The work the association is putting out to bid is published at Bid Requests, in the menu on the left. You do not need an account, and you do not need to tell us who you are to read it.

Each one tells you the same things:

• What the job is — the scope of work, written out.
• What your bid must include — so nobody is compared on different terms.
• Until when — bids close on the date and time shown, to the minute.
• Whether a site visit is required, and when.

Once the closing date passes, the bid request stops taking bids. It stays readable, so you can see what was asked for.

What other companies bid is never shown, and neither is who won. That is between each bidder and the association.

Anyone may bid. You do not have to register first.

1. Open the bid request and use Send a bid.
2. Fill in your company, your price, how many days the work takes and how long your price stands.
3. Attach what is asked for: proposal, licence, certificate of insurance. PDF, image or Office file.
4. Send it. It does not count yet.
5. We email you a link. Open it and your bid counts, with the time you opened it.

That link is why we ask for your email: it is how we know the address is real and reaches you. It works once and it is only yours.

After you send it

Once a bid is submitted nobody edits it — not you, not the office, not us. A bid that could be retyped afterwards is not a bid, and you can only be held to what you actually sent. If you got something wrong, write to the association.

You will hear from us when the bid request closes, and again when the work is awarded or declared deserted. If it is not awarded to you, we say so; we do not leave you waiting.

Bidding needs no account. Registering is worth it if you expect to work with the association more than once.

A registered vendor gets three things:

• We write to you when the association puts out work of your type, instead of you having to check the page.
• The bid form arrives filled in with your details.
• You can leave a bid as a draft and finish it later.

How to register

1. Use Apply as a vendor from the bid requests page.
2. Tell us your business, how to reach you, and the kind of work you do.
3. Attach your licence and your insurance.
4. Confirm your email with the link we send.

The office then reviews it. If they approve it you get an email with your access; if they do not, you get the reason.

Every email we send you about new work carries a link to stop receiving them. One click, no reply needed.