BID2WIN Software has released BID2WIN 2009, which is an updated version of its estimating and bidding software for heavy/highway contractors.

New features of BID2WIN 2009, product manager Kevin Flynn said in a statement, include the ability to attach documents to estimates, find/replace functionality for editing cost components and the ability to copy templates from one item database to another. (A complete list of new features in BID2WIN 2009 is available to the company's existing customers once they log into the BID2WIN support website.)

BID2WIN's estimating and bidding software runs on a Microsoft SQL Server database. It offers role-based security, supports offline mobile estimating (which lets estimators gather information in the field and then sync their data to BID2WIN when they return), and uses XML-based Web services to communicate with other enterprise software applications.

BID2WIN Software also makes BUILD2WIN, a browser-based field management and analysis tool. The latest version of this product, v1.1, came out in September.