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Suppliers & Subcontractors

Keep your best trade partners organized and accountable.

Track suppliers and subcontractors in one place with contract history, performance notes, quote context, and purchasing visibility so you can choose the right partner on every job.

Every trade partner in one system

One Partner Directory

Keep every trade partner in one directory so your team can find the right contact fast.

Complete Partner Records

Store contact details, service coverage, contracts, and payment context in one record.

Project-Based Quotes

Track subcontractor quotes by project so pricing decisions stay tied to real job conditions.

Performance Tracking

Track reliability and quality over time so future awards are based on performance, not memory.

Volume Pricing

Support volume price breaks so larger buys get priced the way suppliers actually quote them.

Service Offerings

Catalog the trades and services each subcontractor covers. When you're pricing a new job, you know in seconds who can do the work.

Contract History

Track contracts, insurance, expiration dates, and compliance docs per supplier. Never field a 'can I get a certificate of insurance?' call in the middle of a job again.

Financial Tab

Payment terms, historical spend, outstanding balances, and billing history per supplier. Your trade partner relationship at a glance.

Wired Into Purchase Orders

Every PO attaches to a supplier and receiving attributes spend to the right partner. Estimate linkage can prefill supplier context to speed purchasing workflows.

What working with trade partners looks like in CC

A practical process for onboarding, selecting, and managing suppliers and subcontractors across every job.

1
Onboard

Set up a partner record once

Capture company, contact, service, and compliance context so your team can work confidently with the right partner from day one.

  • Standardized onboarding data
  • Faster partner lookup by estimators and PMs
  • Cleaner records for purchasing and billing
  • Better continuity across teams
2
Organize

Classify each partner by what they do best

Tag service coverage and categories so your estimators shortlist qualified partners quickly when pricing work.

  • Service-based filtering support
  • Category-driven partner discovery
  • Cleaner bid-day partner selection
  • Less guesswork for estimating teams
3
Quote

Track quotes in job context

Keep subcontractor pricing tied to the specific project so quote comparisons reflect real scope and conditions.

  • Project-specific quote capture
  • Estimate-linked quote history
  • Side-by-side comparison support
  • Stronger award decisions
4
Buy

Issue purchase orders with better context

Move from estimate to purchasing with supplier context already in place so ordering is faster and less error-prone.

  • Estimate-to-PO continuity
  • Supplier-aware ordering flow
  • Order lifecycle tracking support
  • Improved receiving accountability
5
Settle

Track spend and payment history

Capture bills and payment context so supplier relationships and project costs stay transparent.

  • PO-linked billing context
  • Spend visibility by partner
  • Payment history awareness
  • Better vendor relationship management
6
Evaluate

Use performance history to choose better partners

Use delivery and reliability history to guide future awards and reduce avoidable margin loss.

  • Partner performance signal tracking
  • Long-term reliability visibility
  • Higher-confidence award decisions
  • Continuous trade partner optimization

One Directory for Trade Partners

Treat suppliers and subcontractors as one partner ecosystem so your history, contacts, and decision context stay coherent.

  • Unified partner record model
  • Shared history across estimating and purchasing
  • Less duplicate data entry
  • Cleaner collaboration between teams
  • Better continuity from bid to close-out

Project-Specific Subcontractor Quotes

Capture quotes in the scope where they belong so comparisons are grounded in real project requirements.

  • Estimate-level quote capture
  • Historical quote context by partner
  • Better apples-to-apples comparisons
  • Cleaner award justification
  • Reduced pricing confusion

Performance-Based Partner Decisions

Track reliability and quality over time so your strongest partners earn more work and weak links get flagged early.

  • Reliability trend visibility
  • Quality and delivery context
  • Stronger partner scorecards
  • Better risk management on critical scopes
  • Improved long-term partner mix

Volume-Aware Material Pricing

Apply realistic quantity-based pricing so larger scopes are not estimated with small-order assumptions.

  • Quantity-break pricing support
  • More realistic large-scope estimates
  • Less manual spreadsheet work
  • Improved procurement planning
  • Stronger gross-margin protection

How suppliers and subcontractors connect to the rest of CC

Data flows through the platform. Here's where this feature fits.

Supplier → Purchase Orders

Every PO attaches to a supplier. Generate POs from estimates and the right supplier pre-fills based on your cost database linkage.

Cost Database → Supplier Linkage

Materials in your cost database can reference supplier pricing and volume breaks to improve estimate and purchasing decisions.

Subcontractor → Estimate Quote

Record subcontractor quotes on the estimates they're pricing. Side-by-side comparison when multiple subs bid the same scope.

Performance → Supplier Optimization

Aggregated performance scores feed supplier optimization recommendations — who's paying off, who's slowing you down, who's worth keeping around.

See it for yourself

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