Manage Deadlines

You’ve signed up to Workday Strategic Sourcing.

The sourcing manager determines the event timeline, that consists of these possible deadlines:

Supplier RSVP Deadline

Supplier Question Deadline

Bid Submission Deadline

To ensure you submit information to the sourcing manager on time, set your time zone in your

User Profile

that you can access under your user name on the

Home Page

When you receive a

Supplier RSVP Deadline

, you can inform the sourcing manager that you plan to bid by selecting

I Intend to Submit

on the invitation before the set time and date.

If you don't receive an invitation, either:

You or 1 of your team have already responded to the invitation.

There's no requirement for you to respond.

If you're not going to accept the invitation, select

I Do Not Intend to Submit

and you can either:

Select a reason why you don't want to participate, as well as provide additional comments.

Select

Submit RSVP

If you change your mind about participating in a bid event, you can select

I Intend to Bid

, as long as the invitation hasn't expired.

If the deadline has passed, you can submit a ticket to support by clicking

Support

, and they can help you change your response to the invitation.

If you receive a

Supplier Question Deadline

event, you can't submit questions to the sourcing manager from the

Message Center

after the deadline date and time.

You can continue to view the questions and answers that you or your team submitted before the deadline.

If you don't see the deadline, you can submit questions to the sourcing team at any time during the RFx process.

To submit a bid on the RFP to the sourcing manager, check the due date and time on the

Submission Deadline

, and click the

Submit Bid

button.

The sourcing manager can set the submission deadline so that you can submit your response after the deadline.

You can start submitting your bid and invite team members to collaborate with you on the bid proposal.