4.3 Quoting on Portal

This page is for suppliers. Open Request for Quotation in the portal menu to see every request sent to you.

RFQ list on the portal

The tabs group requests by where they stand:

Tab	Shows
Invited	New requests awaiting your quotation.
Draft	Requests for which you have saved a draft quotation but haven't submitted it.
Bidding	Open bids you are participating in.
Submitted	Quotations you have submitted to buyers.
Awarded / Not Selected	The outcome after the buyer makes an award decision.
Declined	Requests you have chosen not to submit a quotation for.
Closed	Requests whose submission deadline has passed.

Sending a Quotation

Open a request from the Invited tab.
Enter Your price and Lead time (in days) for every item. The amount and total update as you type.
Optionally enter Your quotation number, your own reference.
Choose Prices valid until.
Click Send quotation for a sealed bid, or Place bid for an open bid.

Quoting on a sealed bid

Save draft keeps your prices without sending them. The request moves to the Draft tab.
Not quoting declines the request. You are asked for a short reason.
Print gives you a printable copy of the request.

For an open bid, your first bid opens the bid room, where you can lower your price as often as you like until bidding closes. See Open Bids.

Your quotation appears under Supplier Quotation with its status.
When the buyer awards the request, you are emailed and the request moves to Awarded or Not Selected.
Purchase orders for the items you won appear under Purchase Order.