Everything out for bid in the region, in one place.
Public and private commercial work across eighteen counties — the drawings, the specifications, the addenda, the bidders list and, when it is over, who got it.
- years distributing bid documents
- 154
- counties in the footprint
- 18
- trades classified in the guide
- 764
What a member can actually do
Find the projects that fit
Search current bid opportunities and filter by project type, trade and hiring requirements, so you are looking at work you can actually take rather than everything in the region.
Pull the whole document set
View and print complete plans, specifications and addenda from the office, from home, or from a tablet in a truck. No trip to a counter, no per-sheet charge to see whether a job is worth bidding.
Search inside the specs
OCR keyword search reads the text inside the documents, not just the project title — which is how a specialty sub finds the three projects in eighteen counties that name their scope.
Get on the bidders list
Add your firm to a project's bidders list so general contractors assembling a bid can see you are covering it, and see who else is bidding the job.
Be told when things change
Daily email notification on tracked projects: addenda, bid date extensions, apparent low bidders, contract awards and bid results. You find out without logging in.
See it before it goes out
Pre-bid reporting surfaces projects during design, before they are advertised — which is when a supplier or manufacturer's rep can still get a product specified rather than bidding somebody else's.
Bid it from the truck, the office, or the kitchen table at eleven at night.
See what is out for bid before you join.
Non-member contractors can get a look at the live plan room. It is the fastest way to answer the only question that matters — whether there is enough work in here for your trade to make membership worth it.
What to have ready
- Your firm’s name and where you are based
- The trades you actually bid
- Whether you chase public work, private work, or both
- Who should hold the login
Membership and the plan room are handled by the office directly — there is no form standing between you and a person.
Have a project to put out for bid?
Owners, architects, engineers and construction managers send projects to the Exchange to reach the region’s bidders at once — including the subcontractors and suppliers a general contractor still has to find in order to put a number together.
- Your project is indexed and classified by trade, so the firms who do that scope see it
- Addenda and bid date changes are pushed to everyone tracking it, which cuts the calls into your office
- Bidder coverage across 764 trade classifications, including certified MBE, WBE, DBE and SDVOSB firms when a job carries participation requirements
- There is no charge to an owner or design professional for listing a project
Questions about bidding here
Do I have to be a member to see construction bid documents?
Plans, specifications and addenda in the Syracuse Builders Exchange electronic plan room are available to member firms. Non-member contractors can request a free trial to see current bid opportunities across Central and Upstate New York before joining. Call (315) 437-9936 to arrange one.
What kind of projects are in the plan room?
Public and private commercial construction across an 18-county Central and Upstate New York region — schools, municipal and county work, healthcare, higher education, industrial, retail and multi-family, in both new construction and renovation. Projects arrive from owners, architects, engineers and construction managers.
Can I search inside the bid documents themselves?
Yes. The upgraded plan room membership includes OCR keyword search, which searches the text inside plans, specifications and addenda rather than only project titles. A subcontractor can find every project in the region whose specifications mention their scope.
How do I know when an addendum is issued?
Members receive automatic email notification for projects they are tracking — addenda, bid date extensions, apparent low bidders, contract awards and bid results. You do not have to log in to the plan room to find out that something changed.
I am an owner or architect. How do I get my project in front of bidders?
Send the drawings and specifications to the Syracuse Builders Exchange and the project is indexed, classified by trade and distributed to member contractors and suppliers across the region. There is no charge to an owner or design professional for listing a project. Call (315) 437-9936 and ask for the plan room.