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These guides are directed to help General Contractors (Bid Recipient).
This guide is intended to provide General Contractors with an overview of the features and tools available to you as a bid recipient within the BidCentral Online Bidding for Subcontractors (BOBS) system in BidCentral.
This guide is intended to provide General Contractors with an overview of the features and tools available to you as a bid recipient within the BidCentral Online Bidding for Subcontractors (BOBS) system in BidCentral.
Welcome to our Online Bidding System Guide. This guide is intended to provide an overview of the features and tools available to you within the BidCentral Online Bidding for Subcontractors (BOBS) system.
1. Getting Started
Once you access the BidCentral Online Bidding for Subcontractors (BOBS) “Bid Module” by clicking on the bid module icon in a specific project, you will be presented with a series of tools that will allow you to proceed through the process and receive bids on the project.
2. GC Intention to Bid
In order to confirm as a general contractor on the project, you must declare your intention to bid by using the “GC Intention to Bid” tool. To complete the process you must:
5. Make payment as required by BidCentral Online Bidding for Subcontractors Rules
6. After the Bid Closing
3. View Bid Report
The view report tool allows you and the bid recipients to view the results of the bidding process after the bid closing date.
Bid Results
The results from the bid will be displayed and listed. Each bid that is submitted will be displayed, along with the accompanied details. You will then have the ability to print or export the results to a CSV.
CSV Export
To export the bid data in a format ready for a spreadsheet program, click on the CSV Summary Spreadsheet icon at the top of the page.
Click the Save button, and select a location, such as the Desktop, to save your data. Locate the CSV file you have saved, in this example, on the Desktop.
Double-clicking the CSV file will open it in your Spreadsheet Program such as Excel.
Initially, all the data is placed into the default sized and formatted cells. To make the information easier to work with it is recommended that you take a minute and reformat it. Following are a few examples of how to do this when using Microsoft Excel.
To have the currency values display with a correct “$” symbol and two decimal places, Click on the column header to select the entire column and click the Currency Style Icon.
The entire column of data will be formatted in the appropriate style and automatically expand to fit.
The columns of the spreadsheet will be at the narrow default settings and the data may disappear underneath the next column of data as shown above. To rectify this, place the mouse on the dividing line between the cells, as shown below.
When the mouse pointer changes to this bi-directional arrow, Double-Clicking the mouse will cause the cell to expand automatically to the width of the data within the cells, as shown below.
Tip! Start with the furthest cell on the right allowing you to expand the cells conveniently.
4. Naming of Bidders in BidCentral Online Bidders
Where applicable the naming of bidders received can be completed through BOBS. To do so complete the following:
There is no fee to access the online system. However, there is a fee for the submission of bids, which is payable at the time of submitting your bid.
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