Prerequisite(s): A public or private bid must have been published.
The Contractor must have subscribed to the public bid or have responded to a private bid invitation.
The Bid Response Due Date and Time must not have elapsed.
Note: Only one user from your company may submit a bid on a contract. However, all registered users from your company have access to the ‘Manage Bid’ functionality. The first user from your company to successfully complete steps 3 and 4 below will be the only user from your company that may build and submit your company’s response to the bid. Bid responses may only be submitted until the specified Bid Response Due Date and Time for the contract.
1. From your homepage, click the Contract Name link in the Name column of the Contract List.
2. Hover your mouse over the Procurement Opportunity link on the menu bar.
3. Click the Manage Bid sub-link from the menu bar.
4. If requested, enter your company’s Federal Tax ID and Vendor ID.
5. Click the Submit button.
Note: Your Company must have a Federal Tax ID and Vendor ID assigned to its Vendor Profile in the system and both ID’s must be verified by the Buyer before you may continue in this process.
The General Contractor Administrator from your company may review your company’s Vendor Profile to ensure that a Federal Tax ID and Vendor ID are present in your company’s profile.
6. To view attachments, on the Proposal Request Summary page, click one of the document folders and then the File Name link of an attachment listed in the Document Management section of the Contract Summary page (see Screen Shot).
7. After reviewing the document, close the window to return to the Contract Summary page.
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 until all attachments have been reviewed.
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ENTERING A BID FOR BASE AND/OR OPTIONAL LINE ITEM(S)
ENTERING A BID FOR ADDITIVE(S) OR DEDUCTIVE(S) TO BASE LINE ITEM(s)
CREATING BIDDER SUPPLIED ALTERNATE LINE ITEM(S)
ENTERING A BID FOR BUYER SUPPLIED ALTERNATE LINE ITEM(S)
ADDING COMMENTS AND ATTACHMENTS TO A LINE ITEM
EXPORTING BID ITEMS TO AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET
IMPORTING BID ITEMS FROM AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET
DESIGNATING SUBCONTRACTORS AND COMPLETING SUPPLIER DIVERSITY VALUES
REVIEWING OVERALL SUBCONTRACTOR PARTICIPATION
REVISING A SUBCONTRACTOR'S LINE ITEMS