The bidding process usually starts after you received an invitation to bid from the contractor.
If a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) is available for the project, you can only access
the inquiry if you have signed and submitted the NDA, and the buyer approved the NDA
or issued an exemption. Otherwise, the Inquiry Progress shows Pending or Rejected and you are not allowed to continue. For more information
about NDA see Download and upload NDA documents.
With your bid, you specify the pricing breakdown, consisting of material cost, consumables cost, construction equipment cost, labor hours and unit rates. Additionally, you define labor rates, equipment rates, allowances, alternates and options. As part of the e-business functionality, you can attach files to the quote summary, upload them to the database, browse these files, or remove them from the database.
For subcontract agreements, the scope of work defines the tasks that have to be performed under the subcontract. You can view the milestones for the scope of work activities. The request for information or clarifications options allow you to view and maintain RFIs and submit questions to the buyer. Completed quotes can be electronically signed and submitted to the contractor.
The Inquiries page is visible only if there is any inquiry available.
Allows you to view all inquiries for which you have access. The dashboard also provides a quick view of the inquiries statuses. You can sort the information on the dashboard by clicking the appropriate column header. You can also filter the information by clicking on any of the columns header and selecting the filter criteria.
Project - Project name for the inquiry
Inquiry - Inquiry number
Description - Inquiry description
Supplement - Inquiry supplement number
Quote Reference Number - Reference number you have assigned to the quote
Inquiry Type - Type of the inquiry, Order or Subcontract
Status - Status of the inquiry
An inquiry can only be edited in the statuses Ready to Start, In Progress, Ready
to Submit, and Will not Bid.
Deadline - Bid due date and the time left to submit the bid. For a closed bid the finalization date is shown.
Inquiry Progress - Progress of the inquiry
Quicklink - Shows 'Go to last visited page' if you have already started editing this inquiry
To edit an inquiry, do the following:
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Click the Inquiries task on the menu.
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To start the bidding process for an inquiry, click the inquiry number in the Inquiry cell.
Alternatively, if you have already processed the inquiry, you can click Go to last visited page in the Quicklink cell to view the page that you opened last time.