How to create event supplier Response Team?

To create a response team within the event:

1. Click Suppliers on the Event page to view Invited Participants.
2. Click the check box next to the participants you want to add to the response team.
3. Choose Response Team from the Set/Clear pull-down menu.
4. Click the check box next to a participant and click Remove to remove a participant from a response team.

If you invite more than one contact from a supplier organization to your event, you can group them into a supplier response team so they can work on one response as opposed to each contact providing their own individual response.

When you add participants to a response team, they appear in a hierarchical view below their organization name and Yes appears in the Response Team column. If a response team exists for an organization and additional participants from the same organization are added before bidding starts, the participants are automatically added to the existing response team.

You can also choose to automatically add suppliers to response teams when you create events. When the Can Project Owner Create Response Team by Default rule is enabled, suppliers are automatically added to a response team when they are added to an event. Supplier response teams can be modified regardless of how the Can Project Owner Create Response Team by Default rule is set. Enabling this rule can help ensure that project owners automatically create events with suppliers working as supplier response teams.

You can also create a supplier response team when you import participants data. When you import participants from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, enter Yes in the Response Team column to add them to a supplier response team.

Please, note that SAP Ariba Sourcing does not allow more than one response team member to submit a bid at the same time. Response team members can access events, view messages, and view the Response History at the same time. You can remove contacts from a response team before bidding starts.

How can I add users to a response team for an event?

Strategic Sourcing > Sourcing Events