Pre-qualified bidders will be invited to submit a 'technical' proposal containing everything (except the price) and to articipate in the auction on a specific date and at a specific time. Specifications and instructions on how to participate in he auction will be provided in advance of the event. Bidders will be advised after prequalification that an e-auction will take place.

In the case of weighted bids the prices submitted at the e-auction stage may be subjected to an overall weighting, which takes into account criteria other than price alone, so the display bid will not purely be based on price alone.

Online bidding is usually specified that bidders can only bid downwards and the minimum decrement is usually specified.

The bidding exercise will have a specified opening and closing time. The e-Auction will close when no new bids are received and the closing time has expired. If however, a new bid is received just before the scheduled closing time, the allocated bidding time will be extended.

The bidder's identities will be kept confidential during the event although the number of bidders will usually be apparent from the screen.

The some item(s) having an opening bid price; this will be an indicative guide to you. The bid will be consider if it sended before closing time has expired or it is not lesser then current bid.

The new bidding should not be lower than the opening bid price.

You will receive feedback on you ranking in relation to the other bidders.

You can submit as many new bids as you wish up to the closing time of the e-Auction, the rankings will be revised accordingly.

We are ensuring that quality, service and other value-adding considerations are met with your requirements or with your item(s) for that you bid.

The bidders should have an appropriate knowledge of bidding, it's market, it's market price and of the process itself, so the e-auction of the bid is run successful. The on-line bidding process is becarefully utilised as one part of a complex procurement process.