Getting added to a general contractor’s bid list is a paperwork problem before it is a pricing problem. A prequalification package that arrives complete on the first try gets read; one that trickles in over three emails gets set aside for the sub who sent everything at once.
Certifications first, not last
Send the ASHE ICRA 2.0 qualification, the NCEES-evaluated engineering credential and the Procore certifications as PDFs in the same email as everything else, not as a follow-up once someone asks.
A W-9 and a bank letter, not a promise
The two documents every GC’s accounting department needs before a vendor can be entered into the system. Neither takes more than a phone call to produce, so there is no reason to make them wait for it.
Trade references, not a résumé
A short list of general contractors or facility managers who can say, in one phone call, how the last job actually went — not a portfolio of photos with no one attached to vouch for them.
A safety record, in writing
Whatever training log and incident history exist should already be a document, not something assembled the day it is requested.
A response time you can test
We answer every request within one business day, and if we cannot hit a bid date we say so the same day instead of letting the deadline arrive first. Ask for an estimate and time how long it takes — that is the actual test of the rest of the package.
None of this replaces the estimate itself. It just means the estimate is not competing with a stack of missing paperwork for someone’s attention.
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Describe the scope and we answer within one business day. Drawings and photos by email; emergencies by phone, 24/7.