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Recording Suppliers Who Decline to Bid

If suppliers fail to respond to the RFQ, they are deemed to have declined to bid and the corresponding RFQ supplier status is set to “declined”. This removes the supplier from any further analysis.

You can mark a supplier as declining to bid on the entire RFQ or on any line item in the RFQ. If a supplier declines to bid on one or more line items (for example if they do not supply a resource), this may affect how you rank and award the RFQ.

This topic explains how to mark a supplier as declining to bid on the entire RFQ. You can enter a decline status on an individual RFQ line while you are entering the bid information for that supplier. For more information, see Entering Bid Information on an RFQ.

To Record a Supplier Who Declines to Bid on an RFQ

1.	Open the RFQ.

2.	On the Properties view select the Suppliers tab.

3.	Right-click the supplier that is declining and select Mark as Declined. The supplier’s name turns grey and is crossed out in the list.

Note: This option is only available for suppliers with the status “Sent”.