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      BidCQ: How to Submit Pricing for a PCB

      You should have received an email from a no-reply CalcuQuote address asking you to submit a bid sheet for a PCB from a customer. If so, the email should include a link to open a web view with the customer's requirements for the board.

      The receiving and access process for a PCB request is the same as for any materials bid request. You can read about that in THIS article.

      Open the PCB Bid request

      1. In the Bid Summary, you will identify which lines are for a PCB Bid.
      2. Click on that line.
      3. Once you have clicked into a bid, you can quickly see the Bid Information: both who sent the bid and information on the bid itself. 
        To exit the Bid Information view, click the 'x' in the top right or click anywhere on the screen.

      How to use BidCQ for a PCB Bid request

      Navigate the menu

      • Summary - a hamburger icon on the left-hand side: Click here to go back to the Bid Summary page.

      • Bid Info: click here to review the Bid Information.

      • USD: click here to change the currency you will use.

      • Submit: click here to submit the information and send the bid back to your customer.

      • Bid Mgmt: click here to mark the PCB as no bid.

      Fill in the PCB and pricing information

      • You will be able to view the bid sheet here, and you will be able to fill out all the relevant fields in bidCQ.

      • While on this screen, you are able to edit the PCB requirements that you’re able to provide. Please note that the dimensions for the board are a required field.

      • Also, the fields in gray (Turn Time and Turn Time UOM) are set fields and cannot be edited. However, you are able to add in additional times below by using the + sign to the right.

      • You can attach documents or see the files the customer attached from the "View and Upload Files" button in the bottom of the screen.

      Note: the "Save" button is to save the bid as a draft, not to submit the information back to the customer.

      Submit the bid

      1. Once you populate all the information, click on the Submit button in the top right-hand corner.

      2. After submission, the bid will be sent back to the customer with the newly populated data to compare to the original data requested if there were any changes.

      3. After submitting your bid sheet, the bid will be marked as submitted and moved to the closed section of the bid sheets.