How to Submit a Bid Online with
Collin County Community College District
Important Information
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Please don’t wait until the last minute to start working on your bid. Although it’s
infrequent, we have had computer glitches that have brought the system down
temporarily, and we don’t want you to miss a bidding opportunity.
Although we cannot see exactly WHAT you’re bidding, we can tell if you’ve viewed the
bid or if you’ve begun working on the bid. We can also see that you have submitted the
bid. If you have any doubts or hesitancy as to whether your submission was successful,
please call the appropriate Buyer and they can tell you if it’s been received.
Please make sure that you periodically log into your e-bid account and view your
company’s profile information. The electronic bid notices are sent via e-mail, and if you
should change ISPs and your e-mail address changes, the e-mails will get returned to a
dead e-mail letter box. Also, you’re always free to add numerous other contact names
and e-mail addresses to your account. We’ve seen more than a few instances where the
person whose name appears on the account is traveling or out of pocket, and the office is
unable to respond to the bid.
To access Help, left mouse click on the link in the upper right of the screen.
See following pages for step by step instructions on “How to Submit a Bid Online.”
Revised on 5/13/2015
How to Submit a Bid Online with Collin College
1. Go to Collin College’s website (http://www.collin.edu/).
2. Choose ABOUT US from the Navigation bar at the top.
3. Bid Opportunities (http://www.collin.edu/purchasing/bidopp.html) will be located in the middle of
the body of the page.
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4. Choose the For Registered Vendors link from the PURCHASING NAVIGATION on the bottom
right side of the page.
5. Log into the system. For security purposes, you will be automatically logged out after forty
(40) minutes of inactivity. You will receive a warning at thirty (30) minutes that your
session is about to expire. Unsaved work will be lost.
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Save your response often.
How to Submit a Bid Online with Collin College
6. From the main page, choose an invitation to respond to by left mouse clicking on the Bid
Number which is a link.
7. Once the bid opens, begin by reviewing the Bid Notes.
NOTE:
If you are NOT interested in submitting pricing, see page 12 steps 23 and 24 of
these instructions to enter a No Bid response.
8. The Buyer/Bid Contact Information is located on the right of the Event Details tab.
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9. Left mouse click on the Activities tab to see if there are any required, scheduled activities.
This is where a Pre-Bid Conference would be listed.
10. Then go to the Attachments tab to review all attached documents. When you left mouse
click on the Download button beside each attachment, the attachment will open.
Examples of Attachments are
 terms and conditions
 specifications
 scope of work
 insurance requirements (if purchase requires installation).
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11. Next, proceed to the Attributes tab and respond to all questions. The number of attributes will
be provided in the lower left corner. The attributes with a red asterisk (*) are required.
Attributes are a series of questions that we ask you about your company. Some common
attributes are
 Bid Acceptance
 Bonds
 Completion Date/Delivery Time
 Cooperative Purchasing Agreement
 Delinquent Franchise Taxes
 Equal Opportunity Employer
 Felony Conviction Notice
 Non Collusion Statement
 References (requires a response)
 Tobacco Free Campus.
NOTES: When completing Attributes, please make note of the form of your answer being
requested. When answering the question “How long has your company been in
business,” and you see that the descriptive word next to the answer box says
“numeric,” please don’t enter “a lot of years” as an answer.
You can perform an Error Check by left mouse clicking on the link at the top of the
Bid Attributes area to verify that all required items have been completed. If you
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have left any unanswered, required attributes, you will be given a summary in red at
the top.
12. Complete the required items and Save. The error messages will be removed and you will
receive a green message “Save Completed: 5/14/2015 9:00:33 AM Central.”
13. The Line Items tab will contain a place to enter either a unit cost or a total for the line item.
The number of line items and the number of pages will be listed in the lower left corner.
Links to pages will be in the lower right corner.
NOTES:
When entering pricing or percentages, neither the dollar sign nor the percentage
sign is required to be typed in by you. It is understood within the software. Also,
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leaving an item blank is not the same as entering a zero, for example, the percent
discount off of manufacturer’s list price.
If there is something you feel the Buyer needs to know about your pricing/
discount on a particular item, please include your message by left mouse clicking
on the Add Notes link that is present on every single Bid Line Item. It may be that
you offer a better price if we were to buy in bulk.
If you do not want to bid on an item, simply click on No Bid under the pricing
box on a Bid Line Item. If you do not want to bid on multiple lines, you can
scroll to the top of the Bid Line Item section and above the first Bid Line Item,
you’ll see the words No Bid Lines. Click on that and you’ll be given the
option of no bidding a range of lines. This can be a huge time saver if your
transmittal speed is slow. It would be time consuming waiting for each page to
load.
14. If the Add Alternate link is available on the right side of the line item, you can left mouse click
on it to offer a different manufacturer’s product that meets the specifications. If you want to
attach specifications you can do this by using the Response Attachments New hyperlink
(see steps 15 and 16 below).
NOTE: Line items responses and alternates should be entered for each line, not attached in a
quote.
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15. The Response Attachments tab is available for suppliers to attach any required or optional
information. Requested Attachments can be added by left mouse clicking on the Upload
button, selecting the file, and saving.
16. You can add other attachments, such as alternate specifications, by left mouse clicking on
the New hyperlink under Other Response Attachments.
a. Select File.
b. Enter a Description.
c.
Save.
17. You can delete an attachment by left mouse clicking on the Delete button on the far right of
the attached document.
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18. To complete your response, go to the Response Submission tab. You can perform an Error
Check before submitting your response.
19. You will have the opportunity to update your company’s profile and your own.
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20. Enter your name and Email address.
21. Left mouse click on the Submit Response button to complete your response.
22. If there are incomplete required responses, you will receive an Error Check message in red at
the top and an Email will be sent to the registered user (see page 13 for a sample). Go to the
indicated tab (in this case Response Attachments) and supply the required document or
information.
23. Return to the Response Submission tab and left mouse click on the Submit Response button
at the bottom. The registered user will receive a confirmation Email (see page 14 for a
sample).
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24. You can make changes to a submitted bid by using the
user will receive a retraction e-mail.
25. After completing the changes, you must
Retract function. The registered
Save.
26. Return to the Response Submission tab and left mouse click on the Submit Response button
at the bottom. The registered user will receive a confirmation Email.
23. To submit a No Bid response, left mouse click on the
No Bid icon at the top of the page.
24. In the No Bid Response Submission Reason box, enter your reason for not bidding, such
as not your commodity then
Response Detail window.
Save. This will submit your No Bid and return you to the
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25. Click the
Return icon to go back to the main page.
NOTE: If you are receiving bids for commodities that your company does not sell, consider
updating your Commodities under the My Profile tab.
Hardware/Software Used
An IBM PC compatible computer was used.
The computer was running Microsoft Windows 7, service pack 1 operating system and Internet
Explorer10 browser. The browser must allow pop-up windows.
JavaScript must be enabled.
SAMPLE Supplier Response Submission Failure Notification E-Mail
From:
<[email protected]>
To:
<[email protected]>
Date:
5/14/2015 9:10 AM
Subject:
Collin College Ebid [Preview] Response Submission Failure Notification: 3698
(TEST) Addendum 1
Dear Cyndy‘s Vendor Preview Login,
This is a courtesy notification to inform you that your response submission attempt was
unsuccessful. Please review and correct the submission errors listed below prior to the close date
and time.
Bid Opportunity Information:
Bid Number: 3698 (TEST) Addendum 1
Bid Title: Smallwares for Catering Use
Bid Notes: To test importing the items
Addendum 1 created to require a Supplier W-9 to be attached.
Issue Date: 9/3/2014 1:45:41 PM Central
Close Date: 8/31/2015 3:00:00 PM Central
***** Response Submission Failure Log *****
Errors Present: 1
Response Attachments Tab:
Specified Attachment #1 - "Supplier's W-9": You must upload an attachment.
If you have questions about this bid opportunity or the system, please contact Purchasing.
Phone: 972-758-3874
Fax: 972-758-3881
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail Generated: 5/14/2015 9:09:51 AM Central
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SAMPLE Supplier Response Submission Confirmation E-Mail
From:
To:
Date:
Subject:
Addendum 1
<[email protected]>
<[email protected]>
5/14/2015 9:23 AM
Collin College Ebid [Preview] Response Submission Confirmation: 3698 (TEST)
Dear Supplier,
You have submitted a response for the following bid opportunity:
Bid Opportunity Information:
Bid Number: 3698 (TEST) Addendum 1
Bid Title: Smallwares for Catering Use
Bid Notes: To test importing the items
Addendum 1 created to require a Supplier W-9 to be attached.
Issue Date: 9/3/2014 1:45:41 PM Central
Close Date: 8/31/2015 3:00:00 PM Central
To view or revise your submission, login to the system at: https://collintest.ionwave.net
If you have questions about this bid opportunity or the system, please contact Purchasing.
Phone: 972-758-3874
Fax: 972-758-3881
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail Generated: 5/14/2015 9:23:06 AM Central
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