Url for public tender/bid invitation?

[Former Member]

Dear Gurus,

We are configuring public tender/ bid invitation document in our SRM server 7.01 (SRM 7 enhancement pack 1).

We have created a bid invitation document of type public. It has gone through approval and got published. We have not configured the system for decoupled bidding (bidding response from SUS available from SRM 7.01).

In which portal, the bid invitation will be published? is it the supplier portal or there will be separate portal link available for the same? Could you please give me a hint where to look for the public tender?

Secondly, who will get to see the public tender? Are only the suppliers present in the SRM system or any supplier who is even not registered with the client can see the public tender?

Any inputs will be highly appreciated.

Thanks and regards,

Ranjan

Ranjan Sutradhar

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Suppliers need to register them selves and you can also send the URl to their registered Emails.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Dear Rahul, Ranjan,

Sorry to interven in the discusion... Is guest log-in facility is relevant here? as using guest log-in, even the unregistered bidders can view the RFx.

Ganapathi

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Dear Ganapathi,

You have rightly raised the concern. My client is a public sector unit and they donot want to use the press or their existing corporate portal for publishing a public tender.

However, it will allow unregistered bidders to read the tender document. If the client requirement is that the bidder should not be able to view the tender without paying the tender fee, there will definitely be a conflict.

Let see how the other experts comment.

Thanks and regards,

Ranjan

[former_member22425]

Hello Ranjan,

As you have not configured the system for decoupled bidding , the bid invitation will be published in the internal portal link only.

It will be the same portal link where your purchaser would have login to publish the RFx.

Supplier registered within the SRM system will be logging to the same internal portal to access the bid invitation.

Also with regards to the Public tender ,any of the suppliers registered with the SRM system will be allowed to access the bid invitation , register for the same and do the bidding.

Those not registered within the same client will not be able to access the bid invitation.

Hope this will answer your query.

Thanks and regards,

Rahul

[Former Member]

Dear Rahul,

Thanks a lot. Our client is a malaysia based govt organization. Any tender/bid invitation published by the client needs to be viewed by any supplier who are not present in the SRM client. It is a govt regulation here. We are thinking of publishing the link in the client main page so that any supplier can access the public tender.

Now, could you please share some idea on how we can achieve a solution to show the public tender to all the suppliers who are not present in the SRM client? Can we think of some anonmous user logon (like ROS registration) where the suppliers without being present in the SRM client can see the bid invitation document?

Thanks in advance,

Ranjan

Ranjan Sutradhar

[former_member22425]

Dear Ranjan,

Your requirement can be achieved with the press tendering(paper add or advertisement on company website), where the client will be giving the details related to the Bid invitation so that the suppliers can view them and if interested they can register themselves to access the bid invitation and proceed with the follow on activities for response submission.

As you have mentioned , you can publish a link in the client main page referring to the Bid invitation with details and asking the interested suppliers to registered themselves via supplier registration url , so that a corresponding business partner will be generated for them in the SRM system and at the same time purchaser will be notified with the interested suppliers.

Once the supplier is registered, then they can access the bid invitation with there login credentials.

But at no point of time suppliers without registering in the SRM system can access the Bid invitation.

Hope this will answer your query.

Thanks & Best Regards,

Rahul