Nilo is the bidding workspace for contractors, subcontractors, and vendors: it reads the plans, answers questions straight from the sheets, and keeps every RFQ, quote, and bid in one place.
Nilo is in a closed pilot with a small group of contractors and vendors in Texas. Request an invitation and we'll write when a seat opens.
Got a request for quote through Nilo?
- You don't need an account. Reply to the email, or open the link in it to answer on the request's own page.
- The contractor who sent the request sees what you send back: your quote, your answer on whether you're bidding, and your questions.
- Your information is used only to answer that request. The Vendor RFQ Privacy Notice and the Vendor Submission Terms say how.
Who it's for
Contractors
- Estimators upload the plans and specs for a bid.
- They ask questions and get answers that cite the sheet.
- They send RFQs with the bid items attached and compare the quotes that come back.
Subcontractors
- Read the plans and specs for the scope you carry.
- Send RFQs to your own suppliers from the same project.
- Keep their quotes and your bid together.
Vendors
- Answer an RFQ by email or on its page, without an account.
- Send a quote, say whether you're bidding, ask a question.
- With an account, see every request and quote from each contractor in one place.
How it works today
- Upload the plans and specs.
- Nilo reads every sheet and indexes it.
- Ask questions and get answers that cite the sheet.
- Send RFQs with the bid items attached.
- Vendors answer by email or on the RFQ page.
- Quotes, answers and the bid stay in one place.
Where we are
- Nilo is in a closed pilot.
- It is built by a heavy-civil estimator.
- The pilot is proving that Nilo reads real bid sets correctly and that a bid can run through it from the plans to the quotes.
- Pricing is not published yet. Reading the plans is part of the product, not a meter.