What is an external Bid?
An external bid is one received from outside the iTWOcx Tenders system. This could be an email or an attachment you have received from one or more of your bidders.
As the bid has been sent from outside of the iTWOcx system, the information is disconnected and is not processed by the Tenders module. Neither the Tender Dashboard nor the Tender Package is updated with the relevant bid details.
However, with iTWOcx Tenders, capturing this information is easy and bid information can be imported into your package to keep all your Package/Bidder details in one place.
How to submit an External Bid
To submit an externally received bid follow the steps below.
Open the relevant package
1. Go to the Tenders Dashboard.
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3. Go to the Package Progress Tab.
Select Bidders
1. On the Package Progress Tab select the bidders you wish to submit an external bid for.
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You are now ready to upload the External bid(s)
Upload Documents
1. Click the Upload button against the relevant Bidder.
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5. You will see a count of the documents you have just added next to the Upload button.
6. Click Next.
Notify Bidders of Submission
After you click next you will be taken to the Notify tab of the External bid submission Wizard.
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