View the Paper Plan Holders List

Step 1: Find a Project...Click to open it

Step 2: If available, Select "View Paper Planholders List"

More information:
Viewing the Paper Planholders List

These listings show the firms that may be bidding the project. Subcontractors and suppliers may find the General Contractors who are looking for sub-bids. General Contractors can find subcontractors and suppliers who are planning to bid.

Typically, a project will have either a Self-registered Bidder listing or a Paper Planholders listing...occasionally on Public works projects, you wil find both.

If you cannot find a Self-registered Bidder listing, try again later...potential bidders may wait until the last day to register. Most General Contractors' On-line Plan rooms intentionally exclude the listings.

Here are the differences between the two listings:

Self-registered bidders list		The self-registered bidders list includes those firms that have indicated their intent to bid by using the Register on this project link. Whenever Builders Exchange of Washington is specified in the Notice to Bidders as the source of documents, then the Self-registered Bidders list should be available for viewing.
Planholders list		The Planholders list is maintained by the official issuer of the bid documents as specified in the Notice to Bidders (this is typically a design firm or a reprographics firm). Note: to be placed on the Planholders list, procure a bid set from the official source of documents. If Builders Exchange of Washington is specified as the sole location for documents, then there will be no Planholders list, only the Self-registered Bidders list.

Some General Contractors who plan to bid the project may not be found on either the Plan Holders list or the Self-registered Bidders list. These General Contractors purposely hide their bidding intentions and typically choose to solicite sub-bids by invitation or by posting projects in their own, password protected Plan Rooms. Subcontractors and suppliers may be able to find these bidders by visiting Posted Projects General Contractor Project Areas.

If you wish to bid a project inside a General Contractor's Plan Room, be sure to Register your intent to bid...while the Self-registered Bidders list may not be displayed, your registration information will be available and viewable by the GC's Plan Room administrator.