Request for proposal bundle (RFP)
Allows askers to make calls for tenders
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Allows askers to make calls for tenders
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To offer the possibility to make calls for tender. In other words, askers drive the requests on listings and offerors manage them.
Request For Proposals is the notion that the customers are the ones posting their requirements. Providers are now the users browsing the platform and selecting the posted requests they would like to apply to. Commonly known as demand-driven platforms, non-commoditized RFP bookings are widely used in B2B industries or to cater to services complex by nature and which require extensive discussion before being able to price the said services (e.g. renovation work or company auditing).
Please, find all interface documentation related to the RFP bundle, here:
SBO:
Front:
Dashboard:
SBO > Other > Features > Platform configuration > Platform mode
Dashboard > Bid > Accept
Dashboard > Bid > Cancel
Dashboard > Bid > Confirm
Dashboard > Bid > Show
Frontend > Bid > Create
SBO > Bid > Export
SBO > Bid > Show
Pending: the initial state of bid
Expired: RFP is ended, all related pending Bids are marked as expired. It is checked on an hourly basis via a cron.
Closed: RFP is closed, all related pending Bids are marked as closed.
Canceled: only offerors can cancel their own pending bids.
Declined: only askers can decline pending bids addressed to their own RFPs
Accepted: The asker accept the offeror bid
Confirmed: The asker paid and the offeror have done his service
The RFP bundle does not allow Free requests for proposal
The decision delay in the RFP mode concern the delay from the moment the RFP closing date is reached.
You can manage it with this configuration
SBO > Other > Feature > Request for Proposal > Decision Delay
The pending bids will expire when the rfp_decision_delay is reached after the closing date IF no bid has been accepted by the asker.
If the asker accepts a bid before the rfp_decision_delay is reached, then the pending bids will become “declined” and the rfp_decision_delay will not have any impact.
The RFP matching is a feature that will allow the Asker to notify per mail the offerers who could be interessed by the RFP after his publication.
The matching rules take into account:
The user categories selected during the RFP creation
The RFP address and the offerer adresses
