Once the bidding process ends (after the bid due date has passed), you can open a bid tabulation to compare the bids you received. A default bid tabulation sheet is available in Unifier, or your company may have a custom-designed bid tabulation sheet.
To compare bids
- Open the Request for Bid (RFB) record. The toolbar displays a Show button.
- Click Show. The Show window opens, listing the bids you received.
Once the bid is closed, upon selecting the bid, you can only view the information of the invitation that was sent, along with the bids that have been received. The information within the Invitation tab is read-only, and you (requestor) can only view the information about the bid-invitees, the addendums sent, and the emails sent to the invitees.
- From the list, select the vendors you want to compare and click Compare Classic.
Unifier tabulates the bids from the vendors you selected and displays a Compare sheet. This sheet will look different, depending on whether you are using the default comparison sheet supplied by Unifier, or a custom-designed comparison sheet created by your company.
The default bid comparison sheet shows the bid amounts for each line item for which the vendor submitted a bid.
The custom-designed bid comparison sheet shows the following:
- General bid information from each vendor who submitted a bid.
- Each line item from the RFB that the vendor has bid on. If the vendor adds line items of their own to the bid, these line items will appear on the sheet as well.