Suppliers:

• Prospective Supplier / New Supplier Registration

• Supplier Login

• Profile Management

• Extension Supplier Info

• Respond To RFI

• Acknowledge Participation

• Create Quote

• Responding to Auction

• Rebidding on Auction

• Downloading a Spreadsheet and Bidding or Quoting Offline

 Prospective Supplier
New Supplier Registration

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 STC Website

 Go to STC
website
www.stc.com.sa

 Select the link

"About STC"

Select the link

"Vendor Relation"

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 STC Website

 Select “New Registration” link, to register new supplier and send the
request to STC

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 Basic information

 Enter the company details: official name, CR, type … etc

 Enter the company contact details (a person details whose responsible to
interact with STC like receiving notifications, RFQ, RFI,….)
 Click Next button to continue

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 Company Details

 In company details page,

Address Book: physical address of company
Product & Services: activities provided by company
Contact Directory: company representatives

New Company
Address

To update
contact details

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 Address

 To create address, click on create button in address book section

 Enter address details as below
 Purchasing and payment sites are checked, RFQ only should be unchecked
 Click on apply button

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 Product & Service

 To create P&S, click on create button in P&S section

 Each P&S is formed from three levels, click on “view sub categories” icon to
go to the next level

To create new P&S, click on

create button

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Product & Service

1- Click this icon to go to the

next level (2nd child)

2- Click this icon to go to the

next level (3nd child)

3- once applicable checkbox

is enables, you reached to
the last level. Then mark on
P&S you aim to register

4- click apply to save

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 Additional Information

 Here is an extension page added to supplier profile

 Enter all valued customers that’s company provided P&S to it.
 Click on “Add Another Row” button, to insert new record
 Click on Next button to proceed

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 Attachments

All attachments must be uploaded here by company to finalize the registration

request
 Click on “Add Attachments” button, to upload attachments

Till now, there is no

attachments being added

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 Attachments

 There is a notification message to guide the user which documents must be

uploaded
 Enter all fields, since all are required
 Title
 Description
 Document Type
 Expiry Date
Type: (file) then click on browse button to select the file

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 Attachments

 Click on “Add Another” button, to upload a new document

 The notification message will be changed after each upload to show the
remaining
 Once all required documents uploaded, click on apply button

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 Attachments

 Click on submit button, to submit the registration request to STC

All attachments should be shown

here before you submit the
request
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 Request Completed

 When the registration request is successfully submitted, confirmation

message is seen as below

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Supplier Login

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 STC Website

 Go to STC
website
www.stc.com.sa

 Select the link

"About STC"

Select the link

"Vendor Relation"

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 STC Website

 Select “Enter The System” link, to login to iSupplier portal

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 System Login

 Provide user name & password

 Click “login” to login iSupplier portal

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 iSupplier Portal Full Access

 To enter to your company profile, select “iSupplier Portal Full Access”

responsibility
 All notifications from STC will be under Notification section in home screen for
your review

All notifications to supplier

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 Admin

 Select “Admin” tab to manage your profile

 Supplier user can manage supplier contacts, banking details, sites, product &
services,….. etc

Using this menu, user can

add/update supplier profile
details

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 Attachments

 Supplier can upload attachments through this screen

 Go to Admin tab, Select general from the menu

To update existing
To add new attachment, click attachment, click on update
on “Add Attachments” button icon

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 Attachments

 All fields are required:

Title , Description, Type, Expiry date, physical file

1- Enter title & description of

uploaded file

2- select the document type from

provided values, also enter the
expiry date of document

3- select the file, then click

browse button to upload the file

4- click apply button to finish, or

“add another” button to upload
more files
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Profile Management

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 Organization

 When supplier goes to organization page, there are some notifications appear
on the top of page if he has some missing inputs

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 Address Book

 Address book page is used to manage supplier addresses, either to create new
address or update existing
Address is the physical address of supplier, so purchasing documents will use
these info to issue PO, invoice, ….

To create new address, click create

button To update existing, click
update icon

Fill address details in popup

window, then click save

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 Contact Directory

Contact directory page is used to manage supplier contacts, either to create

new contact or update existing
Contact is the supplier representative and responsible to provide missing
details, respond to RFI, receiving notifications from buyer

To create new contact, click create

button

To update existing, click

update icon

Fill contact details in popup

window, then click save

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 Product & Service

Product & services page is used to create new product or to remove existing
P&S is the activities provided from supplier to buyer like OSP, civil projects
Each P&S is formed from three levels

To create new P&S, click on

add button

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Product & Service

1- Click this icon to go to the

next level (2nd child)

2- Click this icon to go to the

next level (3nd child)

3- once applicable checkbox

is enables, you reached to
the last level. Then mark on
P&S you aim to register

4- click apply to save

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 Product & Service

After applying the desired P&S, there will a confirmation message

P&S will be pending approval until getting approved from purchasing
department

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 Banking Details

 Banking details page is used to manage supplier bank accounts either to

create new bank account or update existing
 bank account will be pending approval until getting approved from buyer

To create new bank account To update existing bank account

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 Banking Details

Bank details: bank name, Branch details: branch name,

number, address,….. type, address,. ……

Account details: acc#, IBAN,

beneficiary name ,
currency,..

After providing all details,

click on save button

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Extension Supplier Info

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 Supplier Documents

 Supplier documents page is used to classify each attachment (not classified

yet) like is this file CR, Zakat certificate, company structure, …… etc
 To create new record, click on “add another row”
 Select the document type from provided values, which attachment, expiry
date

Click save button

to save all changes

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 List of References

 List of references page is used to enter all valued customers that’s company
provided P&S to it.
 To create new record, click on “add another row”

Click save button

to save all changes

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 Agencies & MFG

 Agencies & MFG page is used to determine the type of supplier either agency
or Manufacture or both
 Select MFG checkbox in case of supplier/company is manufacturing supplier
 Select agency checkbox in case of supplier/company is agency

In case of MFG selected, click “add another

row” to enter product information

In case of Agency selected, click “add

another row” to enter product information
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 Supplier Classification

 Supplier classification page is used to list all approved P&S for supplier in
addition their scores and classifications
 Supplier can’t modify this page by anyway, since its read only

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 Conflict of Interest Form

 Conflict of Interest page is used to List all details If you have direct or indirect
business or financial relationships with STC or individuals working for STC
includes and not limited to employees, managers and senior managers, and
board directors

 List all details if you have family relationships in 1st and 2nd degree, to any
STC working individuals include and not limited to employees, managers and
senior managers, and board directors

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Basic information

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Respond to RFI

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 STC Website

 Go to STC
website
www.stc.com.sa

 Select the link

"About STC"

Select the link

"Vendor Relation"

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 STC Website

 Select “Enter The System” link, to login to iSupplier portal

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 System Login

 Provide user name & password

 Click “login” to login iSupplier portal

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 Sourcing Home

 Supplier should uses this “sourcing supplier” responsibility to manage RFIs

that supplier invited, also to manage responses on RFIs
 To respond to RFI, use this responsibility and go to “sourcing home page”

To open negotiation page,

select “sourcing home
page” link

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 Sourcing Home

By using this page:

supplier able to respond all open RFIs,
Manage active responses for open RFI and still not closed by buyer
manage draft responses

All responses sent and RFI still active,

also all responses that are not sent yet

All new RFI’s that are not

responded from supplier yet

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 Open Negotiations

 From open invitations list, supplier able to open the desired RFI to respond

To open RFI for responding,

click on its number

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 Respond To RFI

 After opening RFI, supplier can perform some actions from actions list like
respond to RFI, make a discussion with buyer, view responses history if exit, also
export requirements list to excel sheet and answer and import it back

1- To respond RFI, select

“create response” from actions
list, then click go button

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 Respond To RFI

3- click continue button to proceed

2- respond on all requirements

and write responses here

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Respond To RFI

4- click submit button to send

the response to buyer

5- Confirmation message when

response successfully sent

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 Acknowledge Participation

The Negotiations Home page is the central point of access for all your negotiations. From here, you
can respond to all public negotiations as well as those negotiations to which you have been
specifically invited. You can also monitor negotiations in which you are participating and manage
any draft responses you have. If you have Oracle Procurement Contracts installed, you can manage
your contract deliverables from this page as well .
Steps:
1 - Navigate to Sourcing Home Page: (Responsibility) Sourcing Supplier> Sourcing > Sourcing
Home Page.
 Acknowledge Participation

2 - Under Open Invitations, click the negotiation number to access the Negotiation Summary page for
the negotiation in which you are interested.
Acknowledge Participation
 Acknowledge Participation
3 - The negotiation summary page displays all the current information for this negotiation. This includes
such information as the open and close dates, negotiation terms, and if the Requester field is visible, then
you can view the owner of the negotiation. You can also view header attribute information if the Additional
Header Attributes (Buyer & Supplier) is visible and any notes or attachments at the header level. The
countdown clock at the top of the page shows you the time left before the negotiation is closed. If
staggered closing is in effect, the clock shows the time remaining before the next line closes. If there is an
abstract associated with this negotiation, you can view the abstract information by selecting View Abstract
Details from the Actions menu. You can easily navigate to a particular section of the page (such as the item
information section) by clicking the appropriate tab links:
• Clicking the Lines link displays information on the negotiation lines, including such information
as the negotiation quantity, the current best response (if the buyer chooses to display this) and the
number of active responses. If the buyer chooses to allow you to access response information,
clicking the number link displays information on responses to this line. To see a line's attributes,
price factors or notes/attachments, click the description link in the Line column.
• Clicking the Controls link displays the response controls set by the buyer when the negotiation
was defined.
 Acknowledge Participation
• Clicking the Contract terms link displays any negotiation contract deliverable defined to this
negotiation. (Contract terms can only be defined if Oracle Procurement Contracts is installed
and licensed).
• If the item has attributes, cost factors, or price breaks associated with it, you can view
information on the item attributes by clicking the "View" link under the Details column. The
Notes and Attachments section displays any text messages from the buyer and any attached
files. Attachments can be viewed by clicking the paperclip icon. If the negotiation is open, you
can review any current responses by clicking the number link under the
Responses/Quotes/Bids column. If the negotiation is closed, you can only see the response
history if you are the buyer. If the negotiation is sealed, no one can see the responses until the
negotiation is over and unsealed.
 Acknowledge Participation

4 – Select “Acknowledge Participation” from Actions list

5 – Click “Go” button

6 – Select your response (Yes or No)

7 – Enter Note to Buyer optional
8 – Click “Apply” button
 Create Quote

Navigate to the negotiation summary page for the negotiation to which you wish to respond by clicking
its negotiation number link under the Open Invitations section of the Negotiations Home page.
Alternatively, you can enter search values into the Search Negotiations fields and click Go to list all
negotiations in the system, including ones to which you were not explicitly invited to. On the Active
Negotiations page, find your negotiation and click the negotiation number link there.

You can see details of the negotiation on the negotiation summary page. If less than 24 hours remain
for the negotiations, the countdown clock at the top of the page shows the amount of time left before
the negotiation closes in real time. If staggered closing is in effect, the clock shows the time remaining
until the next line closes. If you want to view any responses that have already been submitted, click
View Quote History/View Bid History. You can only see the existing responses when the negotiation is
open or unsealed.
1 - Navigate to Sourcing Home Page: (Responsibility) Sourcing Supplier> Sourcing > Sourcing Home
Page.
2 - Under Open Invitations, click the negotiation number to access the Negotiation Summary page for
the negotiation in which you are interested.
3 - On the negotiation summary page, select Create Quote/Create Bid from the Actions menu to create
a response to the negotiation.
 Create Quote

4 - If the buyer has defined Terms

and Conditions, you are asked to
read and accept the negotiation
terms and conditions. After reading
the terms and conditions.
5 - click Accept.
 Create Quote

6 - On the Create Quote/Create Bid page, enter the following header information:
• Quote Valid Until (Bid Valid Until) Enter the date on which your bid or quote expires.
You can use the pop-up calendar to select a date.
• Reference Number A number you can assign for your own internal tracking. This is
different from the quote/bid number which is generated by the system, assigned
automatically, and cannot be edited. The buyer can view this value.
• Note to Buyer You can enter a short text note to the buyer.
• Attachments Click Add Attachments and use the Add Attachment page to supply the
buyer with any additional information on, or specifications about your response. You can
attach a file, a URL, and/or a short text note. If the negotiation is a two-part RFQ, your
response is evaluated by two teams, a technical team and a commercial team. You can
target your attachment to either of these teams of evaluators.
• Requirements If there are any Requirements, they are displayed in the Requirements table.
Enter your response in the Bid Value/Quote Value field .
7 - Click the Lines tab.
Create Quote
 Create Quote
8 – Enter Quote/Bid Price Your price for one unit of the item or service:
• If the buyer has specified a starting price, that price is displayed in the Start Price column, and you
must offer a lower price.
• If the negotiation has a negotiation style of Open and there are existing quotes/bids on this line, the
current winning price is displayed in the Best Bid/Best Quote column.
• If the buyer has specified a target price for the line and chooses to show it, that price is displayed in
the Target Price column. If this is a complex work negotiation, any target price for buyer created pay
Items will be shown if the buyer has specified a target price for the pay item and has chosen to show
the target price for line.
9 - Promised Date Use the pop-up calendar to enter the date by which you will deliver the item or
service . If the negotiation outcome is Standard Purchase Order or this attribute is weighted, Promised
Date is required.
10 - If there is a circular icon to the right of the line description, there are line attributes or price factors
to which you must respond.
11 - When you have entered responses to all your line responses, click Continue. This returns you to the
Create: Review and Submit page.
 Create Quote
12 - If the negotiation is a large or very large negotiation, click "Validate" if you wish to have your
response values checked for validity. This is an optional step. Validation is performed by a concurrent
program. You can check the status of the job by clicking the link to the Manage Negotiation Drafts page
Once the status is complete, click "Review and Submit" to return to the Create: Review and Submit
page.
 Create Quote
13 - When you are satisfied with your bid, click Submit.
If the response controls only allow a single bid per round, you receive a warning message to that effect
when you submit your response. Also, if the negotiation is a two-part RFQ, you receive a warning
message explaining the two-part RFQ process.
 Create Quote

Note: If for some reason you do not wish to submit your response immediately, click Save Draft to
save your response information for a later session. Your draft will be assigned a number which you
can use later when accessing the draft for editing or completion. You can access your draft
responses by clicking the Manage Draft quick link from the Negotiations Home page. You can
access the draft for editing or for submission.
Drafts can be used to spread the response definition over several sessions. This is common in
situations where the response is complex and requires the input of several collaborators. In this
case, the draft can be accessed and edited as needed until the final version is ready for submission.
If multiple responses are allowed, a single supplier organization can have multiple draft responses
against the same negotiation; however, a single supplier user can only have one draft response
outstanding against a single negotiation. If they buyer allows only a single bid, a supplier
organization can have only one draft response against a particular negotiation.
Note: You can print a copy of your response to retain for reference of for offline review and/or
approval.
 Create Quote
To print a copy of your response:
1 - On the Create: Review and Submit page, click Printable View.
2 - You can open the file and view it online or save the file and print it offline.
When the prompt box appears, open and inspect the print directly, or save it to a location on your
machine and review the document there.

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 Responding to Auction
1 - Navigate to Sourcing Home Page: (Responsibility) Sourcing Supplier> Sourcing > Sourcing Home
Page.
2 - Under Open Invitations, click the negotiation number to access the Negotiation Summary page for
the negotiation in which you are interested.
 Responding to Auction

3 - On the negotiation summary page, select Create Quote/Create Bid from the Actions menu to create a
response to the negotiation.
 Responding to Auction
4 - If the buyer has defined Terms and Conditions, you are asked to read and accept the negotiation
terms and conditions. After reading the terms and conditions.
5 - click Accept.
 Responding to Auction

6 - On the Create Quote/Create Bid page, enter the following header information:
• Quote Valid Until (Bid Valid Until) Enter the date on which your bid or quote expires.
You can use the pop-up calendar to select a date.
• Reference Number A number you can assign for your own internal tracking. This is
different from the quote/bid number which is generated by the system, assigned
automatically, and cannot be edited. The buyer can view this value.
• Note to Buyer You can enter a short text note to the buyer.
• Attachments Click Add Attachments and use the Add Attachment page to supply the
buyer with any additional information on, or specifications about your response. You can
attach a file, a URL, and/or a short text note. If the negotiation is a two-part RFQ, your
response is evaluated by two teams, a technical team and a commercial team. You can
target your attachment to either of these teams of evaluators.
• Requirements If there are any Requirements, they are displayed in the Requirements table.
Enter your response in the Bid Value/Quote Value field .
7 - Click the Lines tab.
Responding to Auction
 Responding to Auction
8 – Enter Quote/Bid Price Your price for one unit of the item or service:
• If the buyer has specified a starting price, that price is displayed in the Start Price column, and you
must offer a lower price.
• If the negotiation has a negotiation style of Open and there are existing quotes/bids on this line, the
current winning price is displayed in the Best Bid/Best Quote column.
• If the buyer has specified a target price for the line and chooses to show it, that price is displayed in
the Target Price column. If this is a complex work negotiation, any target price for buyer created pay
Items will be shown if the buyer has specified a target price for the pay item and has chosen to show
the target price for line.
9 - Promised Date Use the pop-up calendar to enter the date by which you will deliver the item or
service . If the negotiation outcome is Standard Purchase Order or this attribute is weighted, Promised
Date is required.
10 - If there is a circular icon to the right of the line description, there are line attributes or price factors
to which you must respond.
11 - When you have entered responses to all your line responses, click Continue. This returns you to the
Create: Review and Submit page.
 Responding to Auction
12 - If the negotiation is a large or very large negotiation, click "Validate" if you wish to have your
response values checked for validity. This is an optional step. Validation is performed by a concurrent
program. You can check the status of the job by clicking the link to the Manage Negotiation Drafts page
Once the status is complete, click "Review and Submit" to return to the Create: Review and Submit
page.

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13 - When you are satisfied with your bid, click Submit.
If the response controls only allow a single bid per round, you receive a warning message to that effect
when you submit your response. Also, if the negotiation is a two-part RFQ, you receive a warning
message explaining the two-part RFQ process.
 Responding to Auction

Note: If for some reason you do not wish to submit your response immediately, click Save Draft to
save your response information for a later session. Your draft will be assigned a number which you
can use later when accessing the draft for editing or completion. You can access your draft
responses by clicking the Manage Draft quick link from the Negotiations Home page. You can
access the draft for editing or for submission.
Drafts can be used to spread the response definition over several sessions. This is common in
situations where the response is complex and requires the input of several collaborators. In this
case, the draft can be accessed and edited as needed until the final version is ready for submission.
If multiple responses are allowed, a single supplier organization can have multiple draft responses
against the same negotiation; however, a single supplier user can only have one draft response
outstanding against a single negotiation. If they buyer allows only a single bid, a supplier
organization can have only one draft response against a particular negotiation.
Note: You can print a copy of your response to retain for reference of for offline review and/or
approval.
 Responding to Auction
To print a copy of your response:
1 - On the Create: Review and Submit page, click Printable View.
2 - You can open the file and view it online or save the file and print it offline.
When the prompt box appears, open and inspect the print directly, or save it to a location on your
machine and review the document there.

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 Rebidding on Auction
While monitoring the responses to an open auction, the negotiation Monitor will indicate the rank of your
responses. You can tell that a better response has been submitted if your bid's rank goes from "1" to a
lower number, or from "Win" to "Lose". Also, you may receive an online message indicating that this
negotiation has entered its last autoextension. This indicates that a new triggering bid has been received in
the closing minutes of the negotiation. In either of these situations, you may wish to rebid on one or more
lines of the negotiation.
1 - Access the negotiation on which you wish to rebid/requote. Click the negotiation link to access the
negotiation summary page.

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2 - Click Create Quote/Bid.

 Rebidding on Auction
3 - On the Create Bid/Quote page, enter your new bid information and click Continue. If this negotiation is
an auction, the buyer may have required that you submit a bid that is a certain amount or percentage
lower than your last bid or the current best bid.
 Rebidding on Auction

4 - On the Review Quote/Bid page, check your response information. If correct, click Submit.
 Rebidding on Auction
Note: after submit, you can check your new Rank based on new price.
 Downloading a Spreadsheet and Bidding or Quoting Offline
Importing your responses using a spreadsheet is helpful if there are many lines in a large negotiation.

To download a spreadsheet and prepare your bid or quote offline:

1 - Access the open negotiation to which you wish to respond.
 Downloading a Spreadsheet and Bidding or Quoting Offline

2 - From the negotiation summary page, select Create Quote/Bid/Respond from the Actions menu and
click Go.
 Downloading a Spreadsheet and Bidding or Quoting Offline
3 - On the Create Quote/Bid/Response page, click Quote/Bid/Respond By Spreadsheet.
 Downloading a Spreadsheet and Bidding or Quoting Offline
4 - On the Quote/Bid/Respond By Spreadsheet page, select the type of spreadsheet format you wish to
use: XML Spreadsheet or Tab-Delimited (you can open the XML Spreadsheet in Excel if you have version
2003 or later). If you choose Tab delimited, you will also have to select which spreadsheet you wish to
download: Requirement or line. Click Export.
5 - Save the spreadsheet file to a convenient location.

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6 - Open the spreadsheet file and complete according to the instructions in the Read Me file included in
the zip. Save the file.
7 - Navigate back to the Quote/Bid/Respond By Spreadsheet page.

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8 - Select the format of the spreadsheet you wish to import Browse to the location where you saved
your spreadsheet file. Click Import. The system will validate the response information you entered in
your spreadsheet.
9 - Verify the details of your quote/ bid/response. If there are errors, click Quote/Bid/Respond By
Spreadsheet to access and correct your spreadsheet file. Once you have corrected your file, upload
again.
10 - On the Create Quote/Bid/Response page, click Continue to review the details of the
quote/bid/response process.

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11 - On the Review and Submit page, click Submit to submit your quote/bid/response.
12 - The Bid Confirmation/Quote Confirmation/Response Confirmation page displays your
bid/quote/response number.
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13 – Click Submit button.