For developers
Bid every trade. Bond every job.
Ground-up or gut rehab: post the whole job or each trade package free. AI drafts the scope, GCs and subs who are ready to be bonded bid on it, and AI lines every bid up on one sheet.
Bid it whole, or by trade package.
Put the whole project out to general contractors, or split sitework, structure, facade and MEP into trade packages. Invite your own bench alongside bond-ready GCs and subs, and every bid lands on one leveling sheet.
ExampleA five-story frame, not to scale.
- Sitework & foundations
- Concrete & structure
- Facade & glazing
- MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing)
Every GC prices the same written scope, and the leveling sheet flags where a bid leaves something out.
- Scope
- AI drafts it from your description.
- Bidders
- Bond-ready GCs and subs, plus your own bench. A contractor’s free bid bond application doubles as prequalification.
- Leveling
- Scope, pricing, exclusions, warranties and insurance, side by side.
- RFIs
- Bidder questions (RFIs), one thread per RFP. Answer once, every bidder sees it.
- Team
- Capital partners, your PM and the design team on the same RFP.
- Award
- Bonded. The winner buys performance and payment bonds at a flat 3% of the contract value, from A-rated carriers.
FreePosting RFPs, inviting vendors and leveling bids cost nothing. Light RFP earns a commission from the carrier on all policies and bonds it places. A SaaS fee applies only in select cases, when a poster pays vendors by ACH through Light RFP.
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So award it bonded.
If the contractor defaults, the performance bond pays to finish the job, up to the bond amount. If a sub or supplier goes unpaid, they can claim on the payment bond instead of looking to you. The contractor buys the bonds: bid bonds are free in every state we serve; performance and payment bonds are a flat 3% of the contract value, from A-rated carriers.
What a bond protectsAnd the frame is insured while it rises.
Builder’s risk typically covers the work in progress and the materials on site until the end date the policy names. Construction lenders usually require being named on the policy before the loan funds. Our brokerage places it.
Builder’s riskThen the building stays insured.
Once it’s up, the same brokerage places property, general liability, umbrella, loss of rent and flood coverage across the portfolio.
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Get the next project out to bid.
Are you a GC or sub? Browse RFPs and bid free. Get a free bid bond in every state we serve, and contractor insurance matched to what each RFP requires.