Tips for reviewing supplier responses
After your event closes, you can review the suppliers' responses on the event Details screen. The details screen provides you with a summary of all suppliers' responses, allowing you to quickly review and compare responses. The following tips will help you review and assess the suppliers' responses.
View response status
In the Requests area, you can review supplier invitations. For each invitation sent, a status icon in the first column indicates how suppliers have interacted with your invitation. Supplier email status:
Sent
The event invitation email was sent to the supplier.
Opened
The supplier accessed the page for the event.
Interested
The supplier marked that they were interested in the event. This may mean that they need additional time to collect data.
Submitted
The supplier has submitted a response for the event, and it is ready for your review.
Not interested
The supplier indicated that they are unable to submit pricing for the event.
Delivery issue
There were issues delivering the invitation email. Typically delivery issues occur with incorrect email addresses.
Review prices
Rounding
Supplier responses of $1 or more are rounded to two decimal places. Values below $1 are not rounded. Full decimal places are available in Excel exports and when sent back to your purchasing application.
Lowest price
The lowest priced response for each item is highlighted in yellow. If two responses have matching low prices, both are highlighted.
Response price vs. Benchmark price
If you entered a Benchmark price, you can view the response price against the benchmark price
High/low benchmark arrows: An arrow displays next to each response value to show if the value is above (up) or below (down) the benchmark price.
Benchmark savings: Hover over the benchmark arrow to view the value and percent savings compared to the benchmark value.
No benchmark: If you didn't enter a Benchmark price, you will see an information circle that show potential savings against the average of bids received from suppliers.
Converted UOMs
When a supplier responds, they can enter their response in a different UOM (unit of measure), and it will be automatically calculated for your requested UOM. Hover over the alert icon 
to review the formula used to convert the value.
Review additional quantities
If your company has enabled additional quantities, you can request pricing on additional quantities of items for information on tiered or volume pricing. You will need to request this when creating your event.
Review delivery days
The Quoted delivery displays the number of days the supplier needs to deliver the item. While one supplier may have a lower price, you will want to make sure that you will receive your items in the necessary time frame.
Review alternative items
If a supplier sent a response including an alternative item or service, an Alternative 
label displays, and you can view the alternative items on an indented line item under the originally requested item.
Review supplier attachments
Suppliers can add attachments to the event and/or line level of their response. When added, a label is added at the event response and line item levels indicating the number of attached files. Click the label to 
download the attachments.
View detailed response
While the details screen provides you with a summary of all suppliers' responses, you can click the Quote # to view the detailed response.
Download responses
You can download a summary of all of the responses and all file attachments by selecting Actions > Download details.
Review or send a message to a supplier
You may want to review any previous messages sent to or from the supplier. Additionally, if you have any additional questions, you can send additional messages
Collaborate with your team
Invite collaborators
When working on an event, you can invite collaborators to help you build and review your event. Click the Share button to add collaborators or adjust their permissions.
Review internal comments & notes
Internal comments and internal notes allow you to communicate with your team about an event. These notes are for internal use only and will not be shared with suppliers.
Internal comments
To view, click the comments button, and then select Internal comments. See: Internal comment
Internal notes
To view, select Actions > View notes. See: Internal note
Review scorecard
If you invited evaluators to score the suppliers' responses on request for information or request for proposal events, click View Scorecard to review their responses.
Add a round
If after you've reviewed the responses, you want to request additional responses or information from suppliers, you can run another round on your event.
Why is a response locked?
If a supplier edits an existing response, the response will display as grayed out (locked) and cannot be awarded until they have resubmitted it.
Ready to award?
When you've reviewed and are ready to make your selections, you can award your event.
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