Tenderbox replaces the email chaos, manual BOQ re-entry, and gut-feel analysis of construction tendering with a sealed, governed, AI-powered platform — from invitation to award pack.
| Contractor | Total (AED) | vs Budget | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Futtaim Eng. | 18,240,000 | −4.1% | Lowest |
| Arabtec Build Co. | 19,100,000 | +0.4% | — |
| Drake & Scull | 19,640,000 | +3.2% | Review |
| ALEC Engineering | 20,450,000 | +7.6% | Highest |
Manual, email-based, gut-feel — every tender cycle wastes weeks and leaves value on the table.
Contractors copy rates into spreadsheets. Your QS copies them again. Each re-entry introduces errors, gaps, and version control chaos before a single number is compared.
↑ Re-entry errors in every manual tenderBids arrive in inboxes. Deadlines are disputed. Bids get seen before opening. There's no sealed process, no immutable record, and no defensible audit trail if challenged.
Zero auditability in standard email tenderingChasing submissions, issuing addenda, waiting on late returners — the tender cycle stretches to six weeks. Decisions slip, programmes shift, and costs rise before a spade hits the ground.
4–6 weeks average tender cycle in UAERate comparisons are done manually — eyeballing a spreadsheet. There's no systematic outlier detection, no normalization, no historical benchmarks. Negotiation leaves money on the table.
Millions in undetected rate outliers per projectTenderbox guides every stakeholder through a governed, auditable process — without complexity.
Built around the workflows of developer-side QS practice — not a generic procurement tool.
Build a pre-qualified pool of contractors — graded, tagged by discipline and region, ready to invite in seconds.
Cryptographically sealed submissions. Dual-approval opening. Immutable audit log from invitation to award.
AI-powered BOQ parsing, normalization, and comparison across all returns — producing a negotiation schedule a QS can actually use.
Every tender run on Tenderbox generates structured, real-world BOQ rate data — normalized, tagged by location, project type, tier, and contractor grade.
BOQ items mapped to a standard taxonomy. Confidence-scored by recency, volume, and consistency. Continuously refined. Anonymized and aggregated for safe use.
Upload an affection plan. Answer a few questions. Receive a consultant-grade feasibility study — cost plan, revenue model, IRR, max land price — in minutes.
Most tendering software is a workflow tool. Tenderbox is a data flywheel. Every BOQ submitted through the platform enriches a proprietary database of real, live construction costs — the kind no consultant has access to today.
That dataset is the foundation for Phase 2: an AI that turns an affection plan into a full feasibility study in minutes, not weeks.
The Tenderbox insight: The construction industry has rich cost data locked inside thousands of tender responses, never systematically captured. We're building the infrastructure to unlock it — and the AI product to monetize it.
Tenderbox is in early access for UAE-based developers and QS consultants. Join the waitlist or register your contracting firm for the approved database.
The Tenderbox team will be in touch within one business day. We look forward to speaking with you.