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You can use this process to send out freight requests for quotation (freight RFQs) to one or more carriers, according to a tendering plan.

You can use a freight RFQ tendering process to send out one or more freight RFQs. You can send the freight RFQs manually, or enable the system to send them out automatically.

You can also use a direct tendering process to send a road freight order (road FO) directly to a specified carrier without creating a freight RFQ. Carriers can confirm or reject the road FOs. Unlike the freight RFQ process, the system generally awards a carrier if he or she does not reject the road FO within a given time limit.

Direct tendering can be created and started manually by the user, or automatically by the system.

Note Note

The related subcontracting process must not be in In Tendering status.

For more information on statuses, see Statuses of Business Documents.

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Prerequisites

  • You have defined the specific settings for freight order type and tendering in the Customizing for SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM).

  • You have set up a consistent tendering plan.

Process

  1. To plan and publish a new automatic tendering process, in SAP NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC), on the Edit screen of an FO, choose the Subcontracting pushbutton, and select Automatic Tendering.

    Note Note

    When you start the tendering process, the subcontracting process is at In Tendering status.

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  2. If you want to start the process manually, you must perform the following tasks:

    1. Identify the FO that you want to tender.

    2. Enter the name of the tendering manager.

    3. If you select a tendering profile on the popup screen, the system uses it directly in the tendering plan.

  3. Set up one or more tendering steps in the tendering plan. You can define attributes in each tendering step, including the following attributes:

    • Tendering type

    • You want the carrier to formally respond

    • Response time

    • Absolute price limit

    • Visibility settings

    • One or more carriers

  4. You can enable the system to propose suitable carriers, a price limit, and visibility settings. For more information, see Creation of a Tendering Plan.

  5. You can save the tendering plan as a tendering profile that you can use for tendering processes in the future.

  6. Publish the first freight RFQ or all freight RFQs, depending on the tendering type you have selected for your tendering step.

  7. The tendering process runs automatically if you have performed the following tasks:

    • Set up the system and Customizing settings for automatic processing

      The system determines a tendering profile automatically, according to your Customizing settings.

    • Scheduled the /SCMTMS/TEND_CONT_PROCESS report to run regularly