Comparison and selection

Buyers may view submitted quotes as they arrive. This is not sealed tendering. Comparison aligns quotes on stable line ids and shows coverage, known amount, lead time, staleness, expiry, and partial or alternative flags. Missing or unknown charges are not treated as zero. Since 0.1.1, a supplier bid can include an optional lead time: a whole number from 0 to 9999, in hours, days, or weeks, starting at award. A blank amount is omitted. A bid with no lead time reads Not given. When quoted lines have different lead times, comparison lists each one. Each line also shows its unit price. A no-bid reads No bid. An alternative is labeled Alt. A missing price reads Not given. Known amounts and line prices use the request currency. US dollars still use $. A negative amount keeps the minus in front of the symbol, so a five-cent credit reads -$0.05. Download comparison CSV builds the file in the browser from the quotes on screen and starts it with a UTF-8 BOM so Excel opens non-ASCII text.

Selection is allowed only when the RFQ is closed. It targets one current submitted revision. There is no per-line split award. Since 0.1.1, comparison can rescind a recorded selection with a reason. Rescind returns the RFQ to closed and never claims to reverse host-side financial actions. Selection remains intent only.