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How to Use the Competition Advertisement Website

Access
Competition Search Screen
Competition Search Results
Individual Competition Screen
Amendments
Bid Submission

Access

Suppliers can access advertised competitions on the Purchasing website. Simply click on SaskTenders or Bidding Opportunities in the left hand navigation bar. These links will take suppliers to the competition search screen.

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Competition Search Screen

Suppliers may search for a competition using several methods:

All Open Competitions: Click in the box to the left and you will have access to all competitions that are currently open for competition.

Include Closed/Cancelled Competitions: Click in the box to the left and suppliers will have access to all competitions that have been closed or cancelled for a period of two weeks prior to the current date.

Open Date: Suppliers can choose the competitions that have opened after and before certain dates by choosing those date parameters. Simply click on the radio button to the left and fill in your chosen date fields.

Closing Date: Suppliers can choose the competitions based on the competition closing date. Simply click on the radio button to the left and fill in your chosen date fields.

Competition Number: Suppliers who are aware of the competition number can click on the radio button to the left and insert the competition number.

Organization: Suppliers who are interested in competitions for a certain organization can click on the radio button to the left and choose the organization from the drop down menu.

Keyword: Suppliers can search using a key word or buyer name. Click on the radio button to the left, type in the commodity name or the buyer name.

Once suppliers have selected the criteria they wish to do their search on, click on the Search Competition button.

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Competition Search Results

Suppliers will receive a listing of the competition results that match the criteria that they selected when they were searching for competitions.

The competition search results will provide the competition number, the organization, status of the competition, competition open date, competition closing date as well as an indication of the number of amendments to the competition. The synopsis will give the supplier a summary of what products or services the competition is for.

For further detail on a competition, the supplier can access more complete information for that competition by clicking on the competition number.

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Individual Competition Screen

Suppliers can review the individual competition screen for further information regarding the selected competition.

Suppliers can access the competition documents by clicking on the document name. These documents will be provided in pdf format.

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Amendments

Suppliers will be able to easily see if amendments have been made to a competition by a number of methods.

The Competition Search Results will list the number of amendments that have been made to each competition.

The Individual Competition Screen will identify if there are any amendments, how many and when the last amendment was posted. Suppliers may access the listing of amendments by clicking on View Amendments at the bottom of the Individual Competition Screen.

Suppliers will also have the opportunity to ask to be notified regarding any amendments to each individual competition by clicking on "Notify Me". They will be asked to provide an e-mail address. By providing this address, suppliers will receive an automatic notification any time an amendment is made to that particular competition. Suppliers will be required to follow this process for each competition that they access. E-mail addresses will not be saved or maintained by Government Services - Purchasing Branch.

Please note that suppliers will be responsible to ensure the e-mail address is correct and will also be responsible to return to the competition website to access the actual amendment. Government Services will not be responsible to authenticate the e-mail address and will not be responsible to ensure the suppliers have received the amendments.

Bid Submission

Submission of bids and proposals to Government Services - Purchasing has not changed and will be detailed in the competition documents.

If you have any questions or have any problems with access to the competition advertisement website, please do not hesitate to contact our office.

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Effective Date: February 3, 2003

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