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purchasing:maintenance:bidprocessing:awardbid
Award Bid - REQ3530
Purchasing > Maintenance > Bid Processing > Award Bid
This page is used to award a bid to a vendor, and create a purchase order based on the approved bid details. You can only view your created bids. However, if the Global Access field is selected on the Maintenance > User Profiles > Purchasing Permissions tab in District Administration, you can view bids created by all users.
Award a bid:
| Retrieve an existing record. |
Click Retrieve.
If the bid number is not known, click Directory.
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❏ Under Bid Information:
| Field | Description |
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| Bid Nbr | The assigned bid number is displayed. |
| Buyer | The logged-on user's name is displayed. |
| Payment Terms | The bid payment term is displayed (e.g., Net 30). |
| Request Date | The bid request date is displayed in the MMDDYYYY format. |
| Date Open | The beginning date for the bid is displayed in the MMDDYYYY format. |
| Date Close | The ending date for the bid is displayed in the MMDDYYYY format. |
| Ship To | The bid shipping address is displayed. |
| Reference | The bid reference description is displayed. |
❏ Under Bid Items, the requisition line item details are displayed.
 | Click to view the line item details. The vendor list to which the bid was solicited is displayed under Vendor Information. |
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| Note | Click to view notes. The notes pop-up window is displayed with any existing notes. Click OK to close the pop-up window. |
❏ Under Vendor Information, the Vendor Nbr, Vendor Name, Vendor Sort Key, Address, Phone, Fax, Email, and HUB Status fields from the Vendor Information > Vendor/Name address tab are displayed for each vendor.
| Click to view the bid quote items for the selected vendor. The line items are displayed at the bottom of the page under Bid Quote Items. |
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| Response Date | Type the date that the vendor responded to the bid in the MMDDYYYY format. If this field is populated for any line item, the Response field under Bid Quote Items is automatically selected. |
| Response Time | Type the time that the vendor responded to the bid in the HH MM format. |
| Reference Quote | Type the reference quote assigned to the bid by the vendor. |
❏ Under Vendor Responses:
| Response | If selected, the vendor responded to the bid solicitation. |
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| Bid | If selected, the vendor provided a different price for the line item, which is displayed in the Unit Price field. |
| Vendor Comments | Click Note to view or add vendor comments. If comments exist, a paperclip icon is displayed on the Note button. |
❏ Click Save.
Other functions and features:
| Return Bid to Vendor Response |
Click to return the bid to the Vendor Response page. |
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| Create Purchase Order |
Click to finalize the bid. The bid status is changed to A - Approve, and a purchase order is created for each awarded vendor. |
| Comment |
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| Click to print the bid details. Review the report. | |
| Delete |
Click to delete a bid. All associated requisitions are updated with a P - Pending status. Requisitions can be viewed on the Purchasing > Inquiry > Requisition Status Inquiry page, and approved on the Purchasing > Maintenance > Approve Requisition page. |
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Click to delete a row. The row is shaded red to indicate that it will be deleted when the record is saved.
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purchasing/maintenance/bidprocessing/awardbid.txt · Last modified: 2023/08/15 21:28 by emoreno
Click to view or add comments to the bid. The comments are strictly for bid purposes and are not displayed on the purchase order. If comments exist, a paperclip icon is displayed on the Comment button.
Click OK to save the comment and close the window.
Click Cancel to close the window without saving the comment.