Commodity

The Commodity tab on the Solicitation Response (SR) transaction allows a vendor's response to each commodity line to be recorded.

Required/Conditionally Required FieldsRequired/Conditionally Required Fields

A Response Type must be selected to submit the SR transaction to Final. If No Bid is selected in the Response Type field, then the reason must be specified in the Comments field.

For a Pre Fixed commodity line on SR, the Bid Contract Amount must equal the Pre Fixed Line Amount listed on the referenced Solicitation.

The following field is conditionally required, based on site specific setup on the Transaction Control table:

  • Commodity Line Description

The following fields are required if the Line Type is Item:

  • Bid Quantity

  • Unit

  • Unit Price

The following field is required if the Line Type is Service:

  • Contract Amount

The following fields are required if the Line Type is Discount:

  • Response Type

  • Award Discount %

  • Effective To

  • Effective From

  • Bid Catalog Name

The following fields are required if the Line Type is Catalog:

  • Response Type

  • Award Discount %

  • Effective To

  • Effective From

  • Bid Catalog Name

The following fields are required if the Line Type is Cost-Plus:

  • Bid Quantity

  • Percentage Type

  • Markup Fixed Amount

  • Markup Percentage

The following fields are conditionally required, based on site specific setup on the Procurement Transaction Control table:

  • Manufacturer

  • Model

  • Warranty Type

  • Packing Instructions

  • Hazardous Materials

  • Special Handling

  • Additional Handling

The following field is allowed based on site specific setup on the Procurement Transaction Control table:

  • Extended Description: When the Infer Extended Description from Commodity field is checked on the Procurement Transaction Control page, the Extended Description is inferred from the related commodity record. If the Extended Description field is checked on Procurement Transaction Control, the field will be unprotected on the Solicitation Response transaction.

The Environmentally Preferred Purchase (EPP) section is only available when the ENABLE_EPP parameter is set to Yes on the Application Parameter (APPCTRL) table. This section can be used to define:

  • Product Certifications

  • Recycled Content

  • EPP Attributes

  • EPP Product