Material BidsRequest once. Compare offers. Get materials on site.
Material Bids is for the contractor who needs pipe, fittings and gravel on a job by Friday, and for the local supply houses that want a fair shot at the order.
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One request
List what the job needs — 500 ft of 1 in Schedule 40, the fittings, the valves — with the site address and the day it has to be there.
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Three links
Each supply house gets its own private link. No app, no account, no password: they open it, price the list, and send it back.
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Live comparison
Offers land side by side with delivery and tax included. Suppliers can see the totals they are bidding against — never each other's names — and sharpen their price until bidding closes.
Contractors: here or on your phone
Write a request, text the links and choose an offer in the browser or in the Material Bids app for iPhone and iPad. Both are the same account and the same requests; the app is in development — ask Nate for a TestFlight invite.
Suppliers: your link
A contractor texts you a link that opens the request and the price form. There is nothing to sign up for. If you were sent one and it no longer works, ask them to send a fresh link.
Payment is arranged directly with the supplier. Material Bids doesn’t charge or collect payment.