Marking Bidders Responsive/Non-Responsive (Article)

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You can also click on the individual bidder and mark them as responsive or non-responsive, as well as mark the bid as withdrawn: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: