Construction bid management
Every bid on your project, one ledger.
BidPortal is Celestix's bid management system for general contractors: invite subcontractors, share plans, collect structured bids, and level them side by side.
01 · Leveling
Read five bids like one ledger
Every submitted bid lands in a leveling table: base bid, unit prices, alternates, inclusions and exclusions, revision history. Add internal plugs to normalize scope gaps; subs never see them. The apparent low is flagged, and the whole sheet exports to XLSX for the owner.
02 · Coverage
Know your coverage before bid day
Each project tracks the invite funnel per trade: invited, viewed, bidding, declined, submitted. Coverage gaps surface as warnings, addenda notify every bidder automatically, and the activity ledger records who did what, when.
03 · Guest bidding
Subs bid in thirty seconds, no accounts
Share one public job link or invite your private list. Subcontractors open a tokenized bid room with plans, scope, and the bid form; they can download the full set, ask questions, submit, and revise until the due date. No passwords, nothing to install.
The procedure
From posting to award in four steps
Post the project
Packages per trade, scope, plans, due dates.
Invite subs
Your directory or one shareable job link.
Collect bids
Structured bid forms, revisions, Q&A.
Level and award
Side-by-side totals, plugs, XLSX, award.
Fewer spreadsheets
Put your next bid package on BidPortal.
Post the project, send the link, and watch the coverage table fill in.