How to submit prices and responses for large-capacity RFPs?

1. If you are not already viewing the event, open the Events table for the buyer.
2. Click the event name in the Events table. Complete any event prerequisites.
3. View the contents of the Introduction section. The Introduction section contains instructions posted by the buyer and any documents that you should download and review. If the buyer attached documents, you can click the document title to download the file.
4. If the event contains conditional questions, a Conditional Questions link appears in the event checklist in the left pane of the event console. You must answer all required conditional questions before you can download event content and submit responses. After you submit your response, the Conditional Questions page becomes read-only. You cannot edit answers to conditional questions in the event content Excel spreadsheet.
5. If the View Contents and Submit Response page is not open, go to the event checklist in the left pane and click View Contents and Submit Response.
6. Click Generate Content to generate an Excel spreadsheet with the event contents. When SAP Ariba has finished generating the Excel spreadsheet, a Download contents link is displayed.
7. Click Download contents.
8. Save the content to your computer.
9. Edit the spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel. Review the instructional worksheets and note the background colors that indicate which cells are required, optional, or read-only. On the Other Content worksheet, enter your responses. Indicate your intent to bid on an item by changing the value in the Intend to Respond column from No to Yes.
10. Save the edited Excel spreadsheet to your computer.
11. Return to the View Contents and Submit Responses page. Select your edited Excel spreadsheet (browse for the file, enter the file path, or drop a file icon in the drag-and-drop box).
12. Click Submit response. Processing a large response can take up to 30 minutes depending on the event size and the other responses being processed. You do not have to keep this page open while your response is being processed. After your response is processed, you'll receive an email notification. If you are logged in to SAP Ariba Sourcing, you will also receive an instant message.
13. If submitted bids for lots that require reconciliation (lots for which you must submit item prices after the event closes, or Basket - Bid at Lot Level, Compete at Lot Level (collect item pricing post bidding), return to the event page after the event closes.
14. Click Enter Lot Details. The View Contents and Submit Response page opens.
15. Click Generate Content to generate an Excel spreadsheet with the event contents. When SAP Ariba has finished generating the Excel spreadsheet, a Download contents link is displayed.
16. Click Download contents.
17. Save the content to your computer.
18. Edit the spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel. On the Other Content worksheet, enter prices for the individual items in the lot.
19. Save the edited Excel spreadsheet to your computer.
20. Return to the View Contents and Submit Responses page. Click Browse and locate your edited Excel spreadsheet.
21. Click Submit response. SAP Ariba checks the Excel file for errors. If the file contains errors, you will see the message The Excel import request failed. Click the Download file with error details link. Open the file and go to the Error worksheet to view the errors. If the Excel file is valid, it is submitted for import. You can close this page while your file is being processed. You'll receive an email notification when processing is complete. If you are logged in to SAP Ariba Sourcing, you will also receive an instant message. If you submit a valid Excel file before the event closes but processing is not complete when the event closes, the buyer must wait to for your file to be processed before the buyer can create awards for the event.

https://help.sap.com/docs/strategic-sourcing/event-management/creating-large-capacity-rfps?locale=en-US&version=LATEST

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