Novel construction contractors bidding system and method

• US 20060155634A1
• Filed: 01/13/2005
• Published: 07/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bernard Woodard
• Original Assignee: Bernard Woodard
• Inventors: Woodard, Bernard
• Application Number:
  US11/036,286
• Publication Number:
  US 20060155634A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A method for controlling the bidding of construction contracts and subcontracts, and generating competitive quality bids; employing a central manager or contracting specialist, to obtain a list of project contract plans and specifications; identifying a plurality of specialty trade contractors within a region; and distributing the project contract plans and specifications to a plurality of remote quantification specialists to prepare QTOs to electronically return to CCEs and contractors; for final unit pricing amounts to be added and final bids submitted to general contractors, owners, government, etc., on construction contract projects being built or remodeled in the United States.

Claims

1. A method for controlling the bidding of subcontracts and contracts, and generating competitive bids;

employing a central manager to obtain a list of bidding project plans and specifications;

identifying a plurality of specialty trade contractors within a region;

distributing the bidding project plans and specifications to a plurality of remote quantification processing centers to prepare QTOs and bids on the projects located in the United States.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of remote quantification processing centers are in a plurality of remote countries.

3. The method of claim 1 where each of said remote quantification processing centers in a particular geographic region or construction category.

4. A method for remotely producing quantitative take-off for a plurality of projects:

aggregating a plurality of construction project plans and specifications; and

distributing the plans and specifications to a plurality of remote quantitative processing centers who generate bid ready quantitative take-offs for a portion of the project contract specifications.