Note: To see online invitations in My Opportunities, you must agree to join the Mercell Supplier Registry. This option is available in your My Profile settings.
All opportunities you have been invited to bid on through Mercell Bidding are displayed in the Invitations tab on your My Opportunities dashboard.
Invitations that have not yet been answered will show the status Invitation: Pending.
If you have agreed to join the Mercell Supplier Registry through your user profile, your company profile becomes visible to buyers online. Buyers can then select your registered profile to send you an invitation, which will automatically be linked to your organisation. This means that organisation administrators can also access the invitation on your behalf.
You will receive both an email notification and an in-platform notification when you are invited. The Invitations tab will be highlighted as soon as an invitation is received, and you can access it directly from the platform without using the email link.
If you are not part of the Mercell Supplier Registry, invitations will not appear in the Invitations tab. In this case, buyers can only send invitations via email, and access to the tender is available through the link in that email. Once you accept the invitation, it will be linked to your organisation and will appear under the Active Bids tab.
You can choose to either accept or reject the invitation (see instructions below).
Once an invitation has been accepted, the opportunity automatically moves to the Active Bids tab.
Note: If you reject or ignore an invitation until the deadline passes, the opportunity will be permanently removed from your My Opportunities dashboard.
How to accept or reject an invitation
Go to the Invitations tab in your dashboard and click on the business opportunity in the list view.
If you are accessing the opportunity through your email, click View Tender.
Under the heading Invitation to participate in tender, click Accept or Reject.
Once an invitation has been accepted, the opportunity automatically moves to the Active Bids tab. If the invitation has been rejected, it will be removed from your Invitations tab.
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