General contractors invite specialty subcontractors through trade packages posted to plan rooms and bid networks, and a sub that cannot watch every network misses packages that fit its trade.
What a GC trade package sets
When a general contractor bids a project, it posts invitations to bid for the steel, concrete, facade, and roofing trade packages to the plan rooms and bid management networks it uses. Each invitation carries the trade scope, the documents, the bid date, and the terms the GC is passing down, and a member of that network can access and respond to it.
Why trade packages are easy to miss
The invitations post across many networks on the GC's schedule, and the trade scope sits in the documents, not the invitation title. A sub watching one network or one inbox misses packages posted elsewhere that fit its trade.
How an AI bid agent detects sub packages
An AI bid agent monitors the networks the sub is a member of, detects the specialty trade packages that match its trade, and surfaces the scope, the GC, and the bid date. The sub sees every fitting package across its networks.
You can see how the agent detects a trade package in our AI bid agent demo for specialty trade contractors. It identifies the specialty packages a general contractor posts to the networks you belong to and matches them to your trade.