PlanetBids allows you to schedule your bid solicitation to publish at a predetermined date and time.
Note: Publish signifies that the bid solicitation has transitioned to Bidding status.
To schedule a bid, go to the Bid Information tab of the bid you wish to schedule:
Select the date and time you wish your bid solicitation to be published and change to Bidding stage by clicking Scheduled for Publish on:
Note: If there is a pre-bid meeting, you must select a date after it. If you do not see Scheduled for Publish on as an option, ensure the bid is in draft, planning, or publish approved as a project stage.
Select your date and time:
Note: you will not be able to schedule a bid to publish in less than 10 minutes in the future.
After you have selected the date/time for the bid solicitation to be published, complete the rest of the fields, ensuring that all required fields (notated with a red asterisk) are filled out.
Click Save Bid:
Confirm by clicking Schedule:
Any changes to your bid schedule will be noted in the Comments/History tab from within the bid solicitation:
To cancel the publication of the bid solicitation, click Cancel from within the Bid Information tab:
If you need to edit the date/time for your bid solicitation to publish, cancel the current setting and select a new scheduled date/time.