Bidding Responses

Form ID: (RQ303000)

Note: This form is available only if the Purchase Requisitions feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.

You use this form to enter vendors' bidding responses. See Processing Purchase Requests and Requisitions for more information.

Note: This form does not allow you to select the vendor and does not show the selected vendor. To select the vendor or see the selected vendor, use the Complete Bidding (RQ503000) form.

Form Toolbar

The form toolbar includes only standard buttons. For the list of standard buttons, see Form Toolbar and More Menu.

Summary Area

In this area, you can enter summary information about a bidding response or select an existing response for viewing or modification.

Element Description
Requisition The reference number of the requisition associated with the bidding response.
Vendor The vendor from which the bidding response was received.
Location

The location of the vendor.

This box appears only if the Business Account Locations feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.

Entry Date The date when the bidding response was entered. By default, this is the current date, but it can be changed.
Currency The currency of the bidding response.
Total Bid Qty. A read-only box showing the total quantity of items that can be supplied by this vendor, which is the sum of the Bid Qty. values listed for each item in the Bidding Details tab.
Total Extended Cost A read-only box that displays the total cost of the items, according to this particular vendor's bid. This cost is calculated as the sum of the Bid Extended Cost values listed for each item in the Bidding Details tab.

Bidding Details Tab

You use the Bidding Details tab to enter the list of items for which vendors will offer bids, as well as to enter bidding details about these items.

The table toolbar includes only standard buttons. For the list of standard buttons, see Table Toolbar.

Column Description
Inventory ID The alphanumerical identifier of the inventory item.
Subitem

The applicable subitem.

This box appears only if the Inventory Subitems feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.

Important: The Inventory Subitems check box has been removed from the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form because the functionality associated with the Inventory Subitems feature will be phased out. If you have this feature enabled in your system, the associated functionality remains available. To disable the feature, contact your MYOB support provider.
Description The description of the inventory item.
Alternate ID The identifier of the inventory item that is used by the vendor.
UOM The unit of measure of the inventory item.
Order Qty. The ordered quantity of the item.
Min. Qty. The minimum quantity of the item that can be supplied by the vendor.
Bid Qty. The total quantity of items that the vendor can supply according to the bidding response.
Bid Unit Cost The bid cost per unit.
Bid Number The reference number of the bid.
Bid Extended Cost The total cost of the inventory item the vendor is bidding on in this response. This cost is calculated as the bid unit cost multiplied by the quantity of items.

Vendor Info Tab

This tab contains detailed information about the vendor.

Table 1. Vendor Contact Section
Element Description
Override A check box that you select to override the default contact information and specify different settings in the following elements.
Business Name The vendor's business name.
Attention The person or department to contact on matters related to the items shipped by the vendor.
Phone 1 The main phone number of the vendor.
Email The email address of the vendor.
Table 2. Vendor Address Section
Element Description
Override A check box that you select to override the default address information and specify different settings in the following elements.
Address Line 1 The first line of the vendor's office address.
Address Line 2 The second line of the vendor's office address.
City The city of the vendor's office.
Country The country of the vendor's office.
State The state of the vendor's office.
Postal Code The postal code of the vendor's office.
Table 3. Vendor Bidding Section
Element Description
Expiration Date The deadline for delivery. This date should not be later than the promised date. The vendor gives assurance that the items will be supplied no later than this date.
Promised Date The date by which the request must be fulfilled. The system calculates the promised date as the date of creation of the request plus the promised lead time specified for the request class.
FOB Point The destination at which the vendor delivers the goods to be loaded to the transportation provided by the carrier. You can select one of the following options:
  • Destination: To assign the final destination as the FOB point
  • Port: To assign the port as the FOB point
  • Shipping Point: To assign the shipping point as the FOB point
Ship Via The service or carrier selected to ship the goods.