Description
After nine years in the industry, Pipeline Suite has established themselves as one of the premier bid solicitation and online plan room solutions on the market for small to mid-sized general contractors. The Pipeline Suite solution is a true Software-as-a-Service solution, meaning that data is stored and maintained by the provider. This allows firms to focus more on producing competitive bids and less on maintaining their software. Pipeline Suite automatically updates their product twice a month to keep contractors abreast of the latest developments in the industry.
The bid management application is offered on a best-of-breed basis and allows for a considerable amount of customization of fields. For instance, in keeping track of items that you bid on a project, you are able to customize the CSI codes to your own semantics. This creates greater flexibility in generating bids as you can adapt the codes to your current naming conventions. Certifications are another field that can be customized so you are not limited to a narrow field of certifications. Users tout its speed and ease of use as the system's core advantages; projects can be set up and sent out in a fraction of the time of other methods.
Subcontractors can be invited to view specified projects and are able to access and download plans and bid documents free of charge. This means that you can give the people helping bid and complete projects the capability to access bid information without having to pay more.
The ideal construction firm for this product is a commercial general contractor as well as design/build firms, heavy highway, real estate developers or even custom homebuilders. Typically, these contractors will place bids on about 5-20 jobs every month. We find that these companies range from $1 million all the way up to $100 million. This means it’s a suitable solution for small time contractors as well as larger firms that need to operate the software out of several offices.
The system also offers great support. Nine out of ten calls for support are answered right away.