Construction
The fastest builders demand the best tools.
Manage complex construction bid sheets, collect supplier bids faster, and compare costs accurately to build efficiently
Construction
The fastest builders demand the best tools.
Manage complex construction bid sheets, collect supplier bids faster, and compare costs accurately to build efficiently
Construction
The fastest builders demand the best tools.
Manage complex construction bid sheets, collect supplier bids faster, and compare costs accurately to build efficiently
Why Construction bidding is broken
Today, bidding is slowed by manual RFQs and disconnected tools. Teams spend more time coordinating work than confidently pricing it.
Delayed RFQs mean delayed projects
Manual, spreadsheet-driven processes make it time-consuming to spin up RFQs for complex work packages, delaying bids and compressing project timelines.
Collaboration crumbles
Contractors, subcontractors, engineers, and project teams work across disconnected tools, creating version control issues and misalignment around scope and pricing.
Murky bid comparison & cost visibility
Inconsistent supplier quote formats obscure true cost drivers, making it hard to compare bids apples-to-apples and negotiate with confidence using historical data.
Change management risk
Frequent scope and design changes are difficult to track and reprice across bids, increasing the likelihood of missed scope, pricing errors, and downstream change orders.
The reason why we love LightSource so much is we have quarterly RFQs on our tail spend which is a tremendous amount of volume and vendors – it’s a huge number – and this platform allows us to conduct those with ease.
Eugene Galdi
Chief Procurement Officer
The reason why we love LightSource so much is we have quarterly RFQs on our tail spend which is a tremendous amount of volume and vendors – it’s a huge number – and this platform allows us to conduct those with ease.
Eugene Galdi
Chief Procurement Officer
The reason why we love LightSource so much is we have quarterly RFQs on our tail spend which is a tremendous amount of volume and vendors – it’s a huge number – and this platform allows us to conduct those with ease.
Eugene Galdi
Chief Procurement Officer
One system to keep scope, cost, and sourcing aligned
LightSource centralizes BOMs, sourcing activity, and revision history in one place. Changes flow through bids automatically, so costs stay accurate as scope evolves.
Master your construction BOM
Create a single, living source of truth for construction BOMs with full cost and revision history.
Master your construction BOM
Create a single, living source of truth for construction BOMs with full cost and revision history.
Master your construction BOM
Create a single, living source of truth for construction BOMs with full cost and revision history.
Bring procurement upstream
Enable early collaboration between procurement, estimating, engineering, and project teams before scope is locked.
Bring procurement upstream
Enable early collaboration between procurement, estimating, engineering, and project teams before scope is locked.
Bring procurement upstream
Enable early collaboration between procurement, estimating, engineering, and project teams before scope is locked.
Force cost accountability
Automatically track how design changes, substitutions, or subcontractor-proposed alternates impact supplier bids and total project cost.
Force cost accountability
Automatically track how design changes, substitutions, or subcontractor-proposed alternates impact supplier bids and total project cost.
Force cost accountability
Automatically track how design changes, substitutions, or subcontractor-proposed alternates impact supplier bids and total project cost.
Level bids & accelerate awards
Compare apples-to-apples supplier bids to shorten sourcing cycles and award with confidence.
Level bids & accelerate awards
Compare apples-to-apples supplier bids to shorten sourcing cycles and award with confidence.
Level bids & accelerate awards
Compare apples-to-apples supplier bids to shorten sourcing cycles and award with confidence.
Details
The enterprise grade
platform you can trust
Here's how LightSource meets the critical requirements of modern enterprise procurement technology:
Security & Compliance
SOC 2 Type 2 certified with continuous observation and industry-leading security controls.
Trusted by aerospace, defense, and Fortune 500 manufacturers to protect sensitive sourcing data and intellectual property with enterprise grade security infrastructure. Connect existing identity access management (IDP) platforms like Okta, Azure AD, or multiple systems, with SAML SSO and SCIM for automated, secure user provisioning.
Reliability & Support
LightSource delivers enterprise-grade reliability through a modern AWS-hosted architecture with high-performance RUST backend, robust fault-tolerant systems, and best-in-class dynamic scaling that ensures consistent global accessibility.
Expert support from former McKinsey procurement consultants enables buyers launching their first RFQs to dramatically accelerating time-to-value compared to legacy systems.
Rapid Implementation
LightSource’s deployment can be completed in days compared to 6-18 months for legacy systems.
Customers can start within hours using flat file uploads, and scale into full integrations at any pace. Our team guides you through onboarding to ensure fast time-to-value.
Global Scalability & Accessibility
Built for enterprise organizations operating worldwide.
The only procurement platform with native accessibility in mainland China, using the lightsource.cn domain to ensure reliable access and collaboration for users, suppliers, and buyers in mainland China without VPN requirements.
Details
The enterprise grade platform you can trust
Here's how LightSource meets the critical requirements of modern enterprise procurement technology:
Security & Compliance
SOC 2 Type 2 certified with continuous observation and industry-leading security controls.
Trusted by aerospace, defense, and Fortune 500 manufacturers to protect sensitive sourcing data and intellectual property with enterprise grade security infrastructure. Connect existing identity access management (IDP) platforms like Okta, Azure AD, or multiple systems, with SAML SSO and SCIM for automated, secure user provisioning.
Reliability & Support
LightSource delivers enterprise-grade reliability through a modern AWS-hosted architecture with high-performance RUST backend, robust fault-tolerant systems, and best-in-class dynamic scaling that ensures consistent global accessibility.
Expert support from former McKinsey procurement consultants enables buyers launching their first RFQs to dramatically accelerating time-to-value compared to legacy systems.
Rapid Implementation
LightSource’s deployment can be completed in days compared to 6-18 months for legacy systems.
Customers can start within hours using flat file uploads, and scale into full integrations at any pace. Our team guides you through onboarding to ensure fast time-to-value.
Global Scalability & Accessibility
Built for enterprise organizations operating worldwide.
The only procurement platform with native accessibility in mainland China, using the lightsource.cn domain to ensure reliable access and collaboration for users, suppliers, and buyers in mainland China without VPN requirements.
Details
The enterprise grade
platform you can trust
Here's how LightSource meets the critical requirements of modern enterprise procurement technology:
Security & Compliance
SOC 2 Type 2 certified with continuous observation and industry-leading security controls.
Trusted by aerospace, defense, and Fortune 500 manufacturers to protect sensitive sourcing data and intellectual property with enterprise grade security infrastructure. Connect existing identity access management (IDP) platforms like Okta, Azure AD, or multiple systems, with SAML SSO and SCIM for automated, secure user provisioning.
Reliability & Support
LightSource delivers enterprise-grade reliability through a modern AWS-hosted architecture with high-performance RUST backend, robust fault-tolerant systems, and best-in-class dynamic scaling that ensures consistent global accessibility.
Expert support from former McKinsey procurement consultants enables buyers launching their first RFQs to dramatically accelerating time-to-value compared to legacy systems.
Rapid Implementation
LightSource’s deployment can be completed in days compared to 6-18 months for legacy systems.
Customers can start within hours using flat file uploads, and scale into full integrations at any pace. Our team guides you through onboarding to ensure fast time-to-value.
Global Scalability & Accessibility
Built for enterprise organizations operating worldwide.
The only procurement platform with native accessibility in mainland China, using the lightsource.cn domain to ensure reliable access and collaboration for users, suppliers, and buyers in mainland China without VPN requirements.
Faster sourcing. Lower cost. Less chaos.
Try out LightSource and you’ll never go back to Excel and email.
SOC 2
Kearney #1 2024
Gartner Cool Vendor
Procuretech 100
G2 Top Rated
Faster sourcing. Lower cost. Less chaos.
Try out LightSource and you’ll never go back to Excel and email.
Faster sourcing. Lower cost. Less chaos.
Try out LightSource and you’ll never go back to Excel and email.
SOC 2
Kearney #1 2024
Gartner Cool Vendor
Procuretech 100
G2 Top Rated
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