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The Public Bids / Competitor Tracking window helps you make sure that no bids are missed because you forgot to get the bid in. Aside from tracking bid due and awarded dates, this window also shows you how many times you have competed with other companies for business and if you collect the public bid prices published after the bid is awarded, you can track the difference in is an invaluable tool that ensures no bids slip through the cracks due to oversight. It offers more than just monitoring bid due dates and awards; it provides essential insights into your competitive landscape. This window not only tracks how frequently your company competes with others for business but also allows you to compare your pricing against individual competitors over time. If you log , especially when collecting public bid prices published post-award. Even for projects that aren't formal bids, logging information about your competitors and who won a project without it being a bid, you will still compile how many times your company won or lost project outcomes helps create a comprehensive history of your company's wins and losses over time.

You can open Accessing the Public Bids by right clicking window is straightforward. You can right-click on a project from any grid or tree where projects are listed going listing projects, then navigate to the Modules sub menu submenu and choosing select "Public Bids" or you can open the project information window and then click on Modules on the left “hamburger” menu panel of the Project window and choose ." Alternatively, within the Project Information window, click on the "Modules" section in the left "hamburger" menu panel and choose "Public Bids / Competitor Tracking." This flexibility ensures a seamless integration of this valuable tool into your workflow.

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Regardless if this is a bid or you are just Whether you're handling a formal bid or simply tracking your competition, you must fill out completing the following information below, as it is requiredcrucial. Even though you might not have a in cases where there isn't a specific Bid Due Date, you will still need to fill this out along with the specs available providing this information, including any available project specifications, is essential. The project type is what plays a pivotal role as e-manage|ONE uses to compare apples to applesit for fair comparisons. Only those product types from other projects that match the your project's type of this project will be compiled . Do not fill for analysis.

Please refrain from filling out the "Bid Submitted unless it is a " field unless you are dealing with an actual bid and you have officially submitted the bidit. Your bid amount will be your actual should only be recorded as the final bid amount after you submit the bid.

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the bid submission process. This practice ensures your data accurately reflects your bid history and aligns with your project management requirements.

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Filling out this portion section of the form will put place the project on the Bid / Competitor Tracking on panel in the Today pop-out panel from the right side of the e-manage|ONE main window. See here for additional detailsFurther details can be found here.

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After you have created creating the initial Bid information, the next you will want step is to add your competitors. If this is a bid, you can add competitors when you first know which identify the companies you are competing with, then after against. After the bid is awarded, fill out the Bid Amount for each competitor and if . If one of your competitors has wins the winning bid, check mark the Winning bid checkbox for the that competitor. If it's not a bid, simply choose select the competitor and save , and after you know who won the information. After determining the project's winner, check the winning bid on either the left side of the window (if you won) or the winning bid for the competitor on the right side (they if the competitor won).

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Whether or not you are working on an actual a formal bid or just tracking your competition you must , it's essential to fill out the awarded date and check the Winning bid checkbox on either your side or click on a competitor that won the project and click the winning bid on their side. With by clicking on the winning competitor's side. In public bids, the bid amounts are published public data regardless of who wonthe winner. This is provides a great way to get to know valuable opportunity to gain insights into your competition in a way that you cannot keep in your headthat might be challenging to track mentally.

You can change adjust the Compile Info drop down dropdown list box to view data from different time periods of time to see if assess whether you are getting closer to gaining ground on your competition ( or winning more projects against them ) over time.

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You Additionally, you can also track this information directly in the Current Opportunities grid in the Today Panel to ensure nothing falls through the cracks. Most fields can even be made editable to adjust information edited directly in the grid, offering a convenient way to adjust information as needed.

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