Software reads it. People don’t.
It is looking for one thing: which bid a reply belongs to, and the numbers inside it. The rest of your mailbox it passes over. If it isn’t part of a bid, it never becomes anything.
See BuildBuy at Work
01 — Composer
Say what you need. The RFQ writes itself.
Type the job in plain English. BuildBuy reads it as you go, suggests the suppliers to send it to, fills in the date you need it back, and drafts the supplier email — you still own every word.
02 — Quote detection
Your suppliers keep using email. BuildBuy reads it.
No portal to log into, no format to follow. When a reply comes back with pricing, BuildBuy detects the quote, pulls every line out of the attachment and links it to the request it belongs to.
03 — One board
Every request moves across one board.
Draft, sent, quoted, awarded — per project, per package. A quote landing in email moves the card itself, so the board answers “where does this stand?” before anyone asks.
04 — Compare & award
Three names for one line item. One row to compare.
Every supplier words their line items differently. BuildBuy matches the equivalent ones and condenses them into a single row, so the numbers finally line up — then you award the best one.
