Texas posts state agency specialty trade solicitations on the Electronic State Business Daily, and a subcontractor that cannot track the ESBD daily misses fitting work across the state.
What Texas specialty work involves
The ESBD is where Texas state agencies, universities, and many districts post solicitations, alongside local portals. Texas specialty work carries the adopted code editions, state prevailing wage on public work, and the fabrication scope set in the specifications, which decide what the sub must price.
Why Texas bids are easy to miss
The ESBD and the local portals post on their own schedules, and the fabrication scope and wage terms sit in the documents, not the title. A sub watching one source misses fitting work posted elsewhere in Texas.
How an AI bid agent tracks Texas specialty work
An AI bid agent monitors the ESBD and Texas local portals, reads each specialty package, and surfaces the fabrication scope, the wage terms, and the deadline. The sub sees every fitting Texas bid.
You can see how the agent reads a Texas package in our AI bid agent demo for specialty trade contractors. It tracks the ESBD and pulls the fabrication scope and Texas terms.