Australia-based construction collaboration technology vendor Aconex has today issued a news release regarding a platform upgrade streamlining its bid and tender management processes for construction, infrastructure and energy projects. This was something that was mentioned briefly when I did a telephone interview with Aconex co-founder and General Manager of Product Rob Phillpot last November (see Rob Phillpot on Aconex, APIs and acquisitions).
The company’s revamped bid and tender management module will increase competition in this space, with several of the UK-based Software-as-a-Service vendors (eg: 4Projects, Asite, BIW, Business Collaborator, CTSpace, Sarcophagus) all providing construction tender management tools alongside their document and drawing collaboration capabilities, and with some stand-alone tender applications also available (eg: the hardly used RICSeTendering.com – post; and the soon-to-be-launched Australian SaaS application Tender.ly – post).
