RFQ Responses

This page allows sellers to manage the RFQ responses they have created. Only the most recent response sent to a buyer will be designated as Active or In-evaluation. The other listed responses provide a history of the response process for the selected RFQ request.

View
Select the status of the RFQ responses you want to see in the list. The choices are:
  • All (all responses regardless of state)
  • Draft (in preparation or being modified)
  • Active (approved by approver and submitted to buyer)
  • canceled (RFQ request is withdrawn by buyer and sellers notified, or buyer withdraws RFQ response)
  • In evaluation (response being evaluated by buyer)
  • Pending approval (being reviewed by approver if approvals has been enabled)
  • Rejected (the RFQ response was not accepted by the approver, and was returned to a draft state)
  • Retracted (response is removed from active state and is either modified or canceled)
  • Won (the response was accepted by the buyer)
  • Lost (the response was not accepted by the buyer)
  • Won Complete (the response was accepted by the buyer and has been sent to the Order or Contract subsystem)
  • Lost Complete (the response was not accepted by the buyer and the winning responses have been sent to the Order or Contract subsystem)
  • Won Next Round (buyer accepts your response but creates a next round RFQ for continued negotiation)
  • Lost Next Round (buyer rejects your response but creates a next round RFQ for continued negotiation)
Response Name
A unique identifier for the response.
Remark
Any remarks the seller typed in on the General response creation form.
Status
The current state of an RFQ request in the RFQ process. The choices are the same as described for the View field.
Creation time
The date and time the RFQ response was created.
New (does not display if the RFQ request is closed)
Click to initiate the RFQ response creation process by displaying the General form. If the indicated status is Won or Lost, the RFQ request has been closed.
Summary
Click to display details of the selected RFQ response, including response name, remarks, terms and conditions and product specifications.
Change
Click to initiate the RFQ response modification process for the selected RFQ response if it is in a Draft state. Displays the General form.
Cancel
Click to indicate that the response is no longer available for negotiation. It cannot be canceled if the buyer has accepted it.
Submit
Click to submit the RFQ response to the approver if approvals is enabled, or directly to the buyer. The state of the response changes to Active or Pending Approval.
Retract
Click to move the RFQ response from the Active state to Retracted state, where it can be canceled or returned to a draft state.
Revert
Click to move a response from Retract to a Draft state.