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Increase Your Opportunities
ContractorHub.com is an inexpensive service that gives you instant access to a vast network of general contractors representing every facet of the construction industry. Not only does ContractorHub.com broaden your access to general contractor Requests for Quotes (RFQs) and Invitations to Bid (ITBs), it also enables you to respond to RFQs and ITBs more efficiently than by using regular mail or fax. In addition, ContractorHub.com replaces time-consuming, costly, labor-intensive purchasing systems with fast, highly efficient, money-saving e-commerce tools. It enables you to reduce your overall operating costs by a substantial amount. Just consider; to create a simple Purchase Order will cost you about $50 each, but now you can create a Purchase Order on the HUB from the RFQ within seconds, all electronically with no paper! The savings are big. The HUB now facilitates transmitting Drawings and Specification documents electronically. Now you can distribute drawings and specifications to your suppliers and subcontractors without using a single sheet of paper. Utilizing the WinEst Virtual Takeoff you can complete an estimate on screen from anywhere at anytime and respond to RFQ(s) and or ITB(s) request online. This includes responding to change orders, other jobsite requests and more, just use your imagination. On a job the savings from the elimination of paper alone can make the difference between loss and profit. Think about it.
One of the important features on the HUB is the ability of a Subcontractor to protect their pricing from being “Shopped”, on the HUB you can set the time when your quote is accessible by the receiving party or Contractor, and then ONLY the contractor to who it was sent will ever see the quote.
Access New Markets
- Listing your company on the HUB ensure immediate exposure to a large and qualified customer base.
- You can make your company more prominent by added exposure through a number of advertising options on the HUB; Prime Positioning, Expanded Advertising and/or Banner AD’s are the main options you can choose from.
Automate and Streamline Your Purchasing/Order Processing Systems
- Reduce the cost of exchanging information with suppliers and contractors.
- Create and distribute scope letters to suppliers and contractors on the HUB.
- Create RFQ(s) in your WinEst estimate and transfer them automatically to the HUB, or on the HUB or other sources, if you are not a WinEst user.
- Transfer documents, drawings and other notes on the HUB.
- Gain immediate access to Requests for Quotes ITB(s) and RFQ(s).
- Generate bids electronically and reply to RFQ(s) instantly.
- Send RFQ(s), ITB(s) to suppliers and contractors of your choice by a push of a button on the HUB.
- Reduce material costs by quickly locating the most competitive bids.
- Obtain hard to find items by surveying the supply database on the HUB.
- Analyze supplier quotes by price, vendor, product, and Construction Specification Institute (CSI) Code.
- Shorten fulfillment cycles by communicating online instead of using regular mail or fax.
- Generate electronic purchase orders and direct payments.
- Lower administration costs by eliminating labor-intensive, error-prone paperwork.
- Transmit all of your construction documents electronically and reduce printing costs.
- The HUB maintains complete records of all transactions and notes. These records are easily retrievable at any time in the future.
Utilize Public and Private Buying Networks
- Expand your network of suppliers while maintaining existing supplier relationships.
- Establish your own private network of vendors online.
- Quickly locate qualified, reliable suppliers in new or unfamiliar markets.
- Negotiate your own terms with the suppliers of your choice.
Acquire Valuable Data
- Communicate directly with general contractors and suppliers, and maintain a historical record of your business transactions.
- Obtain real-time reports for job-costing applications.
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