Select the vendor bids to use and update an existing bid day estimate

  1. Open the Manage Invitation to Bid Selection screen.

    Note the active company. If you want to change it, click in the header and select the appropriate company.

  2. In the Estimate Job field, do one of the following:

    • Enter the code for the estimate job for which you want to select bids.

    • Click to select the estimate job for which you want to select bids from a Lookup List.

  3. To filter the list of vendors or estimate items that appears on the Select Vendors tab, enter your criteria on the Criteria tab as described on the Criteria tab.
  4. Click Apply Criteria.
  5. Select the vendors on the Select Vendors tab as described on the Select Vendors tab.
  6. Review the vendors selected on the Summary tab as described on the Summary tab.
  7. In the Update Bid Day Estimate field, click to select the bid day instance to update with the selected bids.
  8. Click Recalc Now to recalculate the bid day instance. The Estimate tab on the Manage Estimates screen is displayed with updated costs based on the invitation to bid selections.