Construction contract bidding

A method of responding, or letting a General Contractor know a subcontractor's intent to bid on a Request for Proposals (RFPs) with a Response Bid (RB) from a subscriber to a contractor comprising:

• providing a bid server system having a centralized database and a centralized file server;
• storing subscriber identifying information in the centralized database;
• storing the RB file as an electronic file in a centralized file server;
• associating the RB file with an identifier of the RFP and with the subscriber identifying information as a bid response package in a dynamically created web page;
• and
• sending a network notification of the RB to the contractor, the notification being available when the contractor logs on to the bid server system and providing a link to the dynamically created web page, so that the contractor can access the RB and associated subscriber identifying information.

A method for a contractor to receive and manage responses to a Request for Proposals (RFPs) from subscribing recipients, comprising:

• providing a bid server system having a centralized database and a centralized file server;
• storing contractor identifying information in the centralized database;
• storing the RFP as an electronic file in a centralized file server;
• receiving and storing Response Bids (RBs) from subscribing recipients;
• storing a database of subscribing recipients at a centralized database of subscribing recipients;
• dynamically creating a web page associated with the RFP which displays a summary of RBs, wherein the summary contains basic information regarding each RB received in response to the RFP;
• and
• for each RB, providing links in the dynamically created web page to a RB file containing RB details.

A web based centralized electronic bidding system for construction bidding, comprising:

• a database manager that stores contractor and subcontractor and supplier company identification information in a database;
• a bid processor;
• means for permitting any of the contractor, subcontractor and supplier to log onto the electronic bidding system;
• wherein, the bid processor receives a Requests for Proposals (RFP) document submitted electronically by a logged on contractor, assigns an identifier to the RFP document and associates the RFP document with company identifying information for the contractor that submitted the RFP document, to create a virtual RFP;
• a contact manager that permits the logged on contractor to select at least one subcontractor or supplier for receipt of the virtual RFP;
• and
• the bid processor further sending a notification to the selected subcontractor or supplier, so that the subcontractor or supplier will be notified of receipt of the virtual RFP upon logging on to the electronic bidding system.

A web based centralized electronic bidding system for construction bidding, comprising:

• a database manager that stores contractor and subcontractor and supplier company identification information in a database;
• a bid processor;
• means for permitting any of the contractor, subcontractor and supplier to log onto the electronic bidding system;
• wherein, the bid processor receives a Response Bid (RB) document submitted electronically by a logged on subcontractor or supplier, assigns an identifier to the RB document and associates the RB document with company identifying information for the subcontractor or supplier that submitted the RB document, to create a virtual RB;
• wherein the RB is a response to a Requests for Proposals (RFP) associated with a specified contractor;
• and
• the bid processor further sending a notification to the specified contractor, so that the contractor will be notified of receipt of the virtual RB upon logging on to the electronic bidding system.

A web based centralized electronic bidding system, comprising:

• a database manager that stores government agency Prime and disadvantaged subcontractor and supplier company identification information in a database;
• a bid processor;
• means for permitting a government agency to log into a specified section of the electronic bidding system;
• wherein, the bid processor retrieves data pertaining to Prime contractors and listed disadvantaged businesses;
• and
• wherein the bid processor reports response bid (RB) and Request for Proposal (RFP) data associated with a specified government approved contractor.

A method of providing disadvantaged contractor migration data, comprising:

• storing data in a database identifying disadvantaged business entites;
• storing data in the database identifying non-disadvantaged business entities;
• storing a contact list for each of the non-disadvantaged business entities, said contact list being maintained by the non-disadvantaged business entity;
• and
• measuring a migration of data identifying disadvantaged business entities into the contact list of a non-disadvantaged business entity.