| Bids (tpest3100m000) |  |
| Use this session to display or maintain the bid. If you want to see the bid lines, click Prepare Bid tab in the Specific menu to start the Prepare Bid (tpest3210m000) session. In this process, the estimate lines are copied to the Bid Lines (tpest3110m000) session. Related topics To use a bid
Fields | Description
Project | The code that uniquely identifies the project
Description | The description or name of the code.
Status | The status of the project.
Project - Invoice Type | The invoice type for 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.
Description | The description or name of the code.
Business Partner | The project business partner.
Address | The address of the business partner.
Description | The description or name of the code.
Customer Reference | The reference to identify the customer.
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.
Contact | The name or description of the contact.
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.
Text | If this check box is selected, a text is present.
Competitor 1 | The code that identifies the competitor company. Use the browse arrow to zoom to the tppdm0135m000 session to select a record.
Competitor 1 | The description or name of the code.
Competitor 2 | The code that identifies the competitor company. Use the browse arrow to zoom to the 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.
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.
Submitted 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: Accepted: The bid is accepted. Rejected: The bid is rejected.
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 Code | You can enter a reason code, for example, that the bid was 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 Code field and the Expiry Date field are disabled.
Commands | Description
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.