Terms of Service

By creating an account or using the FieldBidder platform ("Service"), you agree to these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you do not agree, do not use the Service. These Terms apply to all users, including visitors, subscribers, and contributors.

FieldBidder is a web-based construction estimating platform that allows field superintendents and estimators to create bids, manage line items, search for local supplier pricing using AI, export PDF proposals, and share estimates with clients.

• You must be at least 18 years old to create an account.
• You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials.
• You must provide accurate information at registration and keep it up to date.
• You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account.

New accounts include a 5-day free trial with full access to the selected plan. No payment is required during the trial. After the trial period ends, continued access requires an active paid subscription. We reserve the right to modify or end free trial offers at any time.

• Subscriptions are billed monthly or annually depending on the plan selected at checkout.
• Payments are processed by Stripe. By subscribing, you authorize us to charge your payment method on a recurring basis.
• Annual subscriptions are billed in full at the start of each billing period.
• You may cancel your subscription at any time through the billing portal. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period — you retain access until then.
• We do not offer refunds for partial billing periods, except where required by applicable law.
• We reserve the right to change pricing with 30 days' notice. Price changes take effect at your next renewal.

You agree not to:

• Use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any regulations.
• Attempt to reverse engineer, decompile, or extract source code from the platform.
• Interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Service.
• Access the Service through automated means (bots, scrapers) without our express written permission.
• Misrepresent your identity or impersonate any person or entity.
• Upload malicious content, including viruses or malware.

You retain ownership of all bid data, line items, estimates, and other content you create within the platform ("User Content"). By using the Service, you grant FieldBidder a limited, non-exclusive license to store and process your User Content solely to provide the Service to you.

We do not sell your User Content or use it to train AI models. See our Privacy Policy for full details on data handling.

Intellectual property ("IP") refers to creations of the mind — including inventions, artistic and literary works, designs, symbols, names, and images — for which exclusive rights are recognized and enforced by law. Intellectual property law grants creators exclusive legal rights to use, sell, or license their inventions, artistic works, and commercial symbols, providing economic incentives for innovation and creativity.

Categories of intellectual property:

• Patents — A patent grants an inventor the exclusive legal right to make, use, sell, offer for sale, and import a patented invention within the jurisdiction of grant, typically for 20 years from the filing date. In exchange, the inventor publicly discloses the invention. Patent infringement — unauthorized use of a patented invention — may result in injunctive relief and monetary damages under 35 U.S.C. § 271 and related statutes.
• Copyrights — Copyright provides automatic legal protection for original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, including software code, written text, user interfaces, graphics, photographs, audiovisual works, and architectural designs. The copyright owner holds exclusive rights to reproduce, distribute, display, perform, and create derivative works. These rights vest at the moment of creation and last for the life of the author plus 70 years under 17 U.S.C. § 302.
• Trademarks — A trademark is a distinctive word, phrase, symbol, logo, design, sound, color, or combination thereof used in commerce to identify and distinguish the source of goods or services from those of others. Trademark rights protect commercial symbols that signal origin and quality to consumers, and are enforceable under the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. § 1051 et seq.) as well as applicable state law. Unauthorized use of a confusingly similar mark constitutes infringement.
• Trade Secrets — A trade secret is any confidential business information, formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process that derives independent economic value from not being generally known and is subject to reasonable efforts to maintain its secrecy. Trade secret misappropriation is governed by the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (18 U.S.C. § 1836 et seq.) and applicable state law, including the Uniform Trade Secrets Act.
• Industrial Designs and Utility Models — Protections for the ornamental or aesthetic aspects of a product and short-term exclusive rights over technical innovations, as recognized under applicable national and international frameworks.
• Moral Rights — The right of creators to be recognized as the author of their works and to object to derogatory modifications that would harm their honor or reputation, as recognized under the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) and applicable international treaties including the Berne Convention.

Platform intellectual property. The FieldBidder platform — including its software, source code, algorithms, AI models, proprietary scoring systems, user interface, visual design, branding, trademarks ("FieldBidder," "FieldBid," and associated logos), and all related content — is the sole and exclusive intellectual property of FieldBidder and its licensors. All rights not expressly granted to you in these Terms are reserved. You may not copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, translate, create derivative works of, publish, broadcast, distribute, sublicense, assign, or sell any portion of the platform or its content without FieldBidder's prior written consent.

Your content. You retain full ownership of all bid data, line items, cost estimates, project notes, uploaded files, and other content you create within the platform ("User Content"). By using the Service, you grant FieldBidder a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, sublicensable license to store, host, reproduce, process, and transmit your User Content solely as necessary to operate and deliver the Service to you. This license terminates when you delete your User Content or your account, subject to retention required for legal compliance. We do not sell your User Content to third parties or use it to train AI models without your explicit prior consent.

Copyright infringement — DMCA notice. FieldBidder respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects all users to do the same. If you believe that material on our platform infringes your copyright, please submit a written DMCA takedown notice to legal@fieldbidder.com identifying the copyrighted work, the infringing material, your contact information, a statement of good faith belief, and a statement of accuracy under penalty of perjury. We will respond to valid notices in accordance with the DMCA (17 U.S.C. § 512).

Feedback. Any feedback, suggestions, or ideas you provide regarding the Service ("Feedback") are provided voluntarily. You grant FieldBidder a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, and incorporate your Feedback into the Service without any obligation to you.

The AI Supplier Search feature generates supplier pricing estimates using third-party AI models. These results are for informational purposes only. FieldBidder does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or fitness for purpose of AI-generated supplier data. You are responsible for independently verifying pricing before committing to any bid.

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that defects will be corrected.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, FieldBidder shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the Service, including lost profits, lost bids, or data loss. Our total liability for any claim arising out of these Terms or your use of the Service shall not exceed the amount you paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim.

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account if you violate these Terms, fail to pay, or engage in conduct that we determine (in our sole discretion) to be harmful to other users or to the Service. You may terminate your account at any time by canceling your subscription and deleting your account through the platform settings or by contacting us.

We may update these Terms from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by email or by posting a prominent notice in the platform. Continued use of the Service after the effective date of changes constitutes acceptance of the new Terms.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any disputes shall be resolved in the courts located in California.

Questions about these Terms? Email us at legal@fieldbidder.com.