Creating Excel Bidding Worksheets
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Use bidding spreadsheets to allow vendors to submit bids via an Excel spreadsheet. Follow these instructions to build the bidding worksheet before you enable Excel bidding in the Lots and Items page of your project.
»To create an Excel bidding worksheet
If you use formulas in your bidding spreadsheet, there are some special guidelines to follow before you present the spreadsheet to your bidders. For more information, refer to Using Formulas in Bidding Spreadsheets.
NOTE: If there are links to different documents in the Excel spreadsheet, cell mapping will fail and Excel bidding in the Live Event will not work. We suggest uploading all supplementary documents as project attachments.
If you are using formulas in the Excel file, Excel bidding will enable bidders to submit bids using the formulas. For more information about using formulas in your bidding spreadsheet, refer to Using Formulas in Bidding Spreadsheets.
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