Basic Service
Basic Service allows you to view and download complete and detailed bid information from all agencies using the Bid Express service. A search function allows you to quickly find information and an optional e-mail notification service alerts you when agencies post project information. The Bid Express service also provides a complete schedule of items for each contract and the eligible bidders and plan holders lists. If you work with subcontractors often, you'll find a subcontractor quote form that makes it easy to communicate with them. Simply select the items you want to sub-out and print the form with just a few clicks.
Subscribers of the Basic Service also gain access to the Small Business Network, a business center that facilitates the interaction between prime contractors and subcontractors, especially DBEs and other underutilized businesses.
When you subscribe to the Basic Service, you'll also gain access to the Expedite™ application, that allows you to prepare your bids electronically. With the Expedite software, you just need to enter unit prices because the quantities come across automatically and the computation is done for you. The Expedite software has built-in error checking functions that make your bids virtually error-free. With Basic Service, you can save your bid to a floppy disk or CD-ROM, or print it for submission.
Internet Bidding service
When your bid is prepared in the Expedite software, you can use the Bid Express Internet Bidding service to submit it over the Internet. This convenient service means that you no longer need to travel to submit bids; no more time away from the office, miles of travel or expensive hotel stays just to deliver bids. When you use Internet Bidding Service, your bid is encrypted, signed by your unique Digital ID, and held in a lockbox until the bid opening by the agency. Your Digital ID, available through BidX.com, is considered your legal signature and your unique identifier. You can withdraw or replace your bid up to the last minute - making it easy to accommodate last minute price changes. The Bid Express Internet Bidding service also has additional error checking features to help you submit complete and accurate bids. Redundant power sources, file back-ups and duplicate hardware set-ups help to ensure that your bid is secure. BidX.com uses the latest digital signature and encryption technology. The system is built, maintained, and constantly monitored to ensure the reliability you would expect for this critical service.
The service also conducts online verification of bid bonds through surety agencies. With this feature, you no longer have to worry about getting a paper bid bond. You can obtain a bid bond verification code from your surety agency. When preparing your bid in the Expedite software, simply enter the code with your bid submission and you're done. The code is embedded in the bid and backed by a participating surety bond processing agency. This feature means less paper and less hassle in meeting the bid bond requirement.
Bid Tab Analysis service
When preparing bids, contractors often find themselves having difficulty determining what to charge for an item. There are many variables that can affect an item’s cost and there is often little time to do research. The Bid Tab Analysis service allows you to view past bid prices and low, average and high prices for items in a variety of formats including by proposal, items and contractor. With this service, you can perform many different analyses quickly and easily and access bid tabs data from most Bid Express states. You can view a demo movie of the Bid Tab Analysis service and/or order the service at any time.
Online Plan Sheets service
By subscribing to the Online Plan Sheets service from BidX.com, you gain a ccess to plan sheets from any computer. They can be viewed online, printed in y our office, or ordered and shipped to you. With this service, you can:
- Download all of the sheets in a set, or a smaller selection
- View plan sheets for a job in different locations
- Pay one flat fee for viewing all plan sheets and printing them in your office
- Access plan sheets from all participating Bid Express states for no additional cost
- Order custom sets of printed plans in any size and have them delivered to your door (via our printing partners)
You can view a demo movie of the Online Plan Sheets service and/or order the service at any time.
Small Business Network
The Small Business Network facilitates the interaction between prime contractors and subcontractors. It allows them to exchange subquotes and communicate about projects. The network is especially helpful in bringing prime contractors and disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) contractors together to meet specific agency requirements. The Small Business Network is a part of the Bid Express Basic Service.
With the Small Business Network, prime contractors can:
- Access a business center in Bid Express that can help meet Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goals
- Post an unlimited number of solicitations for items to quote
- Create and post an electronic notice that lists the items to be quoted, and send an alert e-mail about the post
- View all outstanding sub-quote requests at a glance
- Easily locate pre-qualified and certified small and disadvantaged businesses
- Advertise to small and disadvantaged businesses more efficiently and cost effectively
- Take a step to demonstrate good faith effort in reaching disadvantaged businesses
With the Small Business Network, DBEs can:
- View and respond to sub-quote requests that prime contractors have posted for projects they are bidding
- Use a key word search function to find bidding opportunities in seconds
- Create an electronic quote form that lists the items the DBE wants to quote, and e-mail it to a prime
- Look up plan holders and eligible bidders for each proposal so the DBE can send quotes directly to those who need them
- View important notices and publications from your state agency targeted to small and disadvantaged businesses
Information sheets about the Small Business Network are available for both prime contractors and subcontractors.
Note: Not all services are available for all state agencies. Please check with Bid Express customer support or the agency(ies) which you do business for a list of available services. View fee schedule.