Purchase Request with RFP Scenario
Jack, a workshop specialist, needs MRO service engineers for plant shutdown operations scheduled from Dec 1 to Dec 15, 2025. The procurement involves creating a requisition, initiating a request for proposal process, and finalizing a purchase order.
Steps
- Select the Relevant Organization Unit. See Home: Organization unit Selector.
- Jack begins by choosing the appropriate organizational unit for the requisition.
- Create a Purchase Requisition (as a Free-Form Request). See Purchase Request: Create.
- Jack creates a requisition within the application.
- Enter Requisition Details:
- Due Date: Enter the expected delivery date.
- Purpose: Specifies the reason for the purchase.
- Add Line Items:
- Item 1: MRO Plant Maint and Shutdown Operations Engineers
- Expense Type: MRO
- Quantity Ordered: 5
- Unit of Measure: Resource per day
- Item 1: MRO Plant Maint and Shutdown Operations Engineers
- Submit for Approval. See Purchase Request: Details.
- Jack submits the request for approval.
- Manager Approval.
- Jack’s manager, Tim, approves the requisition.
- RFP initiating by RFP Manager. See RFP: Create.
- Mark, RFP Manager, manually creates an RFP based on the details from the PR and submits it for vendor review and proposal submission.
- Note: Uploading a file with the proposal is required during this step.
- Select Vendor and Upload Proposal:
- Vendor: Mark selects Protekt Engineering Services as the vendor.
- Proposal Document: Mark uploads the proposal document received from the vendor.
- Purchase Order Creation. See Purchase Order: Create.
- Markus, the buyer, creates a Purchase Order (PO) based on the selected proposal details from the RFP, enters the supplier's information, and sends the PO to the supplier.
- CFO Approval.
- Michael, a CFO, reviews and approves the purchase order, changing its status firstly to synchronizing, then to ordering.
- Warehouse Acknowledgment. See AP Invoice: Create and Good Receipt: Create.
- The warehouse manager continues with the AP Invoice and Good Receipt until all products are delivered and the status is transferred to delivered.
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