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tender_management:using_web_tenders [2023/05/11 09:00] Gary Willettstender_management:using_web_tenders [2025/03/28 15:44] (current) – [The process] Gary Willetts
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-====== 18.09. Using web tenders====== +====== 18.10. Using web tenders====== 
-**NOTE: This page details the process for using our remote tender module. This module is being replaced by our new Health Supply Hub. Details of how this interacts with the mSupply tender module will be added soon.**+**NOTE: This page details the process for using our remote tender module. This module is being replaced by our new Health Supply Hub. See the [[https://docs.msupply.foundation/health-supply-hub/introduction/|Health Supply Hub Documentation Website]] for more details.**
  
 A web tender is one that is uploaded to our Health Supply Hub server and is made accessible to suppliers for them to enter their responses remotely. This greatly reduces the load on you to input all the responses from all suppliers and means there will be far less chance of data entry errors. A web tender is one that is uploaded to our Health Supply Hub server and is made accessible to suppliers for them to enter their responses remotely. This greatly reduces the load on you to input all the responses from all suppliers and means there will be far less chance of data entry errors.
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     * Your internet connection must be working.     * Your internet connection must be working.
     * The tender closing date must have passed.     * The tender closing date must have passed.
 +    * Suppliers must have confirmed their quotes in the Health Supply Hub.
 +    * If you're using the Health Supply Hub governance workflow then the tender must be unlocked by a user who is authorised to do so.
 +    * Please note that it is possible to redownload a tender again if changes have been made to it. All appropriate fields and responses will be updated or added if they have been edited or added since the last download (including submission dates etc.).
   - Compare prices and print appropriate reports for the tender committee or others.   - Compare prices and print appropriate reports for the tender committee or others.
   - Award each item to a supplier.   - Award each item to a supplier.
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 +==== A note about currencies ====
 +If a quote from a supplier in the Health Supply Hub uses a currency that doesn't exist in mSupply, when you try to download the tender to mSupply you will be shown an error and the download will fail. 
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 +The way to correct the problem is to add the currencies that are shown in the error message to mSupply and then try the download again. For information on adding currencies to mSupply, see the [[other_stuff:currencies]] page.
  
 ===== After uploading the tender to the Health Supply Hub ===== ===== After uploading the tender to the Health Supply Hub =====
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-The button will be visible as soon as you have entered the remote server details in the preferences (see step 2 in the [[tender_management:using_web_tenders#setup|Setup]] section above). If you click it befiore the tender has been uploaded a message will be shown telling you that this is the case. +The button will be visible as soon as you have entered the remote server details in the preferences (see step 2 in the [[tender_management:using_web_tenders#setup|Setup]] section above). If you click it before the tender has been uploaded a message will be shown telling you that this is the case. 
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