Colbi

What Colbi does

Colbi (legal entity: COLBI Technologies, Inc.) is a privately held US software company founded around 2002-2004 by school construction practitioners Lettie Boggs, Larry Goshorn, and Chuck Olsen, with headquarters in Tustin, California. The company develops and sells an integrated suite of web-based SaaS tools purpose-built for public agencies — primarily K-12 school districts — to manage capital building programs from initial planning through closeout. Its product portfolio comprises four named products covering distinct lifecycle stages: Account-Ability (facilities accounting and program management built on revenue, budget, and transaction components), QualityBidders (contractor prequalification with built-in CUPCCAA compliance), COLBIDocs (construction document control designed to avoid heavy IT infrastructure costs), and SecureBids (electronic bid receipt replacing paper-based openings). The suite is supported by a Professional Services offering that provides in-person, hands-on training and consulting from a team of fiscal, construction, and facility experts.

The company generates revenue through two streams: recurring software licensing/subscription for its four products, and project-based professional services and consulting. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; the go-to-market is consultative enterprise field sales to public agencies, with a 'Request a Demo' form as the primary lead capture mechanism, supplemented by content marketing (blog, reference guides), industry event participation (TASBO, CASH, CASBO, CAPPO), and a free practitioner community. Distribution is direct, with no channel partners or resellers identified. COLBI reports serving more than 250 clients managing over $40 billion in capital building program dollars across California and Texas, where the company has operated for 20+ years. The company is founder-owned with no disclosed external investors, no acquisitions, no funding rounds, and no public listing; the founding team remains actively involved, and the company appears to be a profitable lifestyle/small-scale operator in a deeply specialized public-sector vertical.

Name

Colbi

Legal name

COLBI Technologies, Inc.

Website

https://colbitech.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Colbi (COLBI Technologies, Inc.) is a privately held Tustin, California-based SaaS company that develops Account-Ability, QualityBidders, COLBIDocs, and SecureBids — integrated web-based tools used by 250+ public agencies, primarily California and Texas school districts, to manage capital building programs from planning through closeout.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Capital Building Program Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAAACAC

Software/Application Support (SaaS, Enterprise Apps)

Business & Public Services/Administrative & Support Services (BPO, Call Centers, Back Office)/Technical Support & Helpdesk (IT/Device/Product Support)

Keywords

• Capital program management
• Construction software tools
• Contractor prequalification
• Document control systems
• Electronic bid management

Headquarters

HQ city

Tustin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing/Subscription: COLBI develops and licenses software tools including Account-Ability, QualityBidders, COLBIDocs, and SecureBids to public agencies for managing capital building programs. The software is delivered as web-based tools with ongoing access fees.
2. Professional Services: The company provides expert consulting services and in-person, hands-on training to augment agency staff. Services are customized to work with specific agency needs and demands.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

COLBI Technologies, Inc. develops and licenses a suite of web-based SaaS software tools — Account-Ability, QualityBidders, COLBIDocs, and SecureBids — that enable public agencies (primarily K-12 school districts in California and Texas) to plan, account for, document, and close out multi-year, multi-fund capital building construction programs. The company complements these tools with in-person, hands-on professional services, training, and consulting delivered by fiscal, construction, and facility experts.

Product overview

COLBI is a software company that develops a suite of integrated planning and management tools for public agencies (primarily school districts) to manage their Capital Building Programs from initial plan through program closeout. The product portfolio consists of four core integrated tools: Account-Ability (facilities accounting and construction program management), QualityBidders (contractor prequalification and CUPCCAA compliance), COLBIDocs (construction document control), and SecureBids (electronic bid management), supported by Professional Services (consulting and client support). The tools are designed to work together to provide transparency, accountability, and efficiency in managing multi-year, multi-fund construction projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Account-Ability: Premier tool for managing a Construction program from the initial plan to program closeout. The foundation is built upon three critical components: Revenue, Budgets, and Transactions.
• COLBIDocs
• QualityBidders
• SecureBids

Products and services

• Account-Ability Premier web-based facilities accounting and capital building program management tool that gives public agencies control over multi-year, multi-fund construction programs from initial plan to program closeout, tracking revenue, budgets, and transactions.
• QualityBidders Web-based contractor prequalification tool that simplifies the prequalification process for contractors and agencies, supporting compliance with CUPCCAA requirements; a Full Service option can take the complete prequalification burden off the agency team.
• COLBIDocs Construction document control system that puts public agencies in control of their construction documents and processes without requiring expensive internal IT and storage systems.
• SecureBids

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 250 clients managing $40+ billion in capital building programs
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• PlanHub: Preconstruction bidding platform connecting general contractors, subcontractors, and owners. Comparable to the QualityBidders/SecureBids prequalification and e-bidding workflow.
• Newforma: Project information management and collaboration software for AEC firms and owner organizations. Adjacent to COLBIDocs as a document and project-collaboration tool for construction programs.

Broad incumbents

• AssetWorks: Public-sector-focused asset and facilities management software vendor serving schools, municipalities, and government fleets. Comparable buyer base and public-agency GTM motion.
• Oracle Primavera Unifier: Enterprise capital program and project portfolio management platform from Oracle. Competes for the same large public-agency and education owner accounts as COLBI's Account-Ability.
• Trimble e-Builder: Capital program and project management SaaS for owners, now part of Trimble. Directly comparable because it sells to public agencies and institutions managing multi-year construction programs, the same buyer COLBI targets.
• Procore: Largest construction management SaaS platform, increasingly expanding down-market into owners and public works. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose owner-side modules encroach on COLBI's territory.

Direct peers

• BuildingConnected (Autodesk): Bid management and prequalification network owned by Autodesk. Competes with QualityBidders on contractor prequalification workflows for public agencies.
• ConstructConnect: Bidding, prequalification, and project leads platform serving owners, GCs, and subcontractors. Comparable to COLBI on the QualityBidders and SecureBids side of the business.
• Kahua: Construction program management platform purpose-built for capital owners, including public sector and education clients. Competes head-on with Account-Ability in owner-side program accounting and document control.
• PMWeb: Capital program, project, and facilities management SaaS sold to owners including schools and public agencies. Direct competitor for Account-Ability-style multi-fund program accounting and lifecycle reporting.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ColbiTech
• Facebookfacebook.com/colbitech
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/colbi-technologies
• Instagraminstagram.com/colbitech

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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