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Description
Bid Control is a service designed to assist contractors in discovering and preparing public bids from various agencies, including cities, counties, and school districts. It tracks over 3,800 public entities along with more than 540 bid websites, handling upwards of 190,000 bid pages each month. The platform highlights opportunities categorized by trade and service area, offering essential details such as contract values, submission deadlines, necessary forms, site visit information, and other relevant bid specifics. Additionally, users can set up bid alerts, access preliminary insights from agency meetings and budget discussions, examine historical award data, and monitor any alterations to bid dates or documentation. The Bid Builder feature streamlines the bid preparation process by auto-filling forms with the contractor's company details, while the Bid Team offers support with planning and managing paperwork. Contractors are able to explore available opportunities and coordinate their bid workflows conveniently through a browser on their smartphones, tablets, or computers. New users can initiate three job applications at no cost and without needing to provide credit card information, allowing them to test the service's effectiveness. This comprehensive approach ensures that contractors are well-equipped to navigate the bidding process efficiently.
Description
The REST API designed for postal code data in the United States and Canada offers various functionalities such as address validation and standardization, which includes appending ZIP+4 codes, as well as radius searches that utilize centroid haversine calculations for distances up to 500 miles and true spatial polygon intersections for distances up to 250 miles, providing a percentage of results that fall within the specified area. Additionally, it computes point-to-point distances and bearings, supports multi-entity autocomplete for cities, ZIP codes, counties, metropolitan areas, Forward Sortation Areas (FSAs), and school districts, and offers enrichments per ZIP code, including Census ACS demographic data spanning 14 years with 542 different fields, along with lookups for congressional, state legislative, and school district information. There are six available endpoints that accept various inputs such as US ZIP codes, ZIP+4 codes, Canadian FSAs, Canadian postal codes, or geographic coordinates, with the capability to batch process up to 100 entries at once. This API operates on REST/JSON over HTTPS with API key authentication, CORS support, and adheres to the OpenAPI 3 specification, complete with a public Postman collection for ease of use. Users can access a free tier allowing for 2,500 requests per day without requiring a credit card, and the service does not expire, while paid plans are available at Developer for $49 per month, Professional for $149 per month, and Business for $499 per month, with credit packs ranging from $19 to $799. The comprehensive features and flexible pricing make this API an attractive option for developers and businesses in need of postal code data and related services.
API Access
Has API
No
API Access
Has API
Yes
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Integrations
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Integrations
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Pricing Details
$49/month
Bid Board is $49/month; Bid Builder is $149/month. Bid Team is $299/month for one bid or $799/month for unlimited bid paperwork. Plans are billed monthly in advance, plus applicable sales tax, and may be canceled online at any time. Opening 3 jobs is free, with no card required.
Free Trial
Yes
Free Version
No
Pricing Details
$49/month
Free Trial
No
Free Version
Yes
Deployment
Web-Based
Yes
On-Premises
No
iPhone App
No
iPad App
No
Android App
No
Windows
No
Mac
No
Linux
No
Chromebook
No
Deployment
Web-Based
Yes
On-Premises
No
iPhone App
No
iPad App
No
Android App
No
Windows
No
Mac
No
Linux
No
Chromebook
No
Customer Support
Business Hours
No
Live Rep (24/7)
No
Online Support
No
Customer Support
Business Hours
Yes
Live Rep (24/7)
No
Online Support
Yes
Types of Training
Training Docs
No
Webinars
No
Live Training (Online)
No
In Person
No
Types of Training
Training Docs
Yes
Webinars
No
Live Training (Online)
Yes
In Person
No
Vendor Details
Company Name
PorchRocket
Country
United States
Website
porchrocket.com/bidcontrol
Vendor Details
Company Name
Zip-Codes.com
Founded
2003
Country
United States
Website
www.zip-codes.com
Product Features
Construction Bid Management
Bidder Management
No
Building Product Database
No
Cost Database
No
File Sharing
No
Proposal Management
No
Quotes / Estimates
No
RFP Management
No
Subcontractor Management
No
Takeoff
No
Version Control
No
Product Features
Address Verification
Address Validation
No
Autocomplete
No
Automatic Formatting
No
Data Cleansing
No
Data Discovery
No
Data Quality Control
No
Data Verification
No
Geographic Maps
No
Geolocation
No
Metadata Management
No
Reporting / Analytics
No
Search / Filter
No