General contractors
Evaluate Subcontractors and Suppliers Before They Bid
Vet subcontractors and suppliers before they bid on your project, so every proposal that reaches you comes from a partner you already know is qualified.
Set your criteria during project creation, apply advanced filters to narrow the field, and get quick confirmation of who meets your standards. Prequalification sits inside a full suite of bid management tools, so you can move from vetting to preconstruction without switching platforms or chasing paperwork. Spend less time reviewing bids and more time getting the project underway with the right team behind you.
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Simplify the Prequalification Process
With prequalification built into the project creation phase, you spend less time and money qualifying subcontractors and suppliers. Create the project, set your criteria, and see who qualifies before a single proposal needs a line-by-line read.
How It Works
The Prequalification Form is built into project creation in PlanHub’s general contractor bid management software. When you post a project, you decide whether to request prequalification from the subcontractors submitting bids, then add the criteria and questions that matter for that particular job.
Evaluate businesses against a checklist that covers:
General Company Information: Includes number of employees, average project size, project types, and year established, with a subsection for labor status
Licenses: Requires a minimum of one license, requesting license name, number, expiration date, issuing state, and document
Certifications: Collects information about certification name, number, expiration date, issuing state, and document
Project History: Requests a minimum of one project with information about project name, city, state, completion date, value, and reference contact
Safety Record: Requires a minimum one-year EMR score and a minimum one-year OSHA score with the option to add up to three years and additional information
Insurance and Bonding: Collects information about insurance company, agent contact information, project bonding capacity, and aggregate bonding capacity
Financials and Revenue Information: Gathers a minimum of one year of revenue information with the ability to add up to three years
Risk Factors: Requests information about cases where the company failed to complete awarded work
Subcontractors are prompted to complete the form when they submit a bid, and each finished section saves to their company profile. Subcontractors who complete all eight sections earn a PlanHub Preferred badge, so you can spot a fully vetted company at a glance and review the criteria that matter most before you commit.
Key Features
Evaluate subcontractors and suppliers for fit quickly, decide who to work with, and keep the project moving instead of waiting on paperwork.
Verified Expertise
See what to expect from a subcontractor before you commit.
Review Complete Profiles: Certifications, licensing, project history, and references sit together on one profile
Spot Full Compliance Fast: See at a glance which subcontractors have completed every prequalification section in the PlanHub Network
Trust The Badge: A PlanHub Preferred badge means all eight sections are done, with nothing left to chase
Tailored Qualification Filters
Narrow a national pool down to the candidates who fit this specific job.
Filter On What Matters: Sort candidates by trade, location, experience, safety record, and insurance coverage
Reach The Right Trades: Find the specialties your project depends on across a network of hundreds of thousands of professionals
Cut The Review Time: Surface qualified candidates in minutes instead of working through the whole field
Efficient Onboarding
Gather credentials without rebuilding a form for every project.
Start From A Template: Use the built-in template for collecting credentials rather than writing one from scratch
Adjust In Seconds: Change the template project by project as your requirements change
Set Expectations Early: Make your standards clear before bidding starts, so candidates self-select
Centralized Follow-Up
Keep every conversation in one place once candidates qualify.
Request What Is Missing: Ask for additional documentation directly on the platform
Ask Follow-Up Questions: Keep each exchange attached to the project and the company it belongs to
Move Straight Into Planning: Go from posting a project to managing it without exporting anything
Reduce Your Risk
Reduce the risk of working with subcontractors and suppliers who do not meet your standards by identifying the most qualified candidates up front. Clear criteria are verified in one place, so you are not cross-referencing licenses on one site, insurance on another, and safety records somewhere else.
With prequalification built into the platform, you can focus on the quality of the bids themselves rather than second-guessing the fundamentals. Every criterion you care about sits in one view, which keeps important details from slipping past and lets you move forward with confidence.
Customizable Prequalification Forms
Adjust your prequalification criteria as the needs of your business change. Select what information you would like to request given the eight sections above that include general company info, licenses, certifications, project history, safety record, and insurance information, revenue, and risk.
If you would like to gather more specifics about subcontractors, you can add additional instructions in the general company information section. In this process, you can easily set up advanced filters, highlight the criteria you care about most, and narrow down potential partnerships before anyone bids.
The point is flexibility. The right criteria for a small renovation are not the right criteria for a ground-up build, and forms that adapt let you qualify the right partners for every project and circumstance.
All-In-One Platform
Build ITBs, prequalify subcontractors, and match automatically with the companies that meet your criteria, all on the same platform. The whole workflow moves in one direction: post projects, vet connections, communicate with subcontractors, suppliers, and teammates, then step into estimating and project management without a handoff.
Because the tools connect, you spend less time moving between them, less time hunting for qualified partners, and less time replanning. That efficiency compounds across the funnel, which is what makes it realistic to run five or six projects at once instead of one or two.
PlanHub Prequalification vs Competitors
Prequalification here is a quick step in a larger process rather than a product of its own, which is what makes the whole project move faster. General contractors get more simplicity, speed, and a more integrated experience, because prequalification is part of a complete ecosystem rather than a standalone tool with an export button.
Behind it sits one of the largest active networks of construction professionals in the industry, with 400,000+ contractors and 30,000+ suppliers across nearly 400 trades. That means the professionals you need to build a winning team are already there, along with the tools to run the project once the team is set, so your energy goes into the work rather than the search.
Other platforms may offer prequalification and a few related features. Here, smart ITBs, automatic subcontractor matching, and collaboration tools sit alongside it, which puts your whole workload in one place.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the PlanHub prequalification software do for general contractors?
Prequalification lets you confirm that the subcontractors bidding your project meet your standards for both compliance and capability, while helping the most qualified companies find work in their area of expertise. It handles subcontractor risk management as part of the bidding process rather than as a separate exercise.
Who is the subcontractor prequalification software designed for?
It is built for general contractors who need qualified support on their projects and have to make fast decisions when bids come in. Because it is built into the platform, you can confirm whether subcontractors and suppliers meet your criteria without adding a review cycle, then move into implementation sooner.
Does the prequalification software cost extra with the PlanHub subscription?
No. Prequalification is included in the Pro, Premier, and Enterprise tiers at no additional cost, integrated with the rest of the features on your plan.
Is the prequalification software available with all PlanHub subscriptions?
It is available on the Pro, Premier, and Enterprise subscriptions. When you subscribe, prequalification is already built into your workflow alongside the other tools on your plan.
How does PlanHub's prequalification software compare to other providers?
You get one of the largest networks of skilled contractors available, with prequalification built into the bidding process, so identifying and connecting with the strongest fits takes one pass instead of several. Other platforms offer subcontractor compliance software or a few preconstruction tools; here you set your criteria, review who meets them, build the team, and manage the project in Public and Private Planrooms from a single hub.
Prequalify Subcontractors, Reduce Your Risk
Do not risk working with subcontractors or suppliers who will not meet your standards. Integrated prequalification makes vetting candidates straightforward, so you can assess fit right up front and save the time you would otherwise spend on the review.
Alongside prequalification sit a large network, takeoff and estimation tools, and full bid management, which means you can find the most qualified candidates, start planning, and send invitations to bid in the same place. Sign up today to join the network and start connecting with the right subcontractors for the job.
