Bid Online Definition - BQBOBD

The Bid/Quote Management (BQ) Bid Online Definition (BQBOBD) page displays the bid and its information as being used by Bid Online. This page should only be used in troubleshooting.

Bid Header Section

The header section contains primary information about the bid.

Bid Number: A unique, system or user assigned bid number.
Entity: The organization's entity, as defined on BQ Entity Definition (BQBOEN).
Ledger: The ledger to be used for bids and purchase order, as defined on BQ Entity Definition.
Type: Whether it is a Bid (B) or Quote (Q).
Status: Status of the bid (Open, Published, Cancelled, Awarded).
Description: Bid description.
Contact User: User who published or amended the bid.
Advertise Date: Date/time the bid becomes visible in Bid Online.
Open Date: Date/time when the bidding period opens.
Close Date: Date/time when the bidding period ends.
Opening Date: Date/time when the bids are opened.
Allow Bid Attachments: Whether bidder can upload attachments, as set at bid publication time.
Allow Shipments: Whether bidders are allowed to send shipments, as set at bid publication time.
Post Award to Public: Whether the award of the bid is published online, as set at bid publication time.
Decrypted By: User ID of the person that opened/decrypted the bid.
Created By: Displays the user and date/time this record was created.
Updated By: Displays the user and date/time this record was last updated.

Shipments Tab

The Shipments tab contains each bidder's submitted shipment detail.

Bidder ID: Automatically recorded ID of the bidder.
Shipment Number: Automatically seeded shipment number.
Shipped Via: Selected shipment method by the bidder.
Tracking Number: Tracking number of shipment as provided by the bidder.
Date Shipped: Date when shipment was made. Provided by bidder.
Estimated Arrival Date: Date when bidder expects the shipment to arrive.
Date Received: Date on which the shipment is marked as received by the site.
Description: Shipment description as provided by the bidder.
Created By: Displays the user and date/time this record was created.
Updated By: Displays the user and date/time this record was last updated.

Questions and Answers Tab

This tab contains the questions that bidders have submitted, and answers posted by the site.

Q&A Number: Automatically generated unique number.
Bidder ID: Automatically recorded ID of the bidder.
Question: The question submitted by the bidder.
Asked: The bidder's contact who asked the question.
Answer: The answer posted by the site.
Answered: Site contact who answered the question.
Display to all Bidders: Whether the question and answer should be visible for other bidders – check box for yes or blank for no.
Created By: Displays the user and date/time this record was created.
Updated By: Displays the user and date/time this record was last updated.

Assignments Tab

This tab shows the bidders that are linked to the bid by the commodity codes they have registered for. This information is used by Workflow models to send notifications to bidders.

Bidder ID: Automatically recorded ID of the bidder.
Bidder Name: Name of bidder's organization.
Access Date: For future use.
Ignore Flag: For future use.

Amend Acknowledgements Tab

Bidder ID: Automatically recorded ID of the bidder.
Bidder Name: Name of bidder's organization.
Amendment: Amendment number.
Created By: Displays the user and date/time this record was created.