Have anybody ever worked with Requests for Quote? Their implementation is a nightmare.

Yes it seemed very overly complex when I tried it. I ended up using a Purchase Request/pending approval PO that just remained in pending approval until the vendor returned with pricing instead We weren't looking to have to setup purchase contracts for everything just wanted to send out a $0 PO to the vendor and have them respond with their pricing every now and then

We have many issues which, as far as I can see from SuiteAnswers, are unresolved since 2015. The main points are: • absurd restrictions on Bid Dates. Our customer has quite fast bids that usually open and close within an afternoon. This is not covered at all since the bid close date cannot be the same day as the bid open • the buyer cannot insert a response in place of the vendor himself without using Vendor Portal. For our customer this is a fairly common case because they may have large RFQ and vendors usually answer by email with Excel attachments • the vendor email template cannot be customized • RFQ and Vendor RFQ (responses) cannot be imported with CSV Import • RFQ and Vendor RFQ (responses) cannot be customized with User Events or Mass Updates... As Ceana Tech apparently did in 2019 (https://ceanatech.com/2019/11/10/a-solution-to-a-netsuite-limitation-request-for-quote-rfq-record/) we are evaluating a complete rewrite using Custom Transactions.

Hey, I am going through this right now , and I got the vendor center set up but when the vendor accesses the center, the center doesn’t have any RFQ. Do you know why this is happening?

Does your vendor center role have access to the RFQ transaction?

Yeah I gave the vendor access and checked the role and permissions.

Not sure on that one. I never got that far because the whole process before that was pretty convoluted so I just gave up on it Maybe it only shows up once an award has been made? Have you awarded it to a vendor yet?

I guess you just have to wait until after the bid close date, before the award subtab appears then you can award the vendor.

Yes. You have to wait. It appears only after Bid Close Date.

@mtoniato Right, and I am assuming I have to use purchase contracts for this RFQ process, correct? Or is there a way to not use purchase contracts?

AFAIK standard Advanced Procurement cannot skip steps. So: RFQ → Purchase Contract → Purchase Order

Thank you, I got it! I wasn’t sure if I could skip it but clearly not. I really appreciate it!

I doubt it. I've never tried but I know customers can't access the file cabinet via customer center so I imagine it would be the same for the vendors

@AI1 Yeah I tried making a custom field on the form and putting the file there but the field isn’t being exposed in the vendor center.

That figures. It can be scripted but natively doesn't seem like you can do this. Have you tried updating the vendor center role? Can you add documents under the lists tab in permissions?

Only thing could do in the role was allow downloads of PDF’s. Was it a large effort to script it?