Bid Awarding Identifies the expected date upon the bid will be awarded by your organization to one or more vendors. Bid Will Be Indicates that the bid record is sealed. Sealed Vendor responses to sealed bids cannot be viewed until the Bid Opening date. Show Bid in Causes the bid record to be visible to Vendor Self vendors in Vendor Self Service (VSS). If Service the bid is not available in VSS, vendors must submit hard copy responses and those responses must be manually entered in Bid Central by your organization. Post Awards in Directs the program to publish the Vendor Self results of the bid awarding process to Service Vendor Self Service. Sourcing Items Defines the bid as requiring each line item to have an item reference from the Item File. When a bid with this check box selected is awarded, the program creates Item Supplier Records in the Item File. Include Displays manufacturer and part Manufacturer information on the Groups/Items page. Information For organizations that use Vendor Self Service, selecting this option also displays manufacturer and part information in bid invitations in VSS. Bid by Invitation When selected, VSS allows only the vendors on the Vendors tab’s Included Vendors list to view and submit proposals for the bid. Type Indicates the type of bid. Bid types are created and maintained in the Bill Types program. Conversion Determines the type of record to create when converting the awarded bid. Select Requisition, Purchase Order, or Contract. Enforcement Provides the enforcement method of the Method contract created when the bid is converted. This list is only visible when you select Contract from the Conversion list. User Defined Fields Field Name Contains any custom fields that have Required been defined for your organization using Value the User Defined Fields program.
Bid Awarding Identifies the expected date upon the bid will be awarded by your organization to one or more vendors. Bid Will Be Sealed Indicates that the bid record is sealed. Vendor responses to sealed bids cannot be viewed until the Bid Opening date. Show Bid in Vendor Self Service Causes the bid record to be visible to vendors in Vendor Self Service (VSS). If the bid is not available in VSS, vendors must submit hard copy responses and those responses must be manually entered in Bid Central by your organization. Post Awards in Vendor Self Service Directs the program to publish the results of the bid awarding process to Vendor Self Service. Sourcing Items Defines the bid as requiring each line item to have an item reference from the Item File. When a bid with this check box selected is awarded, the program creates Item Supplier Records in the Item File. Include Manufacturer Information Displays manufacturer and part information on the Groups/Items page. For organizations that use Vendor Self Service, selecting this option also displays manufacturer and part information in bid invitations in VSS. Bid by Invitation When selected, VSS allows only the vendors on the Vendors tab’s Included Vendors list to view and submit proposals for the bid. Type Indicates the type of bid. Bid types are created and maintained in the Bill Types program. Conversion Determines the type of record to create when converting the awarded bid. Select Requisition, Purchase Order, or Contract. Enforcement Method Provides the enforcement method of the contract created when the bid is converted. This list is only visible when you select Contract from the Conversion list. User Defined Fields Field Name Required Value Contains any custom fields that have been defined for your organization using the User Defined Fields program.
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