Bandhoo uses technology solutions to make life easy for all members of the Construction sector:

• #Builders and #Developers can do all their #Procurement (materials and construction services) and Project reporting
• #Infrastructure companies can do all their Procurement (materials and construction services) and Project reporting
• Large #Contractors can do all their Procurement (materials and construction services) and Project reporting
• Small #Contractors can win new projects (submit Expression of Interest, submit quotations) and hire workers for expanding their business
• #Foremen can get new jobs on measurement basis and hire more workers to expand their teams
• #ConstructionWorkers can find new jobs basis their preferences of location and wages
• #Migrant #ConstructionWorkers can find jobs easily before they start their journey from their village/town

Services and Materials on Bandhoo

Bandhoo supports the following services categories (more can be added as required):

• Aluminium Glass work
• Barbending/ Steelwork
• Electrical
• Excavation and Earthworks
• Fabrication
• False ceiling/ POP
• Firefighting
• Flooring
• Furniture
• Masonry (brickwork, blockwork, plastering)
• Painting
• Plumbing
• Scaffolding
• Shuttering
• Stonework
• Waterproofing
• Welding

Bandhoo’s platform supports the following categories of items (more can be added as required) -

• Aluminum Sections
• Bitumen, Road Tar and related
• Boards
• Bricks and Blocks
• Cement
• Chemicals and Adhesives
• Door Windows Ventilators
• Electrical Fittings
• Fabricated Steel Structures
• Fuel, Energy, DG sets
• Furniture and Wardrobes
• Glass Sheets and Glass related
• IT Telecom Equipment
• Landscape, Horticulture
• Lifts, Escalators and related
• Modular Kitchens and Appliances
• Paints
• Ready Mix Concrete (RMC)
• Roofing Sheets and related
• Security equipment and services
• Steel
• Stone and Aggregates
• Tiles and Flooring materials
• Water, Plumbing, Sewage & related

Builder or Developer

Builders have stringent requirements of qualification for picking their contractors or material suppliers. Bandhoo supports builders in configuring their list of pre-qualified contractors and material suppliers. This allows the Builder’s procurement team to run an efficient RFQ process and get lowest possible price quotes for whatever they are trying to buy.

Bandhoo supports multiple types of tendering process:

• Buyer can do a real-time tender, like a reverse auction, where bidders are only allowed to reduce their bids in real-time
• Buyer can do a multi-round tender such that every time a bidding round ends, the buyer can decide whether he/she wants to start another follow-on round to further reduce price quotes
• Buyer can do a confidential bidding round, which means nobody gets to the see the bid values until the bid deadline has elapsed

Bandhoo also offers “Procurement As a Service (Paas)” to builders so that they can always have the best possible contractors and suppliers available to them.

Builder can manage the Daily Project Reporting through Bandhoo’s platform. The contractor or subcontractor’s team can use the Bandhoo App to update the daily progress achieved. The builder’s own site team can validate/ approve the reported progress. The same information can be used on monthly basis for raising bills. An integrated Project reporting system of this kind ensure complete transparency from top-to-bottom and across the entire organization as well as its subcontractors.

Construction Contractors and EPC companies

Construction contractors is a very broad and diverse segment that covers very large companies (e.g., L&T, Tata Projects, Shapoorji Pallonji) and very small, petty contractors who work with a small team of 4-5 workers. Bandhoo can be helpful to all kinds of construction contractors in terms of helping them execute their projects at lower costs and in lesser time.

The functionalities that are available to this segment are:

• Issuing tenders for subcontracting to get lowest possible price quotes from reliable and good quality subcontractors. Tenders can be posted as Labour only or Labour plus Material contracts depending on user requirements
• Submitting EOI (Expression of Interest) and Quotations
• Issuing tenders for building material purchases to get lowest possible price quotes
• Posting worker jobs and hiring them against those jobs
• Project reporting integrated with project billing

Large contractors have stringent requirements of qualification for picking their subcontractors and material suppliers. Bandhoo supports large contractors in configuring their list of pre-qualified subcontractors and material suppliers.

Bandhoo supports multiple types of tendering process:

• Buyer can do a real-time tender, like a reverse auction, where bidders are only allowed to reduce their bids in real-time
• Buyer can do a multi-round tender such that every time a bidding round ends, the buyer can decide whether he/she wants to start another follow-on round to further reduce price quotes
• Buyer can do a confidential bidding round, which means nobody gets to the see the bid values until the bid deadline has elapsed

Building Material Suppliers

Most building materials are supplied through Distributors and Dealers. Bandhoo allows such distributors and dealers to register and get access to demand. Builders, EPC companies, construction contractors, and Facilities Management companies are all trying to adopt digital and achieve savings in their procurement. Registering with Bandhoo allows these distributors and dealers get easy access to demand. Any supplier of the following materials can sign up with Bandhoo:

• Aluminum Sections
• Bitumen, Road Tar and related
• Boards
• Bricks and Blocks
• Cement
• Chemicals and Adhesives
• Door Windows Ventilators
• Electrical Fittings
• Fabricated Steel Structures
• Fuel, Energy, DG sets
• Furniture and Wardrobes
• Glass Sheets and Glass related
• IT Telecom Equipment
• Landscape, Horticulture
• Lifts, Escalators and related
• Modular Kitchens and Appliances
• Paints
• Ready Mix Concrete (RMC)
• Roofing Sheets and related
• Security equipment and services
• Steel
• Stone and Aggregates
• Tiles and Flooring materials
• Water, Plumbing, Sewage & related

Facility Management Companies

Facility Management Companies can benefit from Bandhoo in three ways:

• Procure repair and maintenance services (e.g., Electrical, Plumbing, Painting, Flooring, Carpentry, Masonry) from high quality SME contractors
• Procure building materials and consumables of all kinds
• Hire good quality workers reliably – electricians, plumbers, painters, masons, carpenters

Bandhoo Benefits and Advantages

• Easy, Convenient and Smart procurement for all things construction – services and materials
• Complete transparency in the procurement cycle
• An integrated system that manages various contractors, subcontractors and building material suppliers.
• Access to a large base of SME contractors across India
• Access to a large base of construction material suppliers across India
• Easy and impactful Daily Project Reporting and Construction Management
• One Mobile App for all things construction – subcontracting, material procurement, worker hiring, project reporting