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3 Select the recipients you want to send the invitation to. You can add
more vendors by clicking the Add Recipients link.
4 In the Invitation details, enter a subject for the invitation.
5 Select the date when the intent to bid is due.
6 Select the date when the bid is due.
7 Select a Project Contact and enter contact information for that person.
The people available in the drop-down list are the bid administrators
that were added to the bid management process in the Bid Management
Options.
8 Add a project description and any additional notes.
9 Click the Add Documents and Drawings link if you want to send
supplementary files to the vendors. The Add Documents and Drawings
page is displayed.
10 Select either Local Files or Project Files from the drop-down list.
NOTE If you select a file from your Buzzsaw site a copy of the file is attached
to the package. Thus, if the file on the site changes, the attached file is not
updated.
11 Click the Browse button to navigate to the files that you want to add
to the bid. The files are displayed.
12 Click OK to return to the Create Bid Invitation page.
13 When you are finished click Send. The invitation is send to the selected
vendor. You can review the invitation details by opening the bid package
in the Bid Management dashboard. You can track the responses from
the vendors in the
Bid Packages (page 360) tab of the bid package details.
After an invitation has been sent to the vendors you can update the package
and send additional invitations. See Bid Packages (page 360) for details.
Viewing a bid package
In the Bid Management dashboard click the name of a package. For more
information about the four tabs and the various tasks available, see
Bid
Packages
(page 360).
Deleting a bid package
1 In the Bid Management dashboard select the check-box next to the
package that you want to delete. You can select more than one package.
2 Click Delete Packages.
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