What is online bidding? What is the process of online bidding?

Online bidding is a bidding method based on modern information technology, which manages all aspects of bidding and monitors the whole bidding process with the help of the Internet. Specifically, abandoning some or all paper documents and conducting bidding activities online is the real whole process, all-round and paperless bidding management.

The online bidding process mainly includes the following steps:

1. Publish tender announcement: The tenderer publishes relevant information and tender announcement through the government procurement network or other tender platforms, including project overview, tender conditions, tender methods, acquisition methods of tender documents, submission deadline, etc.

2. Pre-qualification: The tenderee conducts pre-qualification for bidders to determine whether they are capable of performing the contract.

3. Acquisition of bidding documents: The bidder obtains bidding documents, including bidding documents, technical requirements, business standards, instructions to bidders and other documents.

4. Electronic tender preparation: prepare electronic tender through electronic tender system.

5. Electronic tender uploading: the electronic operation platform looks for/submits the tender. After all uploads are completed, check the bidding information, sign electronically (that is, enter the password again for CA lock), and finally print the receipt.

6. Online bid opening: After the tender is uploaded, wait for the online announcement of the bid opening time; If the uploaded tender is encrypted, it needs to be decrypted within the specified time before bid opening; Enter the online bid opening room, click "Online Decryption", enter the PIN code password, and the platform shows that the file has been decrypted.

7. Follow-up work: We can track the fund audit results in real time through the online platform and check the fund audit and performance of all bidders; Check the bid opening list and the quotations of all bidders; Check the evaluation experts' reports on the evaluation results of all bidders; Check the final bid winner and bid price of this project.