Managing Bidders (Contracting)

In Ediphi, within the Contracting section of your project, you have the ability to add and remove bidders, along with a few other actions.

In this article

• Adding a Bidder
• Duplicating a Bidder
• Editing a Bidder
• Deleting a Bidder
• Carrying a Bidder

Adding a Bidder

1. Within the Scope Sheet or the Buy Sheet tabs under Contracting, you will see a section titled Bidders. Click on +Add.

2. A pop-up will appear allowing you to select one or multiple bidders from your Vendor Contacts. You can either search the bidders already in the platform, or you can manually add a bidder by clicking on Add Custom Bidder.

3. Once you have selected your desired bidders, click Add Selected Vendors.

Duplicating a Bidder

1. Within the Scope Sheet or the Buy Sheet tabs under Contracting, you will see a section titled Bidders. Here, you will see all the bidders currently added to your sheet. Click on the menu button located next to the bidder you would like to duplicate.

2. Click on Duplicate. The platform will automatically add a duplicate of this bidder to your sheet.

Editing a Bidder

1. Within the Scope Sheet or the Buy Sheet tabs under Contracting, you will see a section titled Bidders. Here, you will see all the bidders currently added to your sheet. Click on the menu button located next to the bidder you would like to edit.

2. Click on Modify.

3. Edit the bidder information, and once done click on Save.

Deleting a Bidder

1. Within the Scope Sheet or the Buy Sheet tabs under Contracting, you will see a section titled Bidders. Here, you will see all the bidders currently added to your sheet. Click on the menu button located next to the bidder you would like to remove.

2. Click on Modify.

3. You will see the option to “Delete Bidder”. Click on it.

4. The platform will ask you to confirm that you want to remove this bidder. Click on Confirm.

Carrying a Bidder

1. Within the Scope Sheet or the Buy Sheet tabs under Contracting, you will see a section titled Bidders. Here, you will see all the bidders currently added to your sheet. To carry a bidder, select the checkbox icon (the circle) on a bidder. This action will will automatically move them to the front of the Bidders section, regardless of the order they were initially set.

   

2. The carried bidder and their grand total will show on the top left above the Sheet Legend.

   

3. You can award the carried bidder on either the Scope or Buy Sheet tab. See our Bid Leveling article to learn more about awarding.

   

4. The carried bidder will then push into the Schedule of Values tab for further evaluation of pricing and position of the bidder.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact our support team and we’ll be happy to help!