Active Bid

Modified on Wed, 25 Feb at 11:18 AM

Once the bid is solicited to vendors for the bid response, the bid is considered active and will display in the Active Bid report with record status of solicited.

The Bid Manager can respond to a vendor’s questions, send out a Clarification to all the Vendors responding, Change the Dates and Project Roles, or Close the Bid early.

Summary Tab

This section describes the steps to perform optional tasks in the Summary tab.

Note: Vendors receive an email notification when anything is changed in the Summary tab.

Step Action
1.

Click Active Bids.

2. Locate then open the bid.
3.

Click Change Dates in the Summary tab.

4.

Change the following dates, as applicable:

  1. Open Bid

  2. Intent to Bid

  3. Q&A

  4. Expiration

5.

Type a reason in the reason field, then click Submit.

The date(s) and reason display on the Summary tab.

6.

Click Change Project Roles.

7.

Click the magnifying glass on a role, choose a new role, then click Submit.

8.

Click Close Bid Early.

The bidding status is set to Closed.

9.

Click Cancel, as applicable.

10.

Click Ok, Proceed on the pop-up.

The bid status is set to Cancelled.

Q&A/RFI Tab

Questions to the Bid Managers from the Bid Responders can be viewed and answered on this tab.

This section describes the steps to respond to questions.

Answer a Vendor Question

Step Action
1.

Click Active Bids.

2.

Locate, then select a solicited bid.

3.

Click the Q&A/RFI tab.

Note: The badge on the tab indicates the number of questions available to answer.

4.

Select, then open the vendor question.

5.

Complete the page as follows:

  1. Type an answer in the Answer field.

    TIP: Be as descriptive as possible and completely and fully answer the question. This will save time with additional questions from the vendor, or related questions from others who've been invited to bid.

  2. Add documents by performing a drag, then drop, or click to select.

  3. Click Submit.

The response displays in the Q&A/RFI tab.

Clarifications Tab

The Bid Manager can view existing or add new Clarifications from this tab.

Step Action
1.

Click Active Bids.

2.

Locate, then select the solicited bid.

3.

Click the Clarifications tab.

4.

Click + Add.

5.

Complete the clarifications page as follows:

  1. Type a description in the Description field.

  2. Type the clarification text in the Clarification field.

  3. Choose an existing document in the Attachment Tree, else add a document with drag and drop, or click to select.

  4. Click Submit.

Comparison Tab

In the Comparison tab, the Bid Manager can compare Bid Responses and Awarded Bids after the Bid is closed.

See the Closed Bid section for more details

Notification Tab

After the bid reaches the solicited status, the Notifications tab displays. The Bid Manager can see all the notifications related to the Bid in this tab.

Other Tabs

The remaining tabs are Administration; Instructions; Vendors; Cost Items; Attachments; Questionnaire and Requirements tabs which display the information entered on the Draft Bid.

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