Revolutionizing industrial construction procurement with MetalArena, a collaborative RFP and quotation platform where suppliers bid line-by-line, negotiate, and join forces to deliver large-scale projects.
GET IN TOUCHMiller Invest is an investment group with a strong presence in industrial real estate and large-scale construction initiatives.Objective: Launch MetalArena, a digital marketplace that streamlines RFP creation, enables transparent bidding, and fosters collaboration among suppliers for complex industrial projects.
Miller Invest envisioned MetalArena as a central hub for the industrial construction sector, connecting project owners with qualified suppliers in a transparent, competitive environment. The goal was to replace scattered email-based negotiations with a structured, auditable process that supports detailed bidding, line-by-line pricing, and collaborative supplier participation. By embedding negotiation tools and multi-supplier workflows, the platform would shorten procurement cycles, improve cost accuracy, and ensure projects are awarded to the most capable, cost-effective teams.
Digitizing complex RFP and quotation processes for large construction projects
Enabling detailed, line-by-line bidding on technical specifications
Supporting multi-supplier collaboration on a single project bid
Embedding negotiation tools and version-controlled quotation updates
Ensuring secure document handling for sensitive project data
Devista worked with Miller Invest to design and implement MetalArena as a scalable, feature-rich marketplace tailored to industrial construction procurement.
Integrated document management for technical files, secure messaging for negotiations, and role-based supplier access controls
RFP creation wizard, detailed line-by-line bidding interface, quotation revision history, negotiation chat, multi-supplier joint bid assembly, project awarding and audit trail
Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, AWS Fargate, AWS Aurora, AWS S3 for project documentation, AWS SNS and AWS SQS for notifications and bid event processing, Elasticsearch for fast project search
Held workshops with construction project owners, suppliers, and procurement specialists to design intuitive bidding and negotiation workflows
MetalArena streamlined procurement for industrial construction projects, creating a transparent marketplace where suppliers compete and collaborate more effectively.
Operational improvements
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