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Module

Procurement Traceable Back to the BOQ

Requisition, quote comparison, and purchase orders — connected to specific BOQ line items, so every rupee spent traces back to what it was budgeted for.

Flow
Requisition → RFQ → PO
Connected to
BOQ line items
Vendor data
Bank details encrypted

Key Takeaways

  • Procurement follows a structured requisition → RFQ / quote comparison → purchase order flow, with each PO traceable back to the BOQ line item it was raised against.
  • Vendor bank account and IFSC details are encrypted at the application layer, consistent with how Rebota treats other sensitive financial fields.
  • Company-level authority delegation (company_members roles) extends to vendor data — an owner can grant management rights over vendor records to an admin or PM, without accidentally exposing that data to every project co-member.
  • This module is core and mature, connected directly to BOQ, inventory, and the financial ledger — not a standalone purchasing tool.

A purchasing process disconnected from the BOQ makes it easy to lose track of whether spending on a given material or work category is still within budget until a much larger overrun surfaces. Rebota's procurement flow — requisition, RFQ/quote comparison, and purchase order — ties every PO back to a specific BOQ line, so budget-vs-actual for that line is visible as spending happens, not reconstructed later.

Vendor data handling

Vendor bank account numbers and IFSC codes are encrypted at the application layer (AES-256-GCM), the same standard applied to other sensitive financial fields in the platform. Access to manage vendor records follows a deliberate authority model: a plain project co-member gets no rights over another account's vendor data by default, but an owner can explicitly delegate management rights to a company-level admin or PM.

Which One Should You Actually Use

Who Should Use Rebota

Contractors currently raising purchase orders without a structured link back to BOQ budget, making it hard to catch overspending on a specific line item until later.

Who Should NOT Use Rebota (Yet)

A business with very low procurement volume or a single small project may not need structured RFQ/comparison workflows yet.

When the Other Option Is Genuinely Better

Large-scale procurement platforms with deep supplier-network marketplaces or advanced e-sourcing/auction functionality serve a different, higher-volume procurement need than most individual construction projects require.

When You Don't Need Software At All

Very low purchase-order volume can be tracked manually a while longer.

The Short Version

For connecting procurement spend directly to BOQ budget line by line, this closes a gap that a standalone or disconnected purchasing process typically leaves open.

Professional Practices

Raise every purchase order against its BOQ line item at the time of purchase, not retroactively — the budget-vs-actual visibility this module provides depends on that discipline.

Common Mistakes

Patterns we see repeatedly across Indian construction sites — worth checking against your own process.
1
Raising purchase orders without linking to a specific BOQ line
Budget-vs-actual tracking for that line item breaks down, and overspending is only caught in a broader, later reconciliation.
2
Assuming a project co-member automatically has authority over another account's vendor records
This is deliberately not the case — plain project membership grants no vendor-management rights; only explicit company-level delegation does.

How Rebota Helps Here

Vendors & Procurement
BOQ & Estimation
Inventory
Financial Ledger
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Related Intelligence

Frequently Asked Questions

Is vendor bank account data encrypted?
Yes — vendor bank account number and IFSC are encrypted at the application layer (AES-256-GCM), the same standard applied to other sensitive financial fields.
Can a project team member manage vendor records for the account owner?
Not by default — plain project membership grants no authority over another account's vendor data. The owner must explicitly delegate management rights at the company level (admin or PM role) for that authority to exist.
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