Technical questions are assigned to the requisition (if applicable to all items) or the requisition line item (for individual tag numbers). When an inquiry is created from the requisition, the questions are copied to the inquiry and can be changed here. When the inquiry is approved, the questions are copied and assigned to the bidder of the inquiry. You can view and update the questions on the P.30.22 Commercial Evaluation screen.
To view and edit the technical questions assigned to the quote summary and the quote details, double-click the bidder on P.30.23 to open Window 2, and click the Questions tab.
If the first six fields (Engineering Requisition, Pos, Sub, Ident Code, Tag Number, Commodity Code) are filled, the question is related to the quote detail, otherwise it’s a question related to the quote summary.
If conditional questions are defined, the question box is highlighted, and the conditional questions are displayed in the Details Questions block at the bottom.
The answer given by the supplier/subcontractor is displayed in the Answer field. If multiple answers were provided for Multiple Answers type questions, all answers are displayed, separated by semicolons. Double-click the answer to open a dialog where all available answers are displayed, with the selected answers on top.
Scroll to the right to view more fields in the Questions block.
To mark a question or a conditional question as passed or failed, select Passed or Rejected from the TE Status drop-down list and type a comment in the Evaluation Text box.
The green Documents button indicates, that one or more documents are attached to the question. Click the button to view the attachment(s).
You can add additional questions with their answers which were submitted after completing the quote. To add additional questions, do the following:
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Click New record.
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If you want to add the question to a line item, open the list of values in the Engineering Requisition box and select a position from the list.
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Type a sequence number in the Seq box.
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Type the question.
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Type the answer.
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Click Save.
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If the Manual check box is selected, it indicates that the question was manually added here.
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Only questions with the selected Manual indicator can be updated and deleted.