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A bidders list shows every general contractor pursuing a project. DataBid publishes plan holders and invited bidders on covered commercial projects, plus bid results within 24 hours of closing, so subcontractors and suppliers can see which GCs bid and win in their market and focus on the ones worth building relationships with.
A bidders list (also called a plan holder list) names the general contractors who have pulled documents or been invited to bid a project. For a subcontractor or supplier, it is the exact list of companies who will need pricing for that job. Without it, you either wait to be invited or cold call GCs who may not be on the job at all.
Look at bidders lists across many projects and patterns appear: the same GCs keep showing up on the project types and regions you work in. Add bid results and you see which of them win. Those are the GCs worth building a relationship with. DataBid puts both on the same record, so you can rank GCs by how often they bid and win work you can actually do.
Sending pricing to every GC in the market wastes estimating hours. Sending it to the GCs on the bidders list for a specific project puts your number in front of the people deciding. DataBid shows bidders on covered projects as they are added, so you can reach out while the GC is still building its sub list.
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Start free trialProject tracking platforms like DataBid publish plan holders and invited bidders on commercial projects, along with bid results. Reviewing which GCs bid and win work in your trade and region shows you who your preferred GCs should be.
The terms are often used interchangeably. Both list the contractors pursuing a project. Plan holders have pulled documents; invited bidders have been asked to bid by the owner or GC.
Suppliers quote the GCs and subs on the bidders list, so their pricing reaches the companies that will actually buy materials for that project instead of the whole market.
DataBid publishes bidder lists and bid results within 24 hours of closing on covered projects.
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