A/V project sales and management software company Jetbuilt has introduced Bid Processing, allowing integrators, consultants and end-users to manage project bidding and evaluation within the Jetbuilt environment.
Bid Processing is the latest move in Jetbuilt’s Bridging the Silos initiative, and was developed with requested features to streamline workflows and foster better communication between integrators, consultants and end-users. In partnership with AV User Group, Jetbuilt has collaborated with end-users and designers at leading companies to better understand current process for requesting and evaluating bids. The community provided feedback, insights and recommendations that were then used to determine functionality.
‘Bid Processing emerged through research, evaluation and testing with more than a hundred industry-leading end-user clients to understand their current workflows. Says Jetbuilt CEO, Paul Dexter. ‘As a result, we’ve developed a resource for integrators to efficiently respond to each bid request while helping end-users accurately and efficiently evaluate bids
‘I spent over a year travelling the world meeting with our end-user clients and members of the AV User Group and AV Consultancy Group to discover the pain points, bottlenecks and suggested solutions and workflows of these parties. Some sent me home with their internal tools, which became the bedrock of Bid Processing.’
‘It’s always incredibly satisfying when a supplier’s sponsorship of the AV User Group and AV Consultancy Group provides measurable value to both them and our membership,’ says AV User Group Chairman, Owen Ellis. ‘Jetbuilt’s engagement and desire to develop their product for use within consultant and end-user segments resulted in feedback that guided them to develop a bid servicing and evaluation element.’
With Bid Processing, consultants and end-users can send a formal request for Proposal (RFP) or Bid Tender to one or more of their preferred integrators within Jetbuilt. The project is outlined in a digital RFP, which is faster to create, easier to update and more efficient to deliver. Integrators receive the fully-populated project within their Jetbuilt environment, eliminating the need to manually import every item inside the project from each sender’s various formats and organisational approaches.
As a result, all locations, systems and scope are organised and defined, significantly reducing an integrator’s estimating and response time. All Requests for Information (RFQs) are handled within the platform, as well as document and image sharing, approvals for alternative products and more. Integrators can submit their proposals, and the consultant or end user can efficiently evaluate the project based on value, system performance and certifications, and award the project to a preferred vendor.
‘Jetbuilt is not trying to alter how projects are designed, bid and awarded,’ Dexter says. ‘Instead, we are streamlining the workflow for all parties to manage the entire lifespan of the RFP – from the initial project scope to the proposal evaluation. Bid Processing empowers integrators to reduce their response time by 80 per cent, and an end-user to reduce their communication and evaluation time by 80 per cent. Everyone wins while preserving the existing value-based competitive landscape.’
Bid Processing in the latest development in Jetbuilt’s Bridging the Silos initiative. Through years of serving professionals across different roles within the A/V industry, Jetbuilt’s team reckons to have identified a need for more robust cross-profession communication. Along with providing the tools to build, sell and manage projects quickly and efficiently, Jetbuilt’s platform is designed to enable real-time communication across various roles.
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