Early access · Texas
Texas construction projects, months before they go out to bid.
Upstream Bids reads city council agendas and packets across Texas and turns engineering awards, capital improvement items, bond projects, and change orders into a filterable project pipeline.
Launching first in DFW and Central Texas.
Old Settlers Boulevard Widening — Phase 2
City of Example, TX · Road
Design contract approved
- Est. construction value
- $12.4M
- Meeting
- March 12
- Engineer of record
- Sample Engineering Group, Inc.
View source agenda
The problem
By the time it hits a bid board, the decisions are already made.
The engineer is picked. The scope and schedule are set. And every competitor on that board got the same notice you did, on the same morning.
The early signals are public. Cities vote on engineering awards, capital improvement programs, bond packages, and easement buys months before anything goes out for bid. It is all in the agendas.
But it is buried in hundreds of PDFs across dozens of cities, posted a few days before each meeting, and nobody has time to read them.
How it works
Three steps. Nothing for you to install.
- 01
We read the agendas
Every weekday we pull new agendas and packets from Texas city councils and their committees, including the attachments most people never open.
- 02
We pull out the construction projects
Engineering awards, CIP and bond items, construction contracts, change orders, and the easement buys that come before them. Zoning cases and proclamations get left behind.
- 03
You get a weekly list for your area
Filtered to the cities, categories, and project sizes you chase. Every lead links back to the agenda item it came from.
What you get
Built for the way you actually chase work.
- A weekly email digest
- New projects in your area, once a week. Skim it in two minutes with your coffee.
- Filters that match your lane
- By city, category, stage, and project size. Water and sewer in Williamson County over $2M, if that is your lane.
- The source document on every lead
- One click to the agenda item and the staff packet it came from. Check it yourself before you act on it.
- The engineer of record
- Know who is designing it while it is still on the board, so you can build the relationship before the bid date is set.
Founding members
The first 25 companies help shape it.
We are taking on 25 Texas contractors as founding members. You get founding-member pricing, locked in.
In exchange we ask for one short call a month: what landed, what was noise, which cities you want next. That feedback is what makes this worth paying for.
Join the waitlistQuestions
Straight answers.
Where does the data come from?
Public city and county records. Council and committee agendas, the staff packets attached to them, and the meeting minutes. The same documents anyone can download, read every day instead of once in a while.
Which areas do you cover?
DFW and Central Texas first, including Dallas, Plano, McKinney, Mesquite, Austin, Round Rock, San Marcos, New Braunfels, and Pflugerville. More of Texas is coming, and waitlist members get asked which cities to add next.
How is this different from a bid board?
A bid board tells you a project is out for bid. By then the engineer is selected and the scope is fixed. We surface projects at planning and design, often a year or more earlier, while there is still time to position for the work.
What does it cost?
Founding members get founding-member pricing in exchange for a monthly feedback call. Full pricing is set at launch. Join the waitlist and we will tell you before anything is charged.
Early access
See what is coming in your area.
Join the waitlist and we will send you a sample of what we are finding in DFW and Central Texas.