Plain definitions for the words that show up in the product.
- Bid request.
- The job a prime contractor posts. Dates, scope, requirements, expectations, and attachments in one place.
- Bid expectation.
- A specific thing the prime wants answered the same way by every bidder, grouped under quote, timeline or scope. Optional by default. Subcontractors can attach a quote instead. Rex AI can fill the answer from that document on the draft, or later on the comparison if the sub left it blank.
- Bid leveling.
- Adjusting bids to a common basis so they can be compared fairly, usually because bidders included or excluded different items. On KNTRCTR the leveled figure sits next to the original, and the original is never hidden.
- Bid adjustment.
- A specific add or deduct applied to one bid during leveling, with the reason recorded.
- Exclusion.
- A line a subcontractor formally does not carry, submitted with a reason so the bid stays complete rather than looking incomplete.
- Rex Build.
- Rex drafts bid packages from the drawings, budget, and notes you attach. The packages sit on the project for you to review. Nothing is sent until you invite.
- Rex fill.
- Rex reads a quote that arrived by email, including one that lands at the deadline, onto the scope lines of the bid form. You confirm the total before it joins the comparison.
- Manual bid.
- A quote that arrived by phone, entered by the prime on the sub's behalf so it sits in the same comparison. A quote that arrives by email can be read onto those same lines by Rex instead of retyped.
- Short-term job.
- A bid request for work that starts soon, such as haulage the next day. It uses the same job page as a long package, including the map, requirements, and invites.
- Company list.
- A saved group of subcontractors or suppliers, often by trade. Sending the invitation to the list reaches every company on it. Later updates and messages go to that same list.
- Share status.
- A one-click signal from a bidder: planning to bid, needs more information, or cannot bid.
- Job kickoff.
- The handoff after award. Contacts, contracts, insurance, notes and a shared checklist that both companies work from.
- Your Reviews.
- Reviews your company wrote. They sit on your bids even when you keep them internal. They do not feed Market Reviews unless you make the review public.
- Market Reviews.
- Published review scores on the KNTRCTR network. Other primes can see this average at bid time. Written comments are not published with the public scores.
- Locked review.
- A performance review that can no longer be edited once both sides have submitted, or once 90 days pass from the review request. After lock, both companies have to agree for KNTRCTR support to unlock it.
- Double-blind review.
- Neither the prime nor the sub sees the other's review until both have been submitted.
- Invited job.
- A job a company was sent directly. Bidding on it is free.
- Public job.
- A job posted to the KNTRCTR network rather than to a named list. Bidding on public jobs requires a subscription.