Creating award reasons

A repository of award and non-award reasons can be created and assigned to a sourcing event.

  • An award reason informs a supplier that they have been awarded your business. For example, a reason for awarding a bid may be due to the supplier's ability to provide the lowest price or best delivery date. After a bid has been awarded, the award reason that you defined can be viewed by suppliers.

  • A non-award reason is used only for internal inquiries and cannot be viewed by suppliers. Information from non-awards can be collected and used to respond to supplier inquiries. An example of a non-award reason may include incomplete bid, not best delivery date, or not lowest price.

To create an award reason

  1. Search for "Award Reasons".
  2. From the Actions menu, select Create.
  3. On the Create Award Reason form, use the following guidelines to enter field values:
    Sourcing Group

    Required. Select a sourcing group to assign to the award reason.

    Award Reason

    Required. Type a name for the award reason.

    Note: 

    Use a naming convention that makes it easy to distinguish between the awards and non-awards. For example, add a prefix "N-" to non-award reasons.

    Description

    Required. Type a description for the reason.

    Active

    Select this checkbox to make the award reason active.

  4. Click Save.