A procurement layer around the marketplace.
Project Passport
Projects can carry a 0–100 readiness score based on planning, design, structural information, specification, budget confidence, programme, access constraints, professional involvement and tender timing.
Contractor availability
Contractors can state whether they are accepting work, have limited capacity, are full or want new opportunities paused, together with an indicated next available start date and project preferences.
Capacity-aware matching
Availability is now part of opportunity matching. A company marked full or paused is not treated as a normal recommended match until its capacity status changes.
Structured tenders
After an approved introduction, contractors can submit a consistent commercial breakdown covering total price, VAT basis, provisional sums, exclusions, programme and key scope sections.
Tender comparison
Clients can compare submitted tenders side by side and keep assumptions, exclusions and allowances visible instead of relying only on headline totals.
Real procurement urgency
Projects can publish genuine response deadlines and shortlist targets. BuildConnect does not use fabricated tender scarcity or fake activity counters.
New optional Marketplace Plus and Pro plans.
Marketplace Plus — £14.99/month adds public-profile analytics and up to five named saved opportunity alert rules. Marketplace Pro — £34.99/month adds tender pipeline analytics, up to twenty saved alert rules and ongoing clearly-labelled featured directory placement.
Core marketplace access, verification and organic project eligibility remain independent of payment. Marketplace Business is now available at £69.99/month with up to 10 company users, role-based access, shared tender ownership, team capacity and company-level analytics.
Compare contractor plansNew procurement-intent advertising contexts.
Relevant construction advertisers can request targeting around Project Passport, contractor-ready/tender-ready opportunities, tender comparison and broader procurement content. Targeting is based on public page context, not private project or personal data.
Example 30-day entry levels remain equivalent to the existing rates: standard rotation from £30, targeted placement from £90 and featured sponsorship from £300.
Construction advertising optionsPrepare first, then compare contractor interest.
Clients can prepare a project using the free toolkit, build the Project Passport, publish only broad opportunity information publicly, approve introductions and compare structured tender information before appointment.
Open the free client toolkitA clearer contractor-procurement route for prepared projects.
Architects, surveyors, engineers, QSs and project professionals can use BuildConnect as an optional contractor-discovery route while the client or authorised representative remains in control of publication and introductions.
Professional Partner ToolkitPayment does not buy verification, professional endorsement, privileged project eligibility or guaranteed work. Clients and contractors remain responsible for project-specific due diligence, quotations, contracts, competence checks and appointment decisions.