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User Guide
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Supplier: Respond to a Sealed Bid Auction
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Pre-requisites:
Prior to this document you will need to:
· Have access to the SCM STAR application
· Have been invited to respond to an auction within the SCM STAR application
Objectives:
At the completion of this user guide you should know the topics:
· Access My Auctions
· Launch and View Auction Monitor
· Enter and Submit Bids
· Manage Auction Messages
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Access my Auctions
Step Description
1.
Notes
Expand the navigation menu and select Sourcing à
Auctions à My Auctions.
Under ´Auctions´, you will see a list of auctions you’ve
been invited to. The title, status, start time, end time,
and Buyer Organization will be displayed for each
auction.
As soon as an Auction is
published, you will receive an
email notification. From that
time on you are able to view
the event details in SCM
STAR.
This includes the auction
settings, attachments provided
by the buyer, auction items (in
multi-item auctions), and a
currencies list for multicurrency events.
The buyer is still able to edit
the event settings, which
would also trigger an email
notification to all invited
suppliers.
(Status: ‘To be Confirmed’)
In the next step the buyer confirms the auction,
meaning that the event settings are now fixed. The
‘Auction Monitor’ symbol
appears and the event
status changes to ‘Confirmed’.
In addition the platform offers
the possibility to use the
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messaging area for a direct
communication with the buyer
in the tool.
Launch the Auction Monitor
1.
Find the Auction you’re invited to, and click on the
Auction Monitor icon. A new window will pop up and
ask you to choose how you want to view the auction.
Choose the Java option. To launch the Auction Monitor,
please make sure you are running the auction in:
a. Internet Explorer 9.0 or above
b. Google Chrome and Firefox have shown
practical proof, however not formally
supported by Bravo
c. Java 1.8 or higher
Click Enter to confirm selection. The Auction Monitor
will load.
2.
The Auction Monitor icon will
only appear in the Monitor
column for Auctions with a
Confirmed, Running,
Suspended, Terminated, Not
Awarded, or Awarded status.
The Auction Monitor can be
accessed earliest 10 minutes
before the event’s starting
time.
Ensure in the supplier
Training, that Java is running
properly.
Based on the Auction configuration setup by the buyer, you will have a visibility on
different information in the auction monitor:
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Enter and submit Bids
1.
Select the Lot that you would like to bid on
Click into the Unit Price box and enter your bid. Please
make sure the bid (sum of all Sub Totals) is compliant
with the settings displayed in the Auction Details.
· Please notice that during a Sealed Bid auction
your bid will be a final bid! As a reminder, the
auction console will display a message during the
whole auction that this auction is in BAFO (Best
and Final Offer) – Mode.
2.
Please note that this
description explains how to
place bids in a “Multi-Item
Auction”.
SCM STAR offers “Single-Item
Auctions” in addition, where
only one item is purchased.
Click the ‘Submit’ button in order to send your new bid
or
click ‘Reset’ to delete the entered bid.
Once you have clicked ‘Submit’, a pop-up box will ask if
you want to confirm your bid submission.
Click ‘OK’ to confirm. Once the final bid is submitted, a
pop-up will notify you that this must be your Best and
Final Offer. After that bid, you are not able to do any
further bids.
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After confirming your Bid, the columns will turn into green and
you will get notified that the bid has been accepted.
Click ‘OK’ to continue bidding.
Modify Auction Bids
1.
Modify Bids that are Incompliant with Threshold
The threshold set by buyer that is shown at the upper
left corner of the auction monitor needs to be lower
than your submitted bid (in case of a Sell-Side
direction) or even higher (in case of a Buy-Side
direction).
1. Click ‘OK’ if the notification appears to inform
you that the bid is not low enough or is too low.
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2. Update your price in the Unit Price cell(s) so the
bid value is compliant.
Manage Auction Messages
1.
Create and Send Messages to the Buyer
To communicate with the Buyer Organization during the
auction, you can use the Message feature within the
Auction monitor to communicate with the Operation
Center or to reply on a Sealed Bid request (2 nd round)
of the Initiator in case the Reserve Price was not met:
During the running phase
messages within the Auction
Monitor will be answered by
the Operation Center (event
support) only.
1. Click the ‘Message’ tab in the Auction Details
section.
2. Click the ‘New Message’ button at the bottom
of the tab.
3. Type your message into the pop-up text box.
4. Click ‘Send’ to send your message to the
Buyer.
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Manage final Bids
1.
Auction Closing Notification
When the auction has ended, you will receive a pop-up
notification that the lot is closed for technical checks.
You will no longer be able to place bids for the lot. Click
‘OK’ in the pop-up notification. Exit the Auction Monitor
or continue to bid on other running lots.
After the event has ended you
will receive an email
notification to inform you about
the awarding decision.
Bidding on other lots is only
available if you are invited to
multiple events (lots) at a time,
In this case there will be
multiple lines displayed in the
header of your Auction
Monitor.
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