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Capacity Release Bids
- This is a tutorial for creating a bid on an existing offer.
- To create a bit, navigate to the capacity release tab and choose bids.
- The bid search screen can be used to search for existing bid that you've placed or you can create it from the screen.
- Choose the create button to create bid.
- You are then navigated to the Offer Summary List page, which details all of the offers that are available for bid.
- Locate the offer you wish to bid on by looking at the offered number in the offering number column and choose the bid gavel to begin the process.
- The bid process gathers information on four different tabs, the majority of which are populated automatically from the As you navigate through each tab,
- any fields that require information will be highlighted in red.
- On the bid info page, the affiliate indicator is required.
- From the drop-down, choose the appropriate response, confirm all other information is correct, and navigate to the rate tab.
- The rate will include information populated from the offer and requires your bid.
- In the Rate Bid field, enter the rate that you wish to bid on this offer and navigate to the Quantity and Location page.
- Here you will see the quantity by location for this Offer.
- Confirm that is the information that You wish To bid On and Navigate to The Terms page fields that are required on the terms page are highlighted in red.
- standalone bid description, and bidder's contingency terms when contingencies are required.
- Once all information is completed, you can choose submit bid and then hit submit.
- once your bid has been successfully submitted, You will receive a message with your number.
- The bid will be awarded at the bid award time.
- Upon submitting your bid you may receive error messages on fields that require information or have conflicting information.
- If so, you will receive a dialog box including the fields where information is required, the tab where those fields are located,
- and when navigating to those tabs you'll see in red the field that requires information Choose the correct information, navigate to the next tab with missing information.
- Complete those fields and choose submit bid again.
- If you have completed all the information you will receive a submitted successfully message with your bid number.
- Several fields on the create bid process are self-explanatory.
- Other fields require more information.
- For those fields, we have included tool tips.
- for example, this rate bid has a tool tip.
- Hover over the rate bed and the description says the amount you, the bidder, want to bid.
- This will provide you with the information needed to complete those field and submit your bid
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