🏢 Bidsphere — B2B Tender Management Platform

Bidsphere is a professional platform where companies can:

• Register & manage their profile
• Create, edit, and delete tenders
• Browse and apply to tenders from other companies
• Submit proposals
• Manage everything from a modern dashboard

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🔧 Tech Stack

• Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript (later upgraded to Next.js)
• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Database: PostgreSQL (via Supabase) https://dbdiagram.io/d
• Authentication: JWT
• Hosting: Vercel (frontend), Render (backend)

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📦 Folder Structure

bidsphere/ ├── backend/ ├── frontend/ ├── frontend-next/ └── README.md

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🛠️ Setup Instructions

1️⃣ Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/aayushi2882/bidsphere.git
cd bidsphere

2️⃣ Backend Setup
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cd backend
npm install
🔐 Create a .env file inside /backend with:

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PORT=5000
DATABASE_URL=your_postgresql_url
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
➡️ Then run:

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npm run dev
🟢 Backend runs on: http://localhost:5000

3️⃣ Frontend Setup (Plain HTML Version)
Just open frontend/login.html or frontend/dashboard.html in your browser.

4️⃣ Frontend Setup (Next.js Version)
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cd frontend-next
npm install
npm run dev
🟢 Next.js runs on: http://localhost:3000

🧪 Test Credentials
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Email: [email protected]
Password: test1234

📌 Features
🔐 JWT Auth

🏢 Company profile CRUD

📑 Tender management

🌐 Explore tenders & submit proposals

🖼️ Logo uploads with Supabase Storage


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### ✅ STEP 3: Save and Push to GitHub

Open terminal in that same folder and run:

```bash
git add README.md
git commit -m "📝 Add complete README with setup instructions"
git push origin main