Bid Opening Date Removal

[troy_woudwyk]

SRM Experts:

We currently use SRM 5.0 but will be upgrading eventually to 7.0

The Bid Opening Date can be removed after the RFx is Published. This allows users to see the Bids that have been submitted. This is a problem for us and our Auditors don't like it.

Is there a way to prevent the Opening Date from being removed after the RFx is Published?

Thanks

Troy.

[masa_139 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

How about hiding the opening date field in RFX UI? So Purchaser can not specify the opening date.

You can hide fields by customizing in SRM 7.0.

You can also inplement BBP_DOC_CHANGE_BADI and clear the opening date field.

Info:

Date fields in FRx:

- Start Date

- Submission Deadline

- Opening Date

- End of Bidding period

Regards,

Masa

[troy_woudwyk · Accepted solution]

Hiding the Opening Date would not work because we would like to use it for what it was designed for. The problem is that users can remove it AFTER the Bid Invitation is Published.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

The logic in your implementation of BBP_DOC_CHANGE_BADI or BBP_DOC_CHECK_BADI could be intelligent enough to disallow the removal of the opening date, e.g. to check if there were previous versions of the RFx.