The OC Bids and Tenders content type displays open and awarded tenders in your city or council. While some details can be found on the listing page, the bids and tenders page displays detailed information about the tender.
The bids and tenders page will show a details table, body content, and side panels to display as much information as you need. As this module does not support submissions for bids and tenders, you may want to show limited information about the tender and link out to a third-party service where you manage your bids and tenders.
Create a bids and tenders page
To create an OC Bids and Tenders page:
- Right-click in the site tree and select Create Page.
- Choose OC Bids and Tenders as the content type.
- Fill in the necessary fields.
- Publish your page.
We recommend creating all your OC Bids and Tenders pages under your open tenders listing page. Once they have been awarded, you can move them under your awarded tenders listing page.
What to include on your bids and tenders page
Use the following information to fill out the fields on your OC Bids and Tenders page:
| Field | Function |
| Page name | Completes the unique page URL |
| Bid or tender title | The bid or tender's title is displayed on the listing page, in search results, and on the bids and tenders page. |
| Add bid or tender summary for listing | A brief overview of the bid or tender for the listing, search results, and the details table on the bids and tenders page. |
| Add bid or tender reference number | A reference number for the bid or tender, which displays on the listing page and in the details table on the bids and tenders page. |
| Closing date | |
| Closing date for bid or tender | The closing date for submissions to the bid or tender. |
| Hide date information | Check this box to remove closing date information for ongoing open bids or tenders or bids and tenders with multi-stage submission deadlines. |
| And display following instead | If you checked the Hide date information box, you can use this field to add alternative closing dates you'd like to present. |
| Status of bid or tender | |
| Select the status of the bid or tender | Use the dropdown menu to select the status of your bid or tender. You can choose Open, Complete, Pending, or Awarded by default, but you can add statuses in the Site Management module settings. |
| Has the bid or tender been awarded? |
Check this box once the bid or tender has been awarded, and it will automatically move to your awarded tenders listing page. Remember to change the status in the Select the status of your bid or tender field, and you may also want to move the page in the site tree so that it's a child page of the awarded tenders listing. |
| Date awarded | The date the bid or tender was awarded. |
| Contact information | |
| Name | The name of the person bidders can contact for more information. |
| The email address of the person bidders can contact for more information. | |
| Phone number | The phone number of the person bidders can contact for more information. |
| Alternate phone number | An alternate phone number of the person bidders can contact for more information. |
| Winning entity information | |
| Name | The name of the person or organization that the bid or tender was awarded to. |
| The email address of the person or organization that the bid or tender was awarded to. | |
| Phone number | The phone number of the person or organization that the bid or tender was awarded to. |
| Alternate phone number | An alternate phone number for the person or organization that the bid or tender was awarded to. |
| Value of winning bid | The currency value of the winning bid. This is a text field, so you'll need to specify the currency when entering the value. |
| Supporting information | |
| Additional side panels | Add additional side panel content using a WYSIWYG Editor. Use the field provided to name the panel and the edit button to open the WYSIWYG Editor. |
| Add related links | Related internal or external links for the bid or tender. |
| Add related documents | Related documents for the bid or tender. |
| Add common search terms people would use when looking for this bid or tender | Keywords or metadata to boost the page in site search results. |
| Content labels | These labels organize your content internally (i.e. your site visitors won’t see the labels). You can make contents lists using these content labels. |
Please note that all side panel content will appear at the bottom of the page when viewed on a mobile device.