QuoteYard

Construction bidding is traditionally paper-heavy and opaque — project owners often can't easily compare bids side by side, and contractors have no visibility into where their bid stands. QuoteYard digitizes that process, letting contractors submit and compare quotes for projects instead of managing bids on paper or through email threads, with just enough structure to fix the opacity without adding so much overhead that contractors avoided using it.

What I Built

• Structured bid submission with line-item quote forms
• Side-by-side bid comparison for project owners
• Milestone-based timeline management for awarded projects
• Status notifications keeping contractors informed on bid outcomes

Tech Stack

• Framework: React Native
• Backend: Node.js REST API
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Platforms: iOS, Android

Key Decisions

• Structured bid submission around line items rather than free-text quotes, enabling genuine side-by-side comparison for project owners instead of comparisons across inconsistent formats
• Added milestone-based timeline management for awarded projects, extending the tool past the bidding moment into the project lifecycle it actually needed to track

Outcome / Impact

Simplified a traditionally paper-heavy bidding process into a transparent, trackable digital workflow for both contractors and project owners.