BidSet Plan Room Manager
BidSet Plan Room Manager is a web-based plan room and bid management service for construction projects.
What BidSet Plan Room Manager is
BidSet Plan Room Manager is a web-based plan room and bid management service for construction projects. Project teams can invite vendors by email or fax and classify them by trade, while bidders can view plans and specifications online and order plan sets. The service tracks invitations, declines, plan views, plan holders, response statistics, and bid results. It can also send and track addenda and project change notifications. Users can manage projects from a central screen and archive them for future reference. Bidders need an internet connection and a supplied password to view plans; special software, downloads, and CAD skills are not required. Customers can pay for bid sets or let interested bidders cover their own sets. The brochure describes a partnership with The Blue Book, whose bidding application used Plan Room Manager as its online solution. BidSet describes the service as secure. It serves owners, architects, general contractors, and construction managers. Pricing is on request.
Good
- Invites vendors by email or fax and classifies them by trade
- Tracks bid activity through results
- Transmits and tracks addenda and change notifications
- Projects can be archived for future reference
Watch out
- Pricing is available on request
- Bidders need an internet connection and supplied password
Who it suits
It suits owners, architects, general contractors, and construction managers coordinating construction bids and plan access. It is web-based and requires bidders to have an internet connection and supplied password.
Verdict
BidSet Plan Room Manager combines online plan access with vendor outreach, bid tracking, and project archiving. Consider it if your construction projects need a central plan room and bid workflow.
The facts
Each one read from BidSet Plan Room Manager's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access requirements
- The brochure says bidders need an internet connection and a supplied password, and no CAD software or downloads are needed to view plans.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Addenda
- The service transmits and tracks addenda and project change notifications.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Bidder invitations
- The service can solicit bids from vendors by email or fax and classify vendors by trade.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Bidder tracking
- The service tracks invitations, declines, plan views, plan holders, response statistics, and bid results.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Bid tracking
- BidSet Manager tracks invitations, declines, plan views, plan holders, response statistics, and bid results.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Integration
- The brochure describes a strategic partnership with The Blue Book, whose bidding application used Plan Room Manager as its online solution.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The brochure describes a strategic partnership with The Blue Book and says Plan Room Manager was the online solution to its bidding application.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Payment options
- Customers can choose to pay for bid sets or have interested bidders pay for their own sets.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Product
- BidSet Manager is described as an internet based construction bid management and plan room service.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Project archive
- Users can view projects from one central screen and archive projects for future reference.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Project records
- Users can view projects from a central screen and archive them for future reference.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Security
- The brochure describes the service as secure.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Support
- BidSet says its sales and support personnel are centralized at its Lyndhurst, New Jersey headquarters and lists (877) 4-BidSet as its support number.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Supported customers
- BidSet’s page says owners, architects, general contractors, and construction managers use the service.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Vendor outreach
- It can solicit bids from vendors by email or fax and classify vendors by trade.checked 10 Oct 2026
The company
- Company
- BidSet and JobsiteOnline are described as divisions of R.S. Knapp Co., Inc.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Lyndhurst, New Jersey, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker
- BidSet and JobsiteOnline are described as divisions of R.S. Knapp Co., Inc.checked 4 Oct 2026
Money
- Plans and specifications
- Bidders can view construction plans and specifications online and order plan sets through the online plan room.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Plan viewing and ordering
- Bidders can view construction plans and specifications online and order plan sets through the online plan room.checked 4 Oct 2026
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