Abstract: For individuals and enterprises there are many points in their life where it would be beneficial for them to easily and rapidly exploit the power and speed of today electronic devices and communications networks by accessing an online portal/software application allowing for the distribution of their requirements to potential service providers and collation of responses from service providers in multiple formats. However, in contrast to the prior art solutions for supply chain management etc. embodiments of the invention are geared to time sensitive and immediate requirements rather than traditional procurement/order fulfillment cycles. Embodiments of the invention are intended to provide widespread dissemination of requirements and consolidation of responses to the requester.