On-line system and method for analyzing vendor proposals in response to a request-for-proposal
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a purchaser terminal;
a vendor terminal;
a processor coupled to said purchaser terminal and to said vendor terminal via Internet, wherein said processor is configured to receive a bid from said vendor terminal, said bid comprising a plurality of bid sections, and to automatically transmit via e-mail said bid sections to predetermined users of said purchaser terminal.
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Abstract
An on-line system and method for analyzing proposals received in response to a request-for-proposal for highly specialized or engineered goods. The system comprises a purchaser terminal and a vendor terminal. A processor is coupled to the purchaser terminal and to the vendor terminal via Internet. The processor is configured to receive a bid from the vendor terminal, wherein the bid comprises a plurality of bid sections. The processor automatically transmits, via e-mail, the bid sections to predetermined users of the purchaser terminal. Advantageously, each one of the bid sections corresponds to a sections of a request-for-proposal generated by a purchaser, and is transmitted to the RFP team members that created the RFP section. The processor may also comprise a negotiation module which is configured to display to users of the purchaser terminal and the vendor terminal offer and counteroffer information. A template manager module is configured to provide a purchase order template, which is automatically populated with information from the RFP sections and from the negotiation module, and to provide an invoice template, which is also automatically populated with information from the RFP sections and from the negotiation module.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a purchaser terminal;
a vendor terminal;
a processor coupled to said purchaser terminal and to said vendor terminal via Internet, wherein said processor is configured to receive a bid from said vendor terminal, said bid comprising a plurality of bid sections, and to automatically transmit via e-mail said bid sections to predetermined users of said purchaser terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for analyzing a proposal received in response to a request-for-proposal, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving at a processor said proposal generated at a vendor terminal, wherein said vendor terminal is coupled to said processor via Internet, and wherein said proposal comprises a plurality of proposal sections; and
by said processor, automatically transmitting via e-mail each one of said plurality of proposal sections to predetermined users of a purchaser terminal, said purchaser terminal coupled to said processor via Internet. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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