Built for subcontractors who would rather build than sort through plan sets.
If your company self-performs a defined commercial scope in a defined territory, BidDirective is designed around how you bid — narrow trade filtering, honest scope reading, and a clear decision on every project.
Trades we work with.
Each trade is filtered on its own terms. A material that shows up in the same wall section as your work is not treated as your scope unless the documents say it is.
Drywall
Commercial gypsum board, interior partitions, rated and shaft wall assemblies, and finish-level scope across build-outs and ground-up work.
What we look at
- Partition types and rated assemblies
- Level of finish and specification section
- Interior square footage and floor count
Metal Framing
Interior light-gauge framing packages — stud size and spacing, deflection conditions, soffits, headers, and specialty framing.
What we look at
- Stud size, spacing, and stated design thickness
- Wall heights and deflection conditions
- Soffit, bulkhead, and header framing
Exterior Framing
Exterior cold-formed steel backup and sheathing scope, parapets, and the structural attachment conditions that drive the price.
What we look at
- Exterior backup systems and sheathing type
- Parapet, spandrel, and column conditions
- Whether a structural package is included
Acoustical Ceilings
Suspended acoustical grid and tile, specialty ceiling systems, clouds, and the reflected ceiling plan detail behind them.
What we look at
- Grid and tile types on the ceiling schedule
- Reflected ceiling plan availability
- Specialty and open-plenum conditions
Painting
Commercial painting and coatings scope — interior and exterior systems, substrate prep, and finish schedules.
What we look at
- Finish schedule and coating systems
- Substrate, prep, and containment conditions
- Occupied-space and phasing requirements
Commercial Specialty Trades
Other commercial subcontractors with a defined, repeatable scope — profiled the same way and filtered against the same criteria.
What we look at
- A clearly defined self-performed scope
- A stated service territory
- Project types you pursue and avoid
The filter is only as good as what it knows about you.
Before anything is reviewed, we build a profile of how your company bids. Every field below changes how an opportunity is judged — including the ones that rule work out.
- Primary Trade
- The scope your crews self-perform every week.
- Additional Scope
- Work you will take when it is packaged with your primary trade.
- Excluded Scope
- Work you decline, so it never shows up as a match.
- Service Area
- By radius, metro, or state — however you actually staff jobs.
- Project Types
- The categories you pursue, and the ones you would rather avoid.
- Project Size
- The contract range where your operation performs best.
- Bidding Criteria
- Delivery method, bonding, schedule, and anything else that decides it early.
What comes back.
One project, one page, one decision. Enough to know whether it is worth an estimator's afternoon.
Athletic Club Blvd.
- General Contractor
- Hartwell Builders
- Project Type
- Commercial Shell
- Relevant Trade
- Exterior Metal Framing + Sheathing
- Scope Summary
- Exterior cold-formed steel backup with exterior gypsum sheathing at the shell. Parapet and spandrel conditions shown on the wall sections.
- Plans Available
- Architectural set available · Structural referenced, not included
Decision
PURSUE
Strong trade and scope fit, with enough information to justify estimator attention.
BidDirective Note
Trade scope is clearly in your lane and the bid window is workable. Request the structural package before takeoff — stud design thickness is not established in the supplied set.
Illustrative example · Not an active project
Tell us what you build.
Send your trade, territory, and bidding criteria. We'll tell you which of your opportunities are worth pursuing and why the rest are not.