Built for NZ & AU builders and subcontractors

Quote it, win it, run it — from one place.

Tendr takes a job from tender to final claim without the spreadsheet sprawl. Estimating, scheduling, timesheets, purchase orders and progress claims — one workspace built for the trades.

Free plan available · No credit card to start

Built for the way construction actually works

Tender → final claim
Import any Bill of Quantities
NZ & AU tax + retention
One workspace, no silos
Sound familiar?

The job's hard enough. Your tools shouldn't make it harder.

We talked to builders and subbies across NZ and Australia. Same stories, every time.

Your WhatsApp group isn't a job system

Four group chats, 4,000 unread, and nobody's sure which docket is the current one.

Timesheets on paper, photographed at 4pm

Someone retypes them. Someone keys them into payroll. Something doesn't match — every week.

The variation you forgot to claim

You did the work. You mentioned it in a text. You never claimed it. That's your margin, gone.

The quote's in a spreadsheet. Somewhere.

quote_v3_FINAL_USE_THIS.xlsx — the rates, the markup, the lot — in a file only one person can open.

Claims that go overdue by default

Submitted weeks ago. Nobody's tracking it. Tens of thousands, just sitting there.

“Can you send me a summary?”

Forty minutes cobbling together photos, notes and guesses. There goes Friday afternoon.

Everything, in one workspace

From the first estimate to the final claim

No more stitching together spreadsheets, calendars and accounting exports. Tendr connects the whole lifecycle.

Estimating & BoQ

Price the job in minutes, not weekends.

Import a client's Bill of Quantities or build from scratch, then price every line against your own rate library. Markup and margins are one click away.

Riverside Apartments — Estimate
EST-0148 · imported from BoQ
Ready
RefItemQtyTotal
1.01Site excavation42018,900
2.03Mass concrete footings8624,510
2.07Reinforcement, N164.2t11,760
3.02Formwork to walls31016,430
4.01Blockwork, 190 series54037,800
Total (excl. GST)$109,400
Import any BoQ

CSV or Excel, any layout. AI maps the columns; refs and quantities stay locked so it exports back faithfully.

Your rate library

Reuse priced items and assemblies across every estimate. Update a rate once, refresh everywhere.

Margin in your control

Set wastage and markup per line or in bulk, and see the effect on the total live.

Delivery & site

Run the job once it's won.

Turn the estimate into a job, break it into tasks, and schedule crews and plant with capacity you can see. The field logs time; you watch budget vs actual.

This week — Lot 12
4 crews
MonTueWedThuFri
Excavation crew
Scheduled
Concrete gang
Scheduled
Steel fixers
Scheduled
Blocklayers
Scheduled
Schedule with capacity

Place crews and plant on a week or month board, with conflicts flagged before you commit.

Timesheets from the field

Crews log hours against tasks with a rate snapshot; supervisors approve in one queue.

Budget vs actual

Cost entries roll up against the estimate so a job never drifts unnoticed.

Procurement & billing

Get paid the way construction bills.

Raise purchase orders to suppliers, then submit progress claims with retention handled the NZ/AU way — claimed, certified, retained, paid.

Progress Claim #4
Period ending 30 Jun
Certified
Work completed to date742,300
Less previously claimed−518,000
Retention held (5%)−11,215
Net payable$213,085
Purchase orders

Issue and receive POs against the job, so committed cost is never a surprise.

Progress claims

Claim to date, certify, and mark paid — with retention held and released automatically.

Signed documents

Publish estimates as proposals and get them signed online, no printing or posting.

How it works

One thread, from tender to paid

  1. 01

    Log the client & opportunity

    Track leads on a pipeline, with a credit check before you commit estimating time.

  2. 02

    Estimate & send

    Price from your rate library or an imported BoQ, then publish a proposal to sign online.

  3. 03

    Win → job

    One click turns the opportunity into a job — the estimate becomes the budget.

  4. 04

    Schedule & track

    Assign crews, capture timesheets and costs, and watch actuals against the estimate.

  5. 05

    Claim & get paid

    Raise POs and submit progress claims with retention, through to certified and paid.

Simple, transparent pricing

Choose the plan that works best for you.

Free

Get started with the basics. No credit card required.
  • 1 admin seat, 2 field seats
  • 3 jobs, 5 clients, 5 documents
  • 2 GB storage

Pro

For solo contractors who need the full toolkit.
  • 1 admin seat, 5 field seats
  • Unlimited jobs, clients & documents
  • Pipeline & opportunities
  • AI chat on documents
  • Timesheets, costings & photo uploads
  • 25 GB storage
  • 7-day free trial
7 days free trial
$79.00/monthGet started
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Team

For small firms managing multiple sites and people.
  • 3 admin seats + $20/extra
  • 15 field seats + $8/extra
  • Unlimited jobs, clients & documents
  • Pipeline, AI chat & timesheets
  • Voice notes with transcription
  • 600 transcription minutes/month
  • 100 GB storage
  • 7-day free trial
7 days free trial
$169.00/monthGet started

Business

For growing firms with large site teams.
  • 10 admin seats + $20/extra
  • 50 field seats + $8/extra
  • Unlimited jobs, clients & documents
  • Everything in Team
  • 2,000 transcription minutes/month
  • 500 GB storage
  • 7-day free trial
7 days free trial
$299.00/monthGet started

Questions, answered

Everything you need to know about running your jobs on Tendr.

Stop running the business off spreadsheets.

Bring estimating, delivery and billing into one place. Start free — bring your team when you're ready.