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Participating As a Bidder E-SOURCING RWS Restricted REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) EVENT 2 3 1 ENTER URL: Login to your supplier After logging in, go to grid https://supplier.ariba.com account icon and click “proposals” RWS Restricted REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) EVENT 5 4 Events is visible with status: Open/Preview. After clicking on “purchase of watermelon”, Select the RFI event click on “Review prerequisites” RWS Restricted REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) EVENT 7 6 Do the responses, once finished, click Supplier can make a multiple on “Submit Entire Responses” revisions to their response any time before event closes. Note: There is a time limit to finish the response RWS Restricted Request for Proposal (RFP) / Request for Quotation (RFQ) Event 2 3 1 ENTER URL: Login to your supplier After logging in, go to grid https://supplier.ariba.com account icon and click “proposals” RWS Restricted Request for Proposal (RFP) / Request for Quotation (RFQ) Event 5 4 Select RFP Event Click on “Review prerequisites” RWS Restricted Request for Proposal (RFP) / Request for Quotation (RFQ) Event 7 6 Accept the terms of this Click on “Select Lots” to select the agreement and click on “OK” lot/line item that the participant will be bidding RWS Restricted Request for Proposal (RFP) / Request for Quotation (RFQ) Event 9 8 Select the participating Participant fill up 10 Click on “revise lots and click on “Submit responses and click on response” Participant Selected Lots” “Submit Entire Response” can make multiple revisions to their response any time before event closes RWS Restricted English Reverse Auction Event 2 3 1 ENTER URL: Login to your supplier After logging in, go to grid https://supplier.ariba.com account icon and click “proposals” RWS Restricted English Reverse Auction Event 5 4 Select Reverse Auction Event Click on “Review prerequisites” RWS Restricted English Reverse Auction Event 7 8 6 Accept the terms of Click on “Select Lots” Select the participating agreement and click on to select the lot/line lots and click om “Ok”. item that the “Submit selected lots” participant will be Note: Leaving the participating in. checkboxes unchecked, it will not be able to proceed. RWS Restricted English Reverse Auction Event 9 Participants will have to fill up After participants have finished 10 their responses for the the responses, click on “Go to Lot mandatory questions before they Bidding” can proceed with the auction. Click on “Submit Entire Response” RWS Restricted English Reverse Auction Event Click on the small arrow button to Be aware of your current bid 11 12 view the bidding rules for this lot. ranking. Ceiling value refers to the initial starting price pre-determined by buyer (based on last submission Note: Auction will ends when price). Participant will not able to the countdown timer ends bid anything above this value. RWS Restricted Dutch Reverse Auction Event 2 3 1 ENTER URL: Login to your supplier After logging in, go to grid https://supplier.ariba.com account icon and click “proposals” RWS Restricted Dutch Reverse Auction Event 5 6 4 Select Reverse Auction Click on “Review Accept the terms of event Prerequisites” agreement and click on “Ok”. RWS Restricted Dutch Reverse Auction Event 7 9 Click on “Select Lots” 8 Check on the boxes Select the to select the lot/ line for the lots/line that item that the the participant will be participating lots participant will be participating in. and click on bidding “Submit selected lots”. RWS Restricted Dutch Reverse Auction Event Participants will have to fill up their Click on “Go to lot bidding” 10 11 responses for the technical questions before that can proceed with the auction. Click on “Submit Entire Response”. RWS Restricted Dutch Reverse Auction Event Participant may now proceed with 13 12 Auction ends when one bidder the auction. submit his/her bid acceptance or when the bid reaches the ceiling price with no bid acceptance from any bidder. RWS Restricted Japanese Reverse Auction Event 2 3 1 ENTER URL: Login to your supplier After logging in, go to grid https://supplier.ariba.com account icon and click “proposals” RWS Restricted Japanese Reverse Auction Event 5 6 4 Select “Reverse Japanese Click on the “Review Agree the terms of this Auction” Prerequisites” agreement and click “Ok”. RWS Restricted Japanese Reverse Auction Event 8 7 Click on “Select Lots” to select Participant will have to provide the lot/line item that the reason for not bidding on any specific participant will be bidding lot. Select the checkboxes and click on “Submit selected lots”. Note: if the checkboxes is unchecked, it will not be able to proceed. RWS Restricted Japanese Reverse Auction Event 9 Participants will have to fill up Click on “Go To Lot Bidding” 10 their responses for the technical questions before they can proceed with the auction. Click on “submit entire response”. RWS Restricted Japanese Reverse Auction Event Click on “Submit Auction ends when a bid 11 12 Acceptance” to accept bid interval conclude with no based on current price bid acceptance from any bidders. RWS Restricted Collaboration Request - A document which RWS works with you as a Supplier to find, evaluate and obtain goods and/ or services. - During the collaboration process, RWS will send information about collaboration requests to Supplier online inbox on Ariba network. - The quick links panel on your Home Dashboard indicates you have received a new collaboration request. - In your online inbox, you can view collaboration requests, assign collaboration requests and search for specific collaboration requests. RWS Restricted Collaboration Request 1 Supplier log-in to submit quote: 2 From the home page, click https://service.ariba.com/Supplier. on “inbox” and you can see aw/125003089/aw?awh=r&awssk under the collaboration =yyAY0hte&dard=1 requests to view the collaboration requests needing your attention. RWS Restricted Collaboration Request (Respond with proposal) 4 3 To respond with a Under selection, proposal, simply select “Include/ click on “Respond” Exclude item”, select and select “Respond “edit” and click on with proposal”. “next”. RWS Restricted Collaboration Request (Respond with proposal) 6 5 Enter or update the At the summary page, fields accordingly. To review details entered. proceed, click “Ok” to You may enter message save. or attach attachments if required. Once details have been verified, click “Submit” to send proposal RWS Restricted Collaboration Request (Respond with proposal) 7 Proposal is successfully submitted. RWS Restricted Collaboration Request (Respond with proposal) – EDIT 9 8 In the event that you want to At the collaboration PR page, make changes to the proposal Click “Respond” and select that you have submitted, go to “Revise proposal”. “Inbox”, under “collaboration requests”, click on the request that you rant to amend. RWS Restricted Collaboration Request (Respond with proposal) – EDIT Select on the line item that 11 10 Make the required needs to be changed, click on changes and click on “Ok” “Action” and select “Edit”. after changes are done. Add messages or attachments if applicable. Click “Submit” to complete the resubmission. RWS Restricted Collaboration Request (Respond with proposal) – Withdraw 8 After a proposal has been submitted to RWS, it can be withdrawn by you. Click “withdraw request” from the respond menu. Enter a withdraw reason and comments. Click “Ok”. RWS Restricted Collaboration Request (Respond with proposal) – Decline 8 To decline a proposal, click on “Respond” and select “Decline request”. Enter a decline reason and a comment. Click “Ok”. RWS Restricted Transaction Status STATUS DESCRIPTION Request received – supplier response required A new collaboration request is in your inbox. The buyer is awaiting your response. Awaiting response from buyer The buyer is reviewing the proposal submitted. Proposal accepted by buyer The buyer has accepted all line items on the proposal submitted. Note: proposal accepted may required additional approval within the buying organization. This indicates an intent to pursue proposal, but is not finalized. Proposal rejected by buyer The buyer has rejected the entire proposal submitted. The supplier may choose to resubmit a revised proposal until the request has been closed. Proposal withdrawn by supplier You have decided to withdraw a proposal which you had submitted. You declined to submit a proposal to the buyer’s request. RWS Restricted Transaction Status STATUS DESCRIPTION Request decline by supplier You declined to submit a proposal to the buyer’s request. Request canceled by buyer The buyer has decided to cancel the request. No further action is allowed. Request closed The request has been closed through the buyer’s selection of an alternative proposal. No further action is allowed. Proposal accepted and request closed The buyer has accepted your proposal and therefore closed the request. No further action is allowed. RWS Restricted.
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