Revising your Proposal

Once you have submitted your completed bid, you may want to revise portions of the bid based on feedback you have received from the buyer.

To start, log in to Conductiv® and navigate to the Negotiate module, where you can view all of your sourcing events. Click on the event that you want to make updates for.

To update your Commercial Terms

To revise your terms, go to the Commercial Terms tab.

• Click on the section of the terms that you want to make adjustments to.
• Find the specific clause(s) that you would like to make changes to and make your adjustment.
• Once you have made all of your adjustments, click Save in the upper right-hand corner of the Commercial Terms screen.

  

QUICK TIP: Clicking Save will save your responses in the system, but they will not be sent to the buyer yet. Your updates will not be submitted until you click the Revise Bid button in the upper right-hand corner of the event card.

To update Documents

To make adjustments to any of the documents in your proposal, navigate to the Documents tab. 

• You can update a new document in any of the document slots. Simply click Upload Document in the section for the document you wish to replace.

  

• Note: Any new document you upload will override and replace the previous file you had uploaded into that slot. 
• If you need to download a copy of your previously submitted file before uploading, either to revise and re-upload it or for your records, click "Downloaded your uploaded file [file name]." 

QUICK TIP: Uploading a new document will save it in the system, but the new file will not be shared with the customer until you click Revise Bid to submit your updated proposal.

To update your Pricing

If you want to make an adjustment to the financial portion of your proposal, navigate to the Lots tab. 

Two ways to update your Lot & Line Item information

• Option 1: Download a blank Lot & Line Item template. Choose this option to start from scratch.
• Option 2: Download the latest version of the Lot & Line Item document that you uploaded previously by clicking "Download your latest version." Choose this option to start from your previous version and adjust as needed.

Import your updated document

• Once you have finished your adjusted pricing, whether from a blank template or from your previous version, save the file on your computer as a .csv. 
• To re-import your pricing, click "Find file..."

  

• Locate the document on your computer, click Open, and then click Reimport Pricing.
• When your new version has imported successfully, a green "Upload complete" box will appear.
• Scroll down, click on the different lots, and verify that your newly imported pricing is displayed.

Submit your Revised Bid

Once all changes are complete, submit your updated proposal to the buyer by clicking Revise Bid in the upper right-hand corner.

The buyers will receive a notification that your bid has been updated. When they view your bid in the Conductiv Platform, they will now see the updated proposal rather than your original submission. 

Retract your Bid

If you no longer wish to bid on a sourcing event, or if you want to remove your initial bid before revising and resubmitting (for example, if your bid contains an error), click the Retract Bid button in the upper right-hand corner of the event. 

The option to retract your bid is only available until the event closes, or until live negotiation begins if it is a Negotiation event.

Next: Live Negotiation

If the sourcing event you are bidding on includes live negotiation, continue to Participating in a Live Negotiation to learn about this process.