US 2004/0210490 A1 · Tool for managing bids

Abstract

A method, computer program product and system for managing bids. A bid request may be transmitted to a recipient that may itself become a bid requester thereby being able to submit one or more bid requests to other entities. A bid request may generically refer to a request to bid on line item(s). A recipient of one or more bid requests may further be allowed to aggregate one or more line items and the accompanying documentation, e.g., agreements, drawings, if any, in the one or more received request, into one or more new requests to be submitted to other entities. Furthermore, a recipient of one or more responses to one or more bid requests may import data related to one or more line items in one or more received responses into one or more new responses to be submitted to other entities.

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Dependent claims

A method for managing a bid comprising the steps of:

transmitting a first request to submit a first bid by a first requester at a first level of classification to one or more entities at a second level of classification, wherein said first request to submit said first bid comprises one or more line items;
submitting a first bid response to one or more of said one or more line items of said first bid to said first requester at said first level of classification by one or more of said one or more entities at said second level of classification in response to said first request;
and
transmitting a second request to submit a second bid on one or more of said one or more line items of said first bid to one or more entities at a third level classification by one or more of said one or more entities at said second level of classification.

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A computer program product having computer readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for managing a bid, comprising:

programming operable for transmitting a first request to submit a first bid by a first requester at a first level of classification to one or more entities at a second level of classification, wherein said first request to submit said first bid comprises one or more line items;
programming operable for submitting a first bid response to one or more of said one or more line items of said first bid to said first requester at said first level of classification by one or more of said one or more entities at said second level of classification in response to said first request;
and
programming operable for transmitting a second request to submit a second bid on one or more of said one or more line items of said first bid to one or more entities at a third level classification by one or more of said one or more entities at said second level of classification.

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A system, comprising:

a data processing system comprising:
a processor;
a memory unit operable for storing a computer program operable for managing a bid;
an input mechanism;
an output mechanism operable for connecting to said network;
and
a bus system coupling the processor to the memory unit, input mechanism, and output mechanism, wherein the computer program is operable for performing the following programming steps:
transmitting a first request to submit a first bid by a first requester at a first level of classification to one or more entities at a second level of classification, wherein said first request to submit said first bid comprises one or more line items;
submitting a first bid response to one or more of said one or more line items of said first bid to said first requester at said first level of classification by one or more of said one or more entities at said second level of classification in response to said first request;
and
transmitting a second request to submit a second bid on one or more of said one or more line items of said first bid to one or more entities at a third level classification by one or more of said one or more entities at said second level of classification.

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