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Contractors

Win work by credibility, not ad spend.

General, environmental, and navigation-dredging contractors deliver the projects. Project owners issue them. DredgeCred is the first place both sides can see each other's DC Score, COI, past performance, and active operations map before the first call.

  • Bid Board with credibility-gated bidding — no pay-to-play ranking

  • Operations Map unifying projects / assets / deliverables across your whole book

  • Past-performance ledger that transfers with you across agency staff turnover

  • Owner-side contractor screening with DC Score, region, cert filters

Pick your exact role

The hub groups 4 specific user categories. Each one has its own profile fields, rating dimensions, and fee model.

General Contractor

Prime contractor delivering marine construction or dredging projects.

Environmental / Restoration Contractor

Executes remediation, shoreline restoration, and environmental work.

Navigation & Maintenance Dredging Contractor

Specializes in navigation, maintenance, and capital dredging.

Project Owner / Contract Owner

Issues project contracts: port authorities, private owners, federal/state agencies.

How DredgeCred saves your category money

Industry-typical intermediary fees vs the DredgeCred rate, with worked annual examples.

How DredgeCred saves you money

General Contractor

Industry standard

Bid-matching subscription + per-bid fees + lead-gen retainers

$500–$1,500/month in subscriptions to 3–5% of contract value

What you get: Unqualified leads, pay-to-play ranking, no credibility verification on the project owner.

DredgeCred

Direct, verified, rated.

Free inbound from your DC Score; 3% on Bid Board wins (capped)

What you get: Inbound requests from verified project owners, DC Score-based ranking (not pay-to-play), full operation map, dispute-ready transaction records.

Worked example

Mid-size contractor bidding $5M/year in projects

Traditional

$150K+/yr (bid services + lead-gen retainers)

DredgeCred

Plan seat fee + 3% on bid-board wins only

You keep

$100K+/yr, and wins are credibility-driven, not ad-spend-driven.

How DredgeCred saves you money

Environmental / Restoration Contractor

Industry standard

RFP-matching services + relationship-broker fees on public agency work

$1,000/month subscriptions to 5% of agency-awarded contract

What you get: RFP inbox access. No verified contractor-to-agency trust signal, no project-history portability.

DredgeCred

Direct, verified, rated.

3% on Bid Board wins (capped at $15K)

What you get: Agency-facing DC Score, past-performance documentation ledger, project history that transfers with you to the next agency, compliance-aware COI alerts.

Worked example

Environmental contractor winning $3M/year in public work

Traditional

$90K+/yr (RFP services + agency-intro retainers)

DredgeCred

Plan seat fee + 3% bid-board fee on wins

You keep

$60K+/yr and a verifiable past-performance record that survives agency staff turnover.

How DredgeCred saves you money

Navigation & Maintenance Dredging Contractor

Industry standard

Bid-board fees ($500–$2K per bid) + subcontractor broker splits + lead-gen subscriptions

$10K/yr in bid fees to 5% of subcontract value

What you get: Bid notification stream, unverified subs, no unified project-level financial view.

DredgeCred

Direct, verified, rated.

3% on Bid Board wins, plus category-specific rates on sub-engagements

What you get: Bid Board with credibility-gated bidding, operation map showing every active project / asset / deliverable in one view, trust-transfer when subs or crew change.

Worked example

Dredging contractor on $15M of annual work

Traditional

$250K+/yr (bid fees, broker splits, advertising)

DredgeCred

~$75K/yr (bid-board plus select sub-placement fees)

You keep

~$175K/yr and a living operation map that works across your whole book, not per-project siloed dashboards.

How DredgeCred saves you money

Project Owner / Contract Owner

Industry standard

Consultant-driven contractor selection + owner's-rep retainers

$5K–$25K per RFP to 3–5% of project value (owner's rep)

What you get: Selection expertise. But contractor performance data lives in the consultant's head — not transferable, not queryable.

DredgeCred

Direct, verified, rated.

Free access to verified contractor pool; 3% on Bid Board postings

What you get: Queryable contractor screening with DC Score, region, certifications, past performance — plus the full bid-to-completion audit trail on every engagement.

Worked example

Port authority awarding $20M/yr across multiple projects

Traditional

$200K–$500K/yr in consultant fees + owner's-rep retainers

DredgeCred

3% bid-board fee on sealed RFQs only

You keep

Six-figure savings per year on selection overhead — and full transparency into contractor performance for post-project analysis.

Numbers are industry-typical ranges, not firm quotes. DredgeCred rates come directly from the platform fee schedule and are capped per transaction where noted.

What happens after you sign up

  1. 01

    Build your profile

    Business verification, COI upload, service regions, specialization tags. Takes ten minutes.

  2. 02

    Earn your DC Score

    Foundation inputs give you a starting score. Every completed transaction compounds it.

  3. 03

    Work inbound, not outbound

    Verified counterparties find you via region + DC Score filters. No pay-to-play ranking.

Every directory on DredgeCred ships with a live provider map and regional filter bar. Work is local; we make the shortlist local too.

Start building credibility today

No pay-to-play. No gamed reviews. Your DC Score reflects what you have actually done.

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