| # Bids (tpest3100m000) Use this session to display or maintain the bid. To view the estimate lines for the bid, select the Bid Lines option on the References menu. Related topics To use a bid Project The code that uniquely identifies the project Description The description or name of the code. Status The status of the project. Version The estimate version Description The description or name of the code. Status If the estimate version status is Free, you can add structures to the estimate version, change the estimate version amount, and so on. For example, you can still change the primary structure for one of the other additional structures. If the version status is Final, the version is frozen. You can change the status back to Free and/or change the sort structure. Bid Number The bid number. General Bid Details Description The description or name of the code. Business Partner The project business partner. Address The address of the business partner. Note Use the Maps section to view the location of the Address. You must select only one record at a time. Description The description or name of the code. Contact The contact. Use contacts to register the information that you need about your customers' and suppliers' employees. For each business partner you can define the business partner's contact. Use the browse arrow to zoom to the Contacts (tccom4540m000) session to select a record. Description The description or name of the code. Probability Percentage A percentage associated with a bid that represents the probability of the business partner accepting the bid. The default success percentage is zero. Reference Customer Reference The reference to identify the customer. First Reference The reference text to be printed on the bid, for example, the name of a contact person or a customer reference number. Second Reference The reference text to be printed on the bid, for example, the name of a contact person or a customer reference number. Internal Sales Representative The code of the internal sales representative, defined in the Employees - General (tccom0101m000) session. Description The description or name of the code. External Sales Representative The name of the employee who is the external sales representative for the bid, defined in the Employees - General (tccom0101m000) session. Bid Values Cost Amount The default estimate-version currency. Cost Amount The bid amount can be the calculated cost amount from the bid lines or you can enter an amount. Cost Amount The cost amount in home currency. Sales Amount The default business partner currency. Sales Amount The bid amount can be the calculated sales amount from the bid lines or you can enter an amount. Sales Amount The sales amount in home currency. Profit Margin The currency of the profit margin. Profit Margin The profit is the difference between the cost and the sales amount. Profit Margin The profit margin in home currency. Sales Tax Amount The sales tax amount payable to the tax authority. Home Currency The sales tax amount payable to the tax authority in the home currency. Text If this check box is selected, a text is present. Selling Invoicing Sales Office When you enter a bid, LN retrieves the sales office from the Sold-to Business Partner (tccom4110s000) session. This value can be changed. Description The description or name of the code. Invoicing Method The invoicing method for the bid. Description The description or name of the code. Invoice Discount The percentage calculated as a discount on the invoice amount of the bid. Tax Tax Classification The tax classification for the bid, defined in the Tax Classifications (tctax0116m000) session. Description The description or name of the code. Tax Country The tax country for the bid. Description The description or name of the code. Own Tax Number The tax number allotted by the government. Tax Code The tax code defined in the Tax Codes by Country (tcmcs0536m000) session for the bid. Description The description or name of the code. BP Tax Country The tax country of the sold-to business partner for the bid. Description The description or name of the code. BP Tax Number The tax number allotted by the government to the sold-to business partner. Tax Exemption Certificate The tax exemption certificate number, if tax is exempted for the bid. Note You can specify the tax exemption certificate number if the Exempt check box is selected. You can view this field if in the Tax Parameters (tctax0100m000) session: the Tax Exempt Level field is set to Extended and at least one of the search sequence levels is set to Exemptions by Country or Exemptions by Country Set. Related topics To set up tax exemptions Search Order Tax Defaults Tax Exemption Reason The code that identifies the reason if tax is exempted on the contract line. Note You can enter the tax exemption reason if the Exempt check box is selected. You can view this field if in the Tax Parameters (tctax0100m000) session: the Tax Exempt Level field is set to Extended and at least one of the search sequence levels is set to Exemptions by Country or Exemptions by Country Set. Related topics To set up tax exemptions Search Order Tax Defaults Description The description or name of the code. Paying Payment Method The payment method for the bid. Description The description or name of the code. Payment Terms The payment terms for the bid. Description The description or name of the code. Competitors Competitor 1 The code that identifies the competitor company. Use the browse arrow to zoom to the Competitors (tppdm0135m000) session to select a record. Competitor 2 The code that identifies the competitor company. Use the browse arrow to zoom to the Competitors (tppdm0135m000) session to select a record. Competitor 3 The code that identifies the competitor company. Use the browse arrow to zoom to the Competitors (tppdm0135m000) session to select a record. Miscellaneous Bid Origin Bid Prepared By The employee who prepares the bid. Bid Approved Select the check box to approve the bid. Bid Approval By The employee who approves the bid. Bid Creation Date The date the bid is created. However, this value can be modified, for example, if the bid process is initiated external to LN. Approval Date The date on which the bid is approved. This date is used for tracking purposes. Bid Status The status of the bid. The bid can have the following status: Allowed values Bid Status Phase The code that identifies the phase. Use the browse arrow to zoom to the Phases (tppdm0147m000) session to select the record. Description The description or name of the code. Reason The reason code for the bid. The code is mandatory if the bid is rejected. Expiry Date The date on which the bid has expires. If the expiry date is in the past, all the fields except the Reason field and the Expiry Date field are disabled. Calculate Amounts Calculates the bid cost amount and the bid sales amount. Print Bids Starts the Print Bids (tpest3400m000) session used to print a report on a bid. |