# Infotech

> Infotech develops software for civil infrastructure planning, bidding, construction administration, inspection, and paperless contracting. Its owned products include Appia, Bid Express, BidX, Doc Express, Signet, and PlanX; it also develops and supports AASHTOWare Project as an official contractor. Diversis Capital acquired the Gainesville company in 2024.

- **Founded:** 1977
- **Headquarters:** Gainesville, United States
- **Founders:** Dr. Jim McClave (Co-founder; founded Info Tech in October 1977), Dr. Tom Rothrock (Co-founder; collaborator from 1978, officially joined in 1981)
- **Products:** Appia, Bid Express, BidX, Doc Express, Signet
- **Notable:** Statistical work on Florida highway bid rigging helped recover $30 million in taxpayer money in 1981, according to Jim McClave’s biography., Long-running AASHTO relationship beginning in 1985., Bid Express introduced highway internet bid submission in collaboration with Georgia DOT in 1999.

## Products & services

- **Appia** — Cloud construction administration and inspection for public agencies and engineering firms: daily reports, quantities, change orders, funding, payments, and searchable records.
- **Bid Express** — Secure online solicitations, sealed bid submission, error checks, and tabulation. The general procurement/local agency service launched in 2010; internet bid submission for highways launched in 1999.
- **BidX** — Bidx.com bidding service used with AASHTOWare Project Bids, with market information and separately priced contractor subscription tiers.
- **Doc Express** — Document routing, electronic signatures, approvals, and construction contract records; included with an Appia subscription.
- **Signet** — Subcontractor payment recording, recipient verification, reminders, and compliance reporting; first piloted in Ohio.
- **PlanX** — Formerly Workflow Manager; transportation planning, project schedules, budgets, and collaboration for MPOs, local agencies, and consultants. Workflow Manager was acquired in 2025.
- **Bid Intelligence** — AI Recommender, Tagger, and Summarizer help contractors find and review relevant bidding opportunities.
- **AASHTOWare Project services** — Official contractor providing development, implementation, training, support, integration, hosting, and data services for AASHTO’s software.
- **Mobile Inspector** — Field reporting and data capture, including offline workflows and synchronization into supported construction systems.
- **Estimator** — Road and bridge construction estimating; its predecessor combined bid-based and cost-based methods in 1986.
- **FieldManager** — Construction contract administration and field record tools for infrastructure project teams.

## Achievements

- Statistical work on Florida highway bid rigging helped recover $30 million in taxpayer money in 1981, according to Jim McClave’s biography.
- Long-running AASHTO relationship beginning in 1985.
- Bid Express introduced highway internet bid submission in collaboration with Georgia DOT in 1999.
- Huntington’s vendor-published case study reported newspaper bid-ad costs falling from $400 to $20 per bid.
- No. 56 on the 2024 Fortune Best Workplaces in Technology small and medium company list.
- Third consecutive Great Place To Work certification announced in June 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Bidx.com navigation update renamed Lettings to Advertisements and added combined agency views; PlanX expanded unified project tools; Appia widened data access for several roles.
- **2026-07** — Hosted e-Merge Estimate on July 8, focused on infrastructure cost estimation.
- **2026-06** — Announced third consecutive Great Place To Work certification.
- **2026-01** — Launched Bid Intelligence with recommendation, tagging, and summarization capabilities.
- **2025-10** — Announced acquisition of Workflow Manager, now marketed as PlanX.

## Links

- Website: https://www.infotechinc.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/infotech-inc/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/infotechinc
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InfotechInc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InfoTechFL/

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Last updated: 2026-10-25