TRACE / CONNECTED PROJECT WORKFLOWS

Preconstruction & Bid Workflows

Organize readiness, solicitations, controlled bid receipt and estimate handoff.

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Capabilities depend on module, access, source readiness and configured services. TRACE prepares and explains; authorized people approve.

Platform: preconstruction and estimating 12 entries

Prepare procurement and contractor estimates while preserving controlled access.

Module and source availability apply
  • Preconstruction readiness

    Maintain supported readiness records and qualification information.

  • Procurement profiles

    Configure public or private operating workflows for the project.

  • Solicitations

    Prepare and manage supported solicitation records.

  • Addenda

    Track procurement amendments and associated documents.

  • Bidder access

    Use supported bidder invitation and controlled bid-room workflows.

  • Controlled bid receipt

    Receive and retain bid submissions through the configured process.

  • Human award

    Keep award decisions with authorized people.

  • Source-bound takeoff

    Associate supported quantity work with the source evidence used.

  • Deterministic estimating

    Build supported estimates with cost-code and cost-basis information.

  • Quotes and leveling

    Maintain supported internal quote and comparison information under contractor access controls.

  • Estimate handoff

    Move an authorized estimate through the supported controlled handoff process.

  • Contractor-private commercial data

    Do not expose internal estimates, quotes, budgets or leveling merely because an owner also uses TRACE.

Procurement profiles are configurable workflows, not determinations that a bid, classification, protest or award is legally compliant.

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PRE-CONSTRUCTION & PROCUREMENT

From award to Notice to Proceed, every gate has an owner and a record.

TRACE gives owners, public agencies and construction managers one governed path to define project requirements, collect evidence, route accountable signatures and hand the cleared record to the project manager.

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Project-specific gatesConfigure phases, hard gates, parallel paths, required evidence and accountable owners for the project.
Named responsibilityShow the procurement coordinator, submitting parties, authorized reviewers, signer and receiving project manager.
Evidence and statusTrack applicable agreements, bonds, insurance, permits and clearance records with visible review state.
TRACE Sign routingPrepare sequential or parallel envelopes, bind them to their source identity and retain completion or void history.
Long-lead controlConnect procurement items to required-on-site dates, submittals, schedule activities and responsible organizations.
Readiness and handoffExpose remaining blockers and transfer operational ownership while preserving the award and clearance record.
Actual TRACE Pre-construction and Procurement interface showing five numbered stages, project readiness, configured authority, workflow tabs and itemized readiness gates
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Authority is recorded, never inferred. TRACE presents project records and routes accountable decisions. The authorized owner or agency records applicability, acceptance, gate release and Notice-to-Proceed status.