Compact price comparison report
The compact pricing report is a simplified version of the detailed pricing report.
Click the comparison reports link in the evaluation section and then choose the Compact pricing comparison report
Choose the vendors to include in the report and click Build report
The pricing reports only show items that the vendor has quoted a price, it does not show any items that do not have a price attached
If you have not short listed any vendors yet there will be no listing. Uncheck the Show only short listed vendors check box.
Now you will see a listing of all documents showing the total for all priced items in each document by vendor. If a vendor did not submit a bid it will show as No submission.
Click on a document to view the pricing details. Go to the next page for an explanation of the controls in the pricing report.
The price comparison report all shows all priced items from each vendor at the bottom so the customer can quickly evaluate each vendors costs
You can also negotiate directly by clicking the magnifying glass and then the arrow link or use the messaging system by clicking the mail icon.
You can also view any pricing responses/attachments by clicking the relevant icon.
You can also open the vendor cost calculator and do What-If calulations by clicking the magnifying glass.
For more information about the Vendor cost calculator please click the following here.
To do some what if? calculations on a single vendor or to calculate external costs related to a bid, expand the evaluation section and click on the Vendor price external cost calculator link.
Here you can either view the entire project cost in the project default currency (all other currencies are converted at the rates specified) or you can view individual currency reports for all non default currencies.
To edit the exchange rates click on the link at the top of the page.
Please note this option must be enabled in the system settings by enabling the Additional cost report
To calculate the impact of external costs on the project, add the external costs to the external cost section at the bottom of the report. This information will be saved for future reference per document per vendor.