Selecting the winner

Before deciding

• In a sealed bid, the current round's envelope must be open. In an open auction, the final bid time must have passed.
• If criteria are defined, everyone who bid in this round must be fully scored.
• Make sure you will not start another round. After the decision, no new round can be started.

Awarding all items to a single supplier

1. 1
   Click Select Winner on the card of the bid you chose in the Received Bids tab.
2. 2
   In the "Confirm winner" window, all items come assigned to that supplier. Check them.
3. 3
   Write the reason for the decision in the Reason for the decision field (between 10 and 500 characters).
4. 4
   Click Confirm.

Per-item decision

In a multi-item sealed bid tender that is independent of a request, you can award items to different suppliers.

1. 1
   Click the Per-Item Decision button in the tab's title.
2. 2
   The window opens with each item assigned to the bid with the lowest price for that item. The suggested bid is marked "Lowest price" in the list.
3. 3
   To change an item's decision, choose another bid from the list on its row. To award an item to no one, choose Do not award.
4. 4
   Shortcuts: Best price on each item returns to the suggestion; Award everything to one supplier assigns all items to the supplier you choose.
5. 5
   Write the reason and click Confirm.

The decision is made in one go, for all items. Only a supplier's bid from the latest round can be selected; a supplier that did not pass pre-qualification cannot be selected.

What happens when you confirm

• The tender moves to the Concluded stage.
• Suppliers receive a result email: the winner gets "You Won the Tender" (with the items it won in a partial award), the others "Tender Concluded".
• The reason is written to the award record and the activity log.
• In a tender with several rounds, the negotiation gain is calculated: the difference between the winner's item amount in round 1 and its amount in the round it won.
• In a tender opened from a request, the bids and the winner are transferred to the request; approval, order and invoice continue on the request.