If you choose to setup the Advanced evaluation with no approvals and only a predecessor then the workflow will be as follows:

 

 

 

 

Once the bid opening approval  is complete and the bids are open the technical evaluation will be available.

If we open the document we can see that both the technical and commercial responses are viewable however you cannot start any negotiations or accept any vendor responses.

 

 

Click the Click to start button in either the To Do widget or evaluation section.

For more information on evaluating phases please see the Score Manager section.

 

 

Or expand the evaluations section to start technical evaluations.

 

 

 

During the technical evaluations you can only view the information you cannot enter negotiations.

The commercial evaluations status will be set to Waiting until technical evaluations phase is complete.

Once the technical evaluations are complete (indicated by a green checkmark) click the Click to end button to end that evaluation phase.

 

 

Note: You cannot start commercial evaluations until at least 1 vendor has been short listed, the status will stay at Waiting.

 

 

 

When the vendors have been short listed the commercial evaluation link becomes available click the Click to start button and complete the commercial evaluation.

For more information on evaluating phases please see the Score Manager section.

 

 

Once the commercial evaluations are complete click the Click to end button in either the To Do widget or evaluation section.

 

 

The evaluations are now completed, if this is an E-bidding auction then the E-bidding will start.

For more information on E-bidding auction please see the E-bidding section.

If this is not an E-bidding auction or the auction is complete the negotiations will continue.