--- title: "Sourcing event information (Basic RFx) (2)" canonical: "https://support.mercell.com/space/MTBEE/196819262411/Sourcing%20event%20information%20(Basic%20RFx)%20(2)" format: markdown --- [Sourcing] > 📝 This article is only for **Sourcing** On the sourcing event information tab, enter the information mentioned below. Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory. **Sourcing event name *** - Enter a short and concise name tag that describes the purchase. This name will be visible to bidders in the Bid Service **Sourcing process** - Choose a process for the purchase. This could be: - RFQ (request for quotation) - RFP (request for proposal) or - RFI (request for information) **Sourcing event identification** - The sourcing event identifier is a unique identifier for the procurement. The system suggests an internal ID tag for the purchase, but this field can store e.g. a diary number or another identifier in use **Sourcing event description * ** - Enter a description for the purchase, which appears in the Tender Service as a description of the request. **Response document opening in use***  *Additional functionality to be ordered separately* - If you decide to use the opening minutes after the deadline, you must make the opening minutes before you can look at the answers - The selection does not prevent the responses from being viewed while the request is valid **Response details can only be viewed after the deadline for the submission of responses has expired *** - If the answer is "Yes", the information of the answers can only be viewed after the deadline has expired. - It is also not possible to send a clarification request or open a comparison table in the middle of the request - When the user answers "No", it is possible to view the answers at any time as a pdf. The comparison table can also be viewed, and clarification requests can be sent. Answers,/proposals/tenders can also be rejected durng the time the competitive tendering is in progress - If the two-shell procedure is used in addition to this, the sourcing user can view the qualitative criteria before the deadline and send a clarification request related to the qualitative criteria - It is not possible to view the prices before the deadline ![Sourcing event information (2).png](media://218e340b-75ab-4a06-b99e-f7e00f0c23f2) **Visibility  **** Visible only if the organization has a group structure* - Prevent the request from being visible to other procurement units of the group - you can put a tick in the box if you don't want the request to be visible to the group's users who have access rights. to the unit **Procurement procedure * ** - Open procedure - The procurement procedure, in which the request is published as open to the Tender Service. All interested bidders can make a response to the published request through an open procedure - Restricted procedure - A restricted procedure is a procurement procedure in which the request is published only to selected tenderers by direct email, and only these tenderers can submit responses - The request is not published publicly in the Tender Service as in the open procedure. - Hide the procurement procedure in the request shown to bidders - If you do not want to disclose the procurement procedure to bidders, you should use this option. **Deadline for additional information * ** - The date and time are entered in the field. Submitting additional information questions through the Tender Service is only possible up to the entered time. - The date and time can be retrieved via the calendar icon or the information can be entered directly into the field in the format dd.mm.yyyy hh:mm **Deadline for answers *** - Specify the date by which the responses must be submitted. Responses cannot be submitted after the expiry of the deadline. - The date and time can be entered via the calendar icon or the information can be entered directly into the field in the format dd.mm.yyyy hh:mm **Validity of answers** - The section defines how long the bidder must keep his answer (offer) valid. - The date and time can be entered via the calendar icon or the information can be entered directly into the field in the format dd.mm.yyyy hh:mm - Time can also be defined in months. In this case, the number of months is entered as numbers in the field reserved for it   ![Basic RFx - Sourcing event - missing info.png](media://eb0f4613-259a-4fd3-ba9c-96bf879a083e)