Built on nine construction projects

TheprocurementsystemforAustralianheadcontractors.

Tender comparison, letting schedules, subbie chase-ups and design coordination. It sits on top of Procore instead of replacing it.

imprio · package 03-40 concrete structure
4 TENDERS RECEIVED
scope itemunitKellow Str.VantageNorwestArdent
Supply & install — N32 slab$284.00$271.50$296.00$268.90
Reinforcement (placed)t$3,180$3,340$3,090$3,410
Formwork — vertical$96.00$102.40$94.20$99.75
Pump hire & standbyday$1,420incl.$1,510incl.
Package total$1.284m$1.311m$1.276m$1.263m
Vantage excludes night works and out-of-hours pours — not in scope pricing.
Ardent qualifies steel rates to a 6-week fixed window from award.
imprio > normalising tenders2 exclusions flagged
TENDER COMPARISON
LETTING SCHEDULES
SUBBIE CHASE-UPS
DESIGN COORDINATION
TENDER COMPARISON
LETTING SCHEDULES
SUBBIE CHASE-UPS
DESIGN COORDINATION
TENDER COMPARISON
LETTING SCHEDULES
SUBBIE CHASE-UPS
DESIGN COORDINATION
TENDER COMPARISON
LETTING SCHEDULES
SUBBIE CHASE-UPS
DESIGN COORDINATION
TENDER COMPARISON
LETTING SCHEDULES
SUBBIE CHASE-UPS
DESIGN COORDINATION
TENDER COMPARISON
LETTING SCHEDULES
SUBBIE CHASE-UPS
DESIGN COORDINATION
§ 02 / problem

Procurement is four jobs.Your CA does all of them.

Comparing tenders by hand

One package at a time, in a spreadsheet built from scratch each round.

None of this is a Procore problem. It is the work that falls between your software.

§ 03 / process

Four steps. No new platform to learn.

step / 01

Packages go out

The system tracks what is out, who has it and when it is due. Pulled from your existing schedule, not entered twice.

03-40 Concrete structure
due 12 Mar
Out
05-10 Structural steel
due 15 Mar
Due in 3 days
08-20 Façade
due 18 Mar
Out
step / 02

Tenders come back

Quotes arrive as PDFs, including the printed and scanned ones. They get read, normalised and lined up against your scope.

PDFKellow Str. quote
PDFVantage quoteScanned
PDFNorwest quote
PDFArdent quoteHandwritten markup
Reading 4 of 4
step / 03

Comparison built

Apples to apples on rates, with exclusions and qualifications flagged. Your CA verifies it instead of building it.

as received
common scope
Conc. supply N32
Supply & install — N32
REO placed (t)
Reinforcement — placedExclusion
F/work vert.
Formwork — vertical
Pump + standby
Pump hire & standbyExclusion
step / 04

Award pack ready

Approval pack assembled, subcontract drafted, and the letting schedule updates itself.

Letting schedule · 03-40 award18 Mar18 Mar26 Mar
§ 04 / delta

What changes.

Tender comparison
45 minutes a package, built by hand
Under 10 minutes, verified not built
Letting schedule
Someone updates it at night, when they get to it
Updates itself from your existing systems
Chasing subbies
Manual emails, tracked in someone's head
Automatic, logged and escalated
Visibility
The MD asks, and someone builds a report
Live, current, always on
§ 05 / alts

The three other options.

option / 01
Live with it

Costs you a week of CA time every month, and the packages you did not get to.

$0
option / 02
Hire another contract administrator

Salary, super, onboarding, and they inherit the same spreadsheet.

Salary + super + onboarding
option / 03
Buy another platform

Subscription, migration, retraining, and the work still leaks into Excel.

Subscription + migration

Youhavealreadyboughtthesoftware.

This is about the work it does not cover.

§ 06 / proof

What this looks like in a real business.

Case 01

Sydney commercial builder

Comparing tender packages by hand at 45 minutes each. Their contract administrator now verifies a comparison in under 10 minutes.

45 min → under 10 min
Case 02

NSW Class 2 head contractor

Running Procore, SharePoint, ClickUp and Monday, with design coordination happening in none of them.

4 platforms · 1 gap
Case 03

Builder with paper mark-ups

A builder whose subcontractors print the tender, mark it up by hand, and scan it back. Those returns now get read and lined up in the same comparison as the clean PDFs.

3 return formats · 1 comparison

Client names withheld. Happy to walk you through the detail on a call.

§ 07 / next steps

Get your CA back on the packages that matter.

We take three builds a quarter so each one gets built properly. Book a working session and we will map your procurement process end to end, whether or not you work with us.

§ 08 / faq

Questions builders ask.

No. It sits on top of what you already run. If you are already paying for Procore, the goal is to make it worth more, not replace it.