For vendors who serve community associations
Vetted RFPs from community associations, nationwide.
Help boards and managers find your business. Create a vendor profile, browse association RFPs, and respond with structured bids.
Free to list, permanently. No card required.
Why vendors choose Common Elements
Real buyers. Real requests. One place to find them.
Association work runs on relationships and reputation. We put that market on the record instead of the rumor mill.
Verified board relationships
The people posting RFPs are real, role-verified board members and managers. Licensing, association affiliation, and authority are on the record before a request reaches you.
Structured RFP marketplace
Every bid request comes through the same template: scope, timeline, budget range, line items. You quote against a clean spec, not a five-line email forwarded from a 7 a.m. board meeting.
Multi-association reach
One profile, every association that fits your service area and trade. Win one job at one community and the relationship can compound across the management company's whole portfolio.
How it works
From sign-up to signed contract.
Create your vendor profile
Trade categories, service area, licensing, COI on file. Fifteen minutes from start to a profile that boards can actually evaluate.
Get verified
We confirm your contractor license, insurance, and (where applicable) trade certifications. Verified vendors carry a badge and rank ahead of unverified profiles in directory search.
Match with RFPs
When a board or manager posts a request that fits your trade and service area, you get notified. Public RFPs are open; private RFPs only reach vendors the poster specifically approves.
Win business
Submit a structured proposal. Boards compare apples-to-apples in the Compare view. When you win, the relationship is recorded. Completion adds to your public track record.
What an RFP looks like
A request you can actually quote against.
Below is a representative sample, not a real bid. Real RFPs appear in your dashboard once you’re verified.
Re-roof of 12-unit condo, asphalt shingle to standing seam
- Scope
- Tear-off + replacement, ~18,400 sq ft, includes underlayment and flashing.
- Start window
- September to October 2026, post-hurricane season.
- Required
- FL contractor license, $2M GL, references from two similar condo re-roofs in the last 24 months.
- Posted by
- Verified board treasurer, association of record.
Why you can trust the platform
Built by people who’ve worked your side of the table.
Built by licensed pros
Founded by a Florida-licensed individual CAM (LCAM) with insurance licenses who works across a large association portfolio. The product reflects what actually works on the ground.
Credential-backed verification
Verification badges are tied to real credentials in every state we cover: Florida LCAM, Nevada CIC, California CCAM, state contractor licenses, attorney bar admission, insurance license. Tied to real credentials, not pay-to-play, and designed to resist gaming.
Labeled sponsorship
Verified vendors rank ahead of unverified ones based on credentials. Optional sponsored placements exist as clearly labeled expo booths, never blended into organic results.
Pricing
Free to list, permanently.
Verified vendor profiles, RFP responses, and directory placement are free, and free is a standing tier rather than a launch window. Paid vendor plans will add reach on top of that baseline: featured placement and deeper RFP analytics. They amplify a firm’s work and never gate bidding. Organic rankings are never for sale; paid placement appears only in labeled sponsored slots, separate from organic results.
Vendor Pro
A paid plan for vendor firms that want more reach. It is not on sale yet and has no price. Join the early-access list and we will tell you before it opens.
Preferred badge
A Preferred mark on your directory card and profile. It does not change where you rank: organic results are never for sale.
Labeled featured placement
A capped slot marked Sponsored in your categories and counties, kept separate from organic results.
Placement analytics
How often your featured placement was shown and clicked, so you can see what it is doing.
RFP win-rate view
Your bids, awards and win rate across the associations you respond to.
Your listing, verification and bidding on RFPs stay free. Vendor Pro adds reach on top.