Supplier.Bid RFQ
Sending PR to Supplier.Bid
1. To send a PR to Supplier.Bid you first need to go to Procurement -> Request ->Open Request. From this screen you are going to click on the check box next to the PR you want to send to Supplier.Bid.
2. Once that is done you will need to click on the Send RFQ button located in the Menu bar.
3. If the PR is sent successfully you will get the below message at the top of the page.
Check RFQ in Supplier.Bid
The next step is to log into Supplier.Bid this can be done by going to demo.buyer.test.supplier.bid (please note this will be different depending on the customer).
1.Once logged in you will need to go to RFx -> My RFx.
2. Next using the search options on the page you can search for the PR that was sent over in this case PR11700. You will notice that once it is sent to Supplier.Bid the RFQ will be in Draft status.
Modify RFQ before sending to Suppliers
1. To make changes to the RFQ settings you will need to click on the Pencil button on the right hand side of the screen.
2. Once you have click on that button you will be able to make changes to the RFQ options such as the Open and Close Dates, the Release Date which is the day it is sent out to the suppliers, Mandated Bidding Currency and a Description for the Bid.
3. Once all the settings have been completed you can hit on the Save Progress button to save the changes and
then the exit button to take you back to the main screen.
Adding Bidders to RFQ
1. To add in Suppliers you need to click on the Bidders link.
2. Once you do that you will be taken to the page below.
3. Next you will need to click on the Add Bidders button above this will open up a popup where you can search for the suppliers that you want to add to the RFQ.
4. Once you have found the suppliers you want you will just need to select the Check Box next to the supplier name and then click on the add bidder button.
Submitting RFQ
1. The final step before the RFQ can be sent to the Supplier is to submit it for approval. To do this you will need to click on the Menu button and then hit the Submit RFx option from the dropdown menu.
2. If approvals are setup then the RFQ will go through the approval workflow if not then the RFQ will change to Open Status.
3. At point Supplier.Bid will send an email notification to each supplier alerting them that they can go in and bid on the items if they wish.
Selecting RFQ to Bid on in Supplier.Bid
1. To begin the process of putting in the bid prices the suppliers would need to log into demo.test.Supplier.Bid (please note this will be different depending on the customer).
2. Once logged in you are going to want to look for the RFx Menu and click on Bid Opportunities.
3. This will bring you to a page that shows a listing of all active bids/RFQ’s that have been offered to the
supplier. You will then need to screen down until you find the RFQ that you want to bid on.
4. Next you will need to click on the Menu button and select Intent to Bid from the dropdown menu.
5. Once on the next page you have the option of selecting whether you want to bid on the RFQ or whether you
do not want to bid on the RFQ. Since we want to be we will select the first option and the fill in any
information that is missing before hitting Submit/
Submitting a Price for RFQ
1. Once you are in the bidding screen you will need to fill out the below information. This includes Quote
Validity Date, how many days after receipt of the PO the item will be sent, Shipping Terms and Payment Terms
2. Now there are two ways to put in the prices the first way is to just do it through the web interface and put in
the price in the Price Column as you can see below.
3. The other option is to click on the Download Bid Items button. This will download an excel spreadsheet that you can use to put in the values. Once you are done with putting in the pricing in the excel spread sheet you can hit the Import Bid button to upload the spreadsheet.
4. The last step is to click on the Submit Button to submit you bid to the buyers.
Importing RFQ prices to Redrock
1. To import in the RFQ prices the buyer will just need to go Procurement -> RFQ -> View RFQs
2. From the View RFQs screen to retrieve the RFQ prices from Supplier.Bid the user just needs to click on the Retrieve RFQ button
3. Once the system has gone the RFQ pricing you will see the message below and the grid will update
4. And you will see the PR that you sent to Supplier.Bid in the listing below.
5. If you double click on the line item the system will show you the item details with the pricing that was
submitted to Supplier.Bid