Bid Awards

The job can be awarded to a desired supplier in two ways:

1. If you want to award the job to a specific supplier, click on the Browse bids overview screen, select the desired supplier and click on the Bid awards button.

 

2. On the Browse bids overview screen, open Price Analysis, select one of the predefined bid views1At the top of the screen there are six predefined bid analysis views: 1. Rank suppliers by best bid overall; 2. View best offers by line item groups; 3. View best offers by line items; 4. Analytical and summary overview of all bids; 5. Analytical overview by supplier; 6. View all bids by line item. and click the Manage Bid Awards button.

Clicking on the Manage Bid awards button will award the job to one (or many) suppliers. Note that the award logic depends on the selected view. 2e.g. If you select the view 3. View best offers by line items and click on the Manage Bid awards button, the system will award the job to those suppliers that submitted the lowest bid for each line item..

 

When you click on the button Bid awards, a screen will open showing the suppliers that participated in the RFx.

 

On this screen you can see whether the supplier has been selected or not, view detailed award information and manage awards, create contracts3Clicking on the button creates a contract which can be opened and further edited. or purchase orders4Clicking on the button creates a purchase order that can be opened and further edited. for selected suppliers and inform suppliers about the award decision by sending them an e-mail.

 

Clicking on the View button opens a detailed award information window where you can manage awards.

 

Each RFx line item is represented on an individual line and can be independently awarded to each bidder. You can update a bid award decision for a line item by selecting the desired line and clicking the Edit button. From the drop-down list it is possible to select a desired supplier.

To save the changes, it is necessary to click the Save button.

 

You can inform each individual supplier about the award decision by clicking on the e-mail icon.