How to Upload an Internal Bid Response on Behalf of a Supplier

In Demandstar you have the ability to post an internal bid response on behalf of a vendor/supplier.

First, search for the supplier within the bid's Planholders tab shown below:

We recommend starting your search with Email. If the supplier does have an account tied to the email you've searched, you can then select them from the list.

If the supplier does not have an account tied to the email address they would like to use, you can then chose the option to create a supplier account for them with their desired email.

NOTE: Do not create a supplier account with the supplier's email without first searching to see if they already have an account tied to that email address. Creating another account with the same email will cause a system error in which their account will be duplicated, and they will not be able to access anything tied to the duplicate account as well as anything tied to the bid.

After the supplier is added to the bid, you can then choose the Add Response option under eBid Responses as shown below:

Select the supplier from the drop down list, then click Add Response. This will then allow you to upload the files on behalf of the supplier. If this is done correctly, suppliers will be able to access it with the same email address/account used in the search or create option.