The 'Suppliers' tab on a Requirement stores your qualified/disqualified/live suppliers for each Requirement. 


See here for more information on the 'Suppliers' tab of a Requirement.


Manually Qualifying a Supplier on a Requirement


If you need to Direct Award a Requirement to a supplier, or manually qualify a supplier directly for any reason, you can do so via the 'Supplier' tab of the Requirement.


N.B: Please ensure you have added a category/lot in the Requirement so you can make suppliers Live once they are qualified. 


  • Search for the relevant supplier in the 'Manually qualify a supplier' dropdown list
    • A pop up message will then appear asking Are you sure? Ensure to double check the correct supplier has been selected and click Ok, if you do not wish to proceed with the supplier you have selected click Close.
      • NB: If the wrong supplier is manually qualified the action cannot be undone.
  • Once the supplier has been manually qualified, click on the Categories button to select the category or lots the supplier is qualified for.
    • Once you've selected the correct category/lots, click Save.
  • You should now see a Go Live button next to the supplier. Click this to make the supplier Live when you're ready for the supplier to be made live for the lots/categories selected. 
    • By being made "live" this will allow the supplier(s) to be picked for costs associated with the categories/lots set-up.
  • You can update the lots/categories a supplier is qualified for at any point by clicking back on the Categories button and ticking/unticking categories.
    • If you make any changes, you will now need to provide a reason for this before clicking Save.
    • You can also do this if you need to disqualify a supplier by unticking all their Categories/Lots.

  • N.B. All changes are also recorded in the Audit log, which can be viewed in the Audit tab.