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Manage the Bids and Tenders module

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This task can be undertaken by users with the following roles: OC Site Manager and OC System Administrator.

You can manage settings for the Bids and Tenders module from Site Management.

  1. From the main menu, go to More >Site Management> your site >Settings.
  2. Select Bids and Tenders.
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  3. Make your changes.
  4. Save your changes.

Settings for the Bids and Tenders module

Location of listing page for current bids and tenders

Use this field to indicate the current bids and tenders listing page.

Enter the unique URL of the bids and tenders listing page. For example, [Public]/Council/Tenders

This is a predictive text field, so start typing the Page name of your current listing page and then select it from the list.

Location of listing page for awarded bids and tenders

Enter the unique URL of the awarded bids and tenders listing page, e.g. [Public]/Council/Tenders/Awarded-Tenders

Status

Add a new option by typing a new status into the Enter new status field, then select Add

You can delete our preset categories or drag them to change their order in the list.

Note: Deleting a status type will remove this information from all OC Bids and Tenders entries that have been assigned that status. You will need to revisit all pages with this status and give them a new one.

Authors must comment upon publishing? Select this option to make it mandatory for authors to comment about their changes before publishing the page.
Feedback form

Choose how feedback forms are treated:

Disabled: Feedback forms will not show on bids and tenders pages.

Turn on and show on pages by default: The feedback form will automatically be shown on OC Bids and Tenders pages, with the option to turn it off.

Turn on but hide on pages by default: The feedback form will not show on OC Bids and Tenders pages, with the option to turn it on.

Learn more about user feedback.

Form to use for feedback If you have multiple page feedback forms, select which one to use for bids and tenders pages.

Page discussions

(Community Engagement module – premium)

Choose how page discussions are treated:

Disabled: Page discussions will not show on bids and tenders pages.

Turn on and use site-wide setting: This is the default status for page discussions in Site Management (More > Site Management > your site > Settings > Page Discussions > Site-wide setting). The 2 settings available are:

Turn on and show on pages by default: Page discussions will automatically be shown on OC Bids and Tenders pages, with the option to turn it off.

Turn on but hide on pages by default: Page discussions will not show on OC Bids and Tenders pages, with the option to turn it on.

Learn more about page discussions.

Page subscriptions

(Subscriptions module)

Choose how page subscriptions are treated:

Disabled: Page subscriptions will not show on bids and tenders pages.

Turn on and use site-wide setting: This is the default status for page subscriptions in Site Management (More > Site Management > your site > Settings Subscriptions > Site-wide setting for pages). The 2 settings available are:

Turn on and show on pages by default: Page subscriptions will automatically be shown on OC Bids and Tenders pages, with the option to turn it off.

Turn on but hide on pages by default: Page subscriptions will not show on OC Bids and Tenders pages, with the option to turn it on.

Learn more about page subscriptions.

Related content

Choose how Related content is treated:

Disabled: Related content will not show on bids and tenders pages.

Turn on and use site-wide setting: This is the default status for related content in Site Management (More > Site Management > your site > Settings Related content > Site-wide setting). The 2 settings available are:

Turn on and show on pages by default: Related content will automatically be shown on OC Bids and Tenders pages, with the option to turn it off.

Turn on but hide on pages by default: Related content will not show on OC Bids and Tenders pages, with the option to turn it on.

Learn more about Related content.

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