Once a bid has closed, you’ll want to update the status of your bidders. It is important to note that you may only award to responsive bidders. To mark a bidder as responsive or non-responsive, navigate to Bid Management and choose the closed bid you wish to work with:
Navigate to the Bid Results tab:
Click Edit Bid:
Click Update Multiple:
Select all Bidders or individual bidders:
Click the Responsive drop-down and choose Yes or No, and click Save:
Repeat as necessary.
You can also click on the individual bidder and mark them as responsive or non-responsive, as well as mark the bid as withdrawn:
Note: vendors can withdraw their bids while bidding is still open.
Buyers can leave comments about the bidders by using the Comment box when updating multiple:
If you are manually updating by clicking on a specific bidder, buyers can leave comments in the Buyer Comment box:
You can decide whether to show comments or not by updating the Show Status drop-down: