Managing eQuotes

 Once you have imported all of these eQuotes you can compare and accept the winning quote and the pricing in your bid is updated.

Comparing eQuotes

Once you have imported your eQuotes, Quick Bid makes it easy to do a side-by-side, apples to apples comparison.

You can easily see who has the best price overall. You can also use this to negotiate with your Suppliers to get a better deal.

Minimum Order Quantity Notification

The supplier may return a quote that requires you to order more than you need.   An Alert icon will appear next to the amount under that specific Supplier's name.  To learn what it is, mouse over the .  A message will tell you a Minimum Order Qty is … with the required number of the supplier filled in to complete the message. Although one supplier may have a better price for a material, the minimum requirement may drive up your overall cost.

 

Accepting (Awarding) an eQuote

Once you have compared all the eQuotes from the Invited Suppliers, click the drop down arrow from the Invited Supplier whose quote you wish to accept and select Accept Quote.

 

 

The Materials Tab reflects the chosen Supplier and the date that pricing is updated and an Accept Quote icon appears in the column for that Invited Supplier and the pricing for your bid is updated.

 

 

 

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