Bids in an inbox, opened early
Bids arrive by email at different times, and anyone with access to the inbox can see them before the deadline. Bidders who suspect it stop sending their best numbers.
For owners
Construction bid management for owners
An owner choosing a contractor needs a fair, documented process: the same documents for every bidder, questions answered for all, bids kept sealed until the deadline and a decision you can explain. Fidrel runs that process in the project, from the invitation to the award.
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Where bidding goes wrong for owners
Award decisions nobody can reconstruct
Months later the board asks why the second-lowest bidder won. The scoring lived in someone’s spreadsheet and the reasoning in a meeting nobody took minutes for.
Sealed until the deadline
With sealed bids, no one, not even an administrator, can see a bid’s content, how many bids have arrived or when, until the bidding period ends. Sealed bids open automatically at the deadline, never earlier, and the database enforces it: a sealed bid request cannot be closed early, canceling it keeps its bids sealed, and a deadline can only be extended.
Procurement
Bid documents, addenda and pre-bid RFIs
Bid documents go out in numbered issues. Each addendum lists the new, replaced and withdrawn documents and shows which bidders have opened it. Bidders submit pre-bid RFIs; published answers and addenda reach every bidder, and who asked is never shown. Bidders upload their bid files and submit the bid, or decline to bid.
How an owner runs a bid in Fidrel
Step 1
Invite the bidders
Create the bid request, choose whether bids are sealed, set the deadline, and invite contractors by email or from your supplier register. Each bidder sees only the bid documents and its own folder.
Step 2
Answer questions and issue addenda
Bidders submit pre-bid RFIs. Published answers and addenda reach every bidder without naming who asked, and every issue of the bid documents is numbered and locked.
Step 3
Score and award
After the deadline, score the bids on weighted price and quality criteria, mark any non-responsive bid with a reason, and record the award with the date and who decided.
Weighted scoring and a documented award
Price and quality criteria are weighted to add up to 100%. Price is scored against the lowest responsive bid, and quality criteria are scored from 0 to 5. The bid tabulation ranks the bids, a bid can be marked non-responsive with a reason, and choosing a lower-ranked bid prompts an optional justification. The award records the date and who decided, can be rescinded, and the evaluation exports as a CSV or prints as a bid evaluation report with signature lines.
What bid management in Fidrel does not do
Bidders must create a Fidrel account to see the request. Bids are uploaded files, and the evaluator enters one total per bidder, so there are no bid forms, line items or bid leveling. There is one shared score per criterion rather than a score from each evaluator, no public advertisement, no formal bid opening record, no e-signature and no prequalification. The award does not notify bidders or create a contract in cost tracking.
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No. Not even administrators can see a sealed bid’s content, how many bids have arrived or when. Sealed bids open automatically at the deadline, and the database prevents opening them earlier.
Yes. A bidder creates a Fidrel account and sees only that bid request: the bid documents and its own folder.
On weighted criteria that add up to 100%. Price is scored against the lowest responsive bid, and quality criteria such as schedule or safety are scored from 0 to 5.
Yes; a justification is optional. The award records the date and who decided, and it can be rescinded if needed.
Yes, as a CSV file for Excel, or as a printed bid evaluation report with lines for signature, printed name and date.