This chapter covers the Frameworks page — your approved supplier frameworks and pricing schedules. Open it from Tenders > Frameworks in the left navigation. A framework is an approved supplier agreement and its pricing schedule; Vertibid keeps frameworks you have won separately from those you are bidding on.
In this chapter
B4.1 The Frameworks list — the Approved and Bidding tabs, filters, search and sort.
B4.2 Adding a framework — choosing between a framework you have won and one you are bidding on.
B4.3 Working a framework bid — a framework bid runs the same flow as a tender.
Two kinds of framework
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You choose |
What happens |
Where it lands |
|---|---|---|
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I've already won it |
You upload the framework workbook as an approved reference. |
Approved tab |
|
I'm bidding on a new one |
You start a framework bid — the same flow as a tender. |
Bidding tab |
An approved framework's pricing schedule is on hand when you work tenders that draw on it. A framework bid that you win graduates to an approved framework.