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    Create a Negotiation (BID) Response

    • Karen Binkley |
    • 34 steps |
    • 4 minutes
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    Tip! You can use the menu on the left to quickly navigate to the various sections of this instruction document.
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    Tip! If this is your **first time** to use the Oracle platform to view or respond to a UT solicitation, please view the **"Getting Started"** resources on UT's supplier training webpage, <https://procurement.tennessee.edu/supplier-training/>.

    LOG IN AND NAVIGATE TO ACTIVE UT SOLICITATIONS.

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    Navigate to <https://fa-ewlq-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/supplierPortal/faces/FndOverview?fndGlobalItemNodeId=itemNode_supplier_portal_supplier_portal>.
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    Enter your user ID (email address) and password, then click "Sign In."
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    Tip! If this is your first time using the Oracle platform to respond to a UT solicitation, please complete the following steps. 1. Set your time zone. 2. Create a search to automatically display UT's solicitations. You will find instructions in the **"Getting Started"** section of UT's supplier training webpage, <https://procurement.tennessee.edu/supplier-training/>.
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    **Alert!** **Do not use the back button in your internet browser while working in Oracle.** Use the icons in the upper right corner to navigate between screens.
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    Click on the "Supplier Portal" app.
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    Tip! In Oracle, solicitations (bids) are called "negotiations."
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    From the left panel, click "View Active Negotiations."
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    Locate the negotiation to which you wish to respond and click on the negotiation number.
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    Tip! If a negotiation number is followed by a comma, the negotiation has been amended. The number after the comma tells how many times the negotiation has been amended. In the previous screenshot, "BID1000103,1" has been amended once.

    PREVIEW THE NEGOTIATION

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    Tip! In Oracle, negotiations open to an "Overview" screen. There, you can use the table of contents on the left side of the screen to *preview* the negotiation details. After reviewing the information in the table of contents, you will navigate to the Oracle *response* screens to generate your response.
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    On the "Overview" screen, click "Expand All" to display all information.
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    When you have finished reviewing the information on the "Overview" screen, click "Requirements" in the table of contents.
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    The simplest way to preview the negotiation requirements is to click the "Preview Requirement Questionnaire" button on the right side of the screen.
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    On the preview requirements screens, you can download negotiation documents and read negotiation requirements. *Remember you must navigate to the "Create Response" screens to generate your response*. You *cannot* respond from the preview screens.
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    Some negotiations may have two sections of requirements. You can navigate between requirements sections by clicking the right and left-facing arrows on the right side of your screen. If the arrows are greyed out, the negotiation only has one section of requirements.
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    When you have finished previewing the requirements, click "Done."