Procore has named Compass, the subcontractor prequalification platform from Toronto-based Bespoke Metrics, its preferred prequalification tool, Bespoke Metrics announced on October 15, 2026. The program, called Prequal for All, makes Compass prequalification available to every general contractor and subcontractor working in Procore, starting that day. It touches the prequalification packet a risk manager reviews before a trade partner can bid, and the bid list a preconstruction team builds in Procore’s Bidding tool.
What it does
Today a subcontractor fills out a separate prequalification form for each general contractor it works with, and someone in the GC’s risk or preconstruction group reads the financial statements, EMR letter and insurance certificates in each one. Compass replaces those forms with one standardized questionnaire, the 1Form. The subcontractor completes it once, keeps it current and chooses which general contractors can see it. Bespoke Metrics says more than 150,000 subcontractors already have a profile.
Compass checks each submission in two passes. Its product page says machine learning flags possible problems in the data first, and then a person checks the supporting documents. Data that could not be verified carries a warning.
From the verified data, Compass produces the Q Score, a rating from Q1 (lowest risk) to Q7 (highest risk), along with a recommended prequalification outcome. Its published methodology weights three sections:
| Section | Weight in Q Score | Examples of what Compass measures |
|---|---|---|
| Business | 50% | Employee turnover, revenue diversification, backlog relative to revenue, legal history, years in business |
| Finance | 40% | Liquidity (current ratio, cash ratio), leverage (debt to equity, interest coverage), turnover, profitability |
| Health and safety | 10% | Incident rate, experience modification rate, recordable incident rate, safety policy, dedicated safety lead |
Each ratio is graded strong, average or weak against a fixed threshold, and the same thresholds apply to every subcontractor regardless of trade, region or size. Severe findings, such as an active insolvency or financial statements older than 24 months, cap the score however strong the ratios are. Missing, expired or unverified data counts as weak, and Compass treats financials as expired six months after fiscal year end. The health and safety inputs include the experience modification rate and the recordable incident rate.
| Q Score | Color | Risk level | What Compass's methodology says it calls for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Green | Very low | Minimal review |
| Q2 to Q3 | Green | Low | Minor issues with above-average overall performance |
| Q4 to Q5 | Yellow | Moderate | Further evaluation or risk mitigation may be required |
| Q6 to Q7 | Red | High | Additional due diligence or information before selection |
The work splits between two groups. The GC’s risk team sets the standards and reviews exceptions inside Compass. Project teams see the Q Score and the prequalification result in Procore, where they invite bidders and level bids. The subcontractor’s financial statements stay in Compass, and only the score and the outcome reach Procore.
The connection runs over the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard that lets AI software pull data from outside systems. Bespoke Metrics says a Compass Risk Agent, which will show project teams where every subcontractor stands from bid to award, is expected later this year.
Evidence so far
The evidence is Bespoke Metrics’ announcement, a statement from Procore inside it, ENR’s report and Compass’s own published methodology. These claims come from Bespoke Metrics:
- Compass connects more than 400 general contractors and more than 150,000 subcontractors in 33 countries, representing more than $1 trillion in annual construction volume.
- The 1Form meets the data collection standards of more than 70 general contractors across North America.
- The 1Form satisfies more than 92% of surety applications.
ENR reports that Compass has been available on Procore for more than two years. What changes now is its reach to every Procore customer and its status as the default provider. Procore’s Geoff Lewis, senior vice president of product, said the partnership will “replace passive, static forms with active, modern risk intelligence.”
The methodology says Compass backtests the Q Score by comparing past scores with what happened later. Default or failure rates by Q Score band, the figure that would show how well the scale separates strong subcontractors from weak ones, are not yet public.
How to measure it on your projects
The metric to track is prequalification cycle time: calendar days from the day you send a subcontractor the prequal request to the day your risk team records an approve, approve-with-conditions or decline decision. When a review runs past the bid date, a subcontractor can end up on the bid list before anyone has read its financials.
Capture the baseline before you switch:
- Pull the last 20 to 30 prequalification files your risk team closed and record the request date and decision date for each.
- Count how many of those needed a second request for missing documents, such as an expired insurance certificate or last year’s financials.
- On two or three recent bid packages, count the bidders who were invited before their prequalification was complete.
During a pilot, record the same three numbers, split between subcontractors who already have a Compass profile and those who have to create one. Log every case where your reviewer’s decision differs from Compass’s recommended outcome, with the reason. That log shows how closely the Q Score matches your own risk tolerance. The marketplace listing says a risk manager can also build a custom risk model with Compass to fit the company’s thresholds.
A first step on one job is to export the bidder list from your next bid package and check how many of those companies already have a Q Score in the Procore Construction Network.
Availability and cost
The announcement says Prequal for All is available to Procore customers now. Procore’s support guide for the existing Bidding integration lists it for the Enhanced Bid Management experience in the United States and Canada, with an active Procore Bid Management subscription required. The fastest match uses each company’s EIN, and Compass syncs to Procore twice a day, so new data can take up to 12 hours to appear. The guide says companies without a Compass account can still see the Q Score for companies listed in the Procore Construction Network.
The Procore Marketplace listing says the integration requires a Compass subscription, that a free trial is available, and that Bespoke Metrics prices by quote. Pricing specific to Prequal for All could not be verified.