life construction projects.
• User access to packages can be controlled on a per-project basis.

Users

• Create multiple user accounts for different users in your organisation.
• Store contact details for display to subcontractors for enquiries.
• Audit trail of all user logins and actions.
• Password change functionality.

Documents

• Store document number and revision meta-data with documents.
• Changes to documents for at-market packages automatically notified to bidders
• Audit trail of changes to document meta-data.
• Central, company-wide document store, allowing drag-and-drop copying of documents to procurement packages.
• Real-time display of subcontractor document downloads, to allow for timely resolution of problems.

Subcontractors

• Stores subcontractor information and contact details in a central "address book".
• Review a subcontractor's bid history.
• Create a taxonomy of subcontractor categories, and use this to easily search for particular trades, geographic locations etc.
• Automatic generation of login accounts for subcontractors to access package documents to bid.
• Reset functionality for subcontractor account passwords.

Packages

• Create an unlimited number of procurement packages in each project.
• Each package can have attached documents, bidders list and pricing structure.
• Multiple line-item pricing structure to allow for multi-part pricing.
• Ability to specify the currency bidders must price their bids in.
• All actions that modify a package are captured in an audit trail.
• Powerful filtering tools allows users to easily locate packages in the system.

Milestones

• Assign target dates and responsible users for the "release-to-market", "bidding-closed" and "package-awarded" milestones of each package.
• Package filtering includes ability to filter on packages with overdue milestones.
• Dashboard highlights to each user which milestones they are responsible for.

Bidder Access

• Bidders automatically notified of invitation to bid and login details.
• Ability to upload documents as part of their bid, and offer prices.
• Can decline to bid, with notification sent to the package contact person.

Notifications

• Sends plain-text / HTML multipart emails for ease-of-use of subcontractors.

Document Storage

• Use either local disk storage or Amazon S3 to store package and bidder documents.
• Controls access to documents by user permissions / stage of the package lifecycle.

SMTP Server

• Requires access to a SMTP server to send notification emails

Database Compatibility

• Compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle.

Browser Compatibility

• Compatible with Internet Explorer 7+, Mozilla Firefox 3+ and Google Chrome.