Award Splitting

You can split awards among bidders in two ways:

  • Split by percentage.

    The percentage must be based on the line quantity and cannot exceed 100 percent. For example, suppose that you award one bidder 75 percent and another bidder 25 percent. In this case, the award is 75 percent of each line item based on the price bid by the first bidder and 25 percent of each line item based on the price bid by the second bidder.

  • Split by quantity.

    The quantity awarded cannot exceed the quantity bid. For example, if the event involves buying 100 items, but the bidder submits a bid to sell you 75 items, you can award the a purchase order for no more than 75 items.

Note:

If any of the lines on the event are amount-only, then you cannot split the award between bidders.

Award Splitting Rules

There are several rules impacting award splitting:

  • If a line is marked as quantity does not apply, you can split the award across multiple bidders.

    The award quantity is therefore be a decimal (.4) instead of a whole number. The total awarded quantity for a line marked quantity not applicable cannot exceed 1. This means that you can split an award across 3 bidders: Bidder 1 (.5), Bidder 2 (.4), and Bidder 3 (.1). If the award is made to a purchase order, the purchase order line is marked as amount-only; therefore, the line quantity on the awarded purchase order is automatically set to 1.

  • If a sourcing line is an item by description and is not marked quantity not applicable, you can award a decimal quantity.

    This means that if the sourcing line had a quantity of 2, the user can award the following: Bidder 1 (1.25) and Bidder 2 (.75). When the purchase orders are created, they are created for the same quantity as designated on the award (1.25 and .75)

  • If a sourcing line is an item from the item master table, then the system checks the unit of measure setting on the item setup to determine whether a decimal is allowed.

    This is based on whether the unit of measure for the item as a Quantity Precision setting of decimal or whole number. If decimal, the user may award the quantity using a decimal. Otherwise, the awarded quantity must be a whole number.