How do I submit a response?

Only suppliers who have completed (validated) registration may respond to events.

• Click Respond Now on an event listing to display the Event Response page. If you decide not to respond, please select No Bid and select a reason code.
• View the terms and conditions for this event. If the event allows you to negotiate terms and conditions, you can do so. If you are not presented with an option to negotiate terms and conditions, you must accept the terms and conditions before you can submit a response. Click Continue.
• Any response you submit must contain at least one line, and it is possible that an event will require you to respond to all lines. Click the Respond link for a line. When completing lines, you can respond for the full quantity or for a partial quantity. If you choose to respond to some but not all of the lines, please check No Bid and select a reason code for the lines you are not interested in. If you want to indicate that you will not be charging for an item - for example because it is a promotion, or an accessory, or a sample - select "No Charge" at the line level. If the event line allows for alternate responses, you can select "Alternate Only" and create an alternate response by clicking on the Add link that displays under the Alternate Responses column on Line Responses.
• An event or line may include required question(s) that you must answer as part of your response.
• You can attach a pricing catalog or other information using the Attachments tab of the Event Response page.
• When you have nearly completed your response, the website may display a list of messages indicating if you have missing information. When your response is complete, click Submit then OK to send us your response now, or just click Done to save your response in Draft status for submitting later. We are unable to award to responses that are in Draft status. If you click Done without submitting, a message may display reminding you of the submission deadline.

If you want to submit a response by mail or phone instead of online, contact our purchasing staff.