Saving Your Bid Package Using A Different Name

BidPlus provides the ability to save your bid package using a different name. This allows the flexibility to have multiple users on the same program save the work they have completed on their separate bid packages, even when they are based at the same domicile.

When you review the section on opening your bid package , you will see that the folder that contains your bid package is named using your domicile, month, and year.

And when you double click on that folder, you will see the primary file for that folder, which is named using your domicile and current bid month.

To Open that bid package, you simply need to double click on it. Once the bid package is open as if you are ready to bid, you can then save it under a different name. To do so, you need to click on the File menu, and then choose Save As...

You are then presented with a File Save As box that allows you to name the file you are about to create as any name you like. Simply begin typing in the name you want to use, and it will be entered into the highlighted area at the bottom.

After typing in your new name...

However, the original pimary file (Ord03.bbd in this case) still remains. Now, the next time you go to open a bid package file, you will see both file names listed as available files. A newly created file is always placed into the same folder that the original primary file was first contained. Notice the folder called Ord0300 at the top of this graphic. All of these files will be found in that folder.

You are able to create as many additional files as you like, and then name them as you wish.

Please be careful to ensure that your own Profile is the active profile when using the new bid package file that you have created. If you don't, then you run the risk of uploading your completed work with somebody else's profile, and to somebody else's LOFBID. Please be careful!!