Adding a response

In Strategic Sourcing, a buyer can add a response on behalf of a supplier through the Buyer Page. A buyer should not use their buyer log in to access the Supplier Portal.

Only registered suppliers can respond to an event. You may need to first register the supplier through the Supplier Setup menu. Registering suppliers who do not self-register

Note: 

For sealed-bid events, enter a manual response after the response period close date and before the award process.

To add a response to an event

  1. Access Sourcing Buyer > Event Responses.
  2. From the Actions menu, select Manual Response. Use the following guidelines to enter field values:
    Company

    Required. Select the company to which the supplier is assigned.

    Event Number

    Required. Select the event number to which the supplier is responding.

    Supplier Group

    Required. Select the supplier group to which the supplier belongs.

    Supplier

    Required. Select the company ID to which the supplier belongs.

    Supplier Contact

    Required. Select the supplier contact who is submitting the bid.

    No Bid

    Select this checkbox if the supplier indicates that they are not submitting a bid.

  3. Click Save.
  4. Click the Line Responses tab.
  5. Select a line response and click Manual Line Update.
  6. Use the following guidelines to enter field values:
    Vendor Item

    Type the supplier's internal code for the item.

    If substitute items are allowed for the event line, the supplier must also identify the substitute item.

    Vendor Item Description

    Type the supplier's internal description for the item.

    If substitute items are allowed for the event line, the supplier must also identify the substitute item.

    Quantity

    Required. Type the quantity of items being responded to.

    Unit Price

    Required. Type the unit price for the items being responded to.

    Response Comments

    Type the comment that you want to add for line response.

  7. Click Save.