Post the Bid Amounts to the Public Dashboard

After bid values are entered, the plan holder summary bid values can be posted to the public dashboard.

To Manually Publish Following the Bid Opening:

This will show the bid summary on the bidding and construction public dashboard.

1. While in the Contract Menu, select ‘Reports' and then select ‘Bid Abstract’.

2. Click on the button to ‘Publish Bids’.

3. Make a selection:

   1. Publish Bids: This will publish bid summary information.

   2. Publish Estimate: This will include the engineer’s estimate in either the summary or full abstract.

   3. Publish Abstract: This will publish the full bid abstract.

4. Enter the ‘Completed Date’, and select the number of bidders (this information will show in the historical bid price data), then click on ‘OK’.

To Unpublish Bids:

The bid information can be updated or ‘unpublished’ by removing or changing the checkbox selection and clicking ‘Ok’.

If setup, the bid summary or abstract can also be automatically posted to the public dashboard once the contract is awarded.

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