Plan sheets

Plan sheets are the drawn-out, detailed prints of a proposal. You can view posted plan sheets to better aid your estimation. You can access a list of agencies who have used online plan sheets in the past six months on the Manage Bid Express Services page. You can also set your Bid Express messages to notify you when plan sheets are posted.

Note: Not all agencies post plan sheets, and you must be signed up for the online plan sheet service in order to access them.

In Bidx.com Classic: access the plan sheets through the Also Available section for a proposal. The link displays the number of plan sheets. If a zero is displayed, there are no plan sheets.

In New Roads: 

If the proposal has plan sheets, you will see thumbnail sketches of each one on the Plan Sheets page. You can view the plan sheets, download them, or order them shipped to you. When you are finished with the plan sheets, click the proposal number in the navigation trail to return to the proposal detail page.

The Bid Express® service keeps a record for the agency of contractors that downloaded or ordered plan sheets.

Expand the sections below to learn more.

Access plan sheets

Plans posted on this page may not be the latest version or may not include recently posted addenda or amendments not yet updated here. Official plan sheets can be found on the agency website.

To access plan sheets on the Bid Express® service:

1. Click the lettings tab if you are not already there.
2. Select the Letting Date of the proposal.
3. Select the proposal.
4. Select the Plan Sheets link to view the plans. The Bid Express services will take you to the Plan Sheets page.

When you are finished with the plan sheets, click the proposal number in the navigation trail to return to the proposal detail page.

View or download plan sheets

Click the View link to enlarge the image without downloading it.

To download plans, there are three options:

Individual plan sheets

You can download a PDF of the plan sheet or just view it on your computer.

Enter a range of plan sheet numbers in the fields of the Plan Sheet Range box on the left side of the page to download sequential plan sheets. You can download the plan sheets for the entire proposal at one time by clicking Download in the All Plan Sheets box on the left side.

1. Click View on the desired plan sheet or select check boxes for multiple plan sheets.
2. If you select check boxes, click download. You can clear the check boxes by clicking Unselect All.
3. Save or open the file.

When you are finished with the plan sheets, click the proposal number in the navigation trail to return to the proposal detail page.

Order all plan sheets

You can order printed plan sheets from a print vendor. This requires an additional fee that you pay to the print vendor.

1. Click Order Prints on the left side of the plan sheet page. The Bid Express® service opens the Order Plan Sheets window.
2. Use the drop down list to select the print vendor and click go to order form.
3. Follow the instruction on the print vendor order form.

When you are finished, enter the Bid Express address in your browser to return to the Bid Express service.