Below is an index of the articles available in the Help Centre regarding the creation, management, supplier response, evaluation and finalisation of Request & Tenders.
Creating your Request or Tender
The first step in the process is the creation and posting of your Request. You can create a Practice Request if you'd like to run through a demonstration of the process. You can also use an RFx Template to create your Request.
Request Approvals
If enabled for your enterprise your request may need to be approved before it is released to the Suppliers.
Managing your Open Request or Tender
Once your Request has been posted to Suppliers you have a variety of options for managing the Request.
- Editing a Request or Tender
- Inviting more Suppliers to an Open Request
- Sending a Message to Suppliers on an Open Request
- Viewing & Answering Supplier Questions on Requests
- Withdrawing a Request or Tender
- Viewing the Statistics for a Request
- Transferring a Request to Another User
- How to Accept a Late Submission
- Extending the Closing Date/Reopening a Request/Tender
Suppliers Viewing and Accessing Requests & Tenders
Once your Request has been posted, Suppliers will be notified and can access the Request or Tender in their own VendorPanel accounts.
- How Suppliers view a Request or Tender
- How Suppliers View & Access a Public Tender
- How Suppliers ask the Buyer a Question against a Request
Suppliers Sending their Response
Suppliers can send a response through their VendorPanel account against a Request or Tender.
- How Suppliers can flag their Intention to Respond
- How Suppliers Respond to a Request or Tender
- How Suppliers Respond to a Detailed Quote using QuoteBuilder
- How Suppliers can Edit a Response
- Suppliers Submitting Multiple Responses to a Request or Tender
- Supplier Colleague Responses
- Suppliers Submitting Late Submissions
- Suppliers Declining to Respond to a Request or Tender
Viewing your Responses
Once Suppliers have sent their Responses and the Request closes, you can view the responses and send messages to the Suppliers post-close.
- Viewing the Responses to a Request
- Extending Your Expected Decision Date
- Post-Close Communication - Contacting Suppliers after a Request has Closed
Evaluating Responses & Finalising Requests
The last step in the process is where you can evaluate your responses on VendorPanel (or externally), make your selections and finalise your Request.