MeRLIN allows buyers to submit quotes on behalf of the Suppliers from the Buyer Portal.
Menu path: Sourcing Event Management >> RFQs – Action- View Suppliers
From the Supplier – Quote list, for the selected Supplier, under actions choose “Respond to RFQ(On Behalf of Supplier)” to submit a quote.
The General Information tab will show the Pursuit RFQ information. Under the Q&A section, provide the answers to proceed to the next tab. In the items tab, under Actions, choose Add Quote. For the selected Item, you also have the provision to Submit not interested.
Provide Item Quote
For the selected item, choose Add Quote.
Under Item details view the item information Now provide the item’s pricing and delivery details, UoM- Supplier Chooses a UoM from the same UoM Class, the UoM Conversion factor is automatically populated based on the supplier selection. Supplier provides a custom UoM and provides the Conversion factor as well and move to the next page. Note that, the RFQ Evaluation is done in the Requested UoM, whereas the Supplier will be awarded in the UoM provided by the Supplier.
The buyer can add the UOM , minimum order quantity in the basics tab
The delivery schedule tab allows the user to add the piece price, additional charges and discounts. These additional charges can be applied to the selected schedule or all schedules. The discounts and additional charges can be modified in the final quote summary like the regular RFQs
In both Pursuit and Non-Pursuit RFQs, the location field has been set to read-only for suppliers, preventing any modifications to the buyer-specified location. The location field is configured as read-only for both supplier-submitted quotes through the Supplier Portal and buyer-submitted quotes on behalf of the supplier in the Buyer Portal
