Questionnaire

Section*

Yes

Enter in a descriptive title for the section. This field accepts up to 140 characters.

Sections are used as containers to group similar questions together

Section Description*

Yes

Enter in a detailed description for the section.

Section Weight

No

To enable scoring, enter Section Weight amount for each section.  Total of all weights must equal 100.

Section Buyer-Only (Yes/No)

No

Use drop-down menu to select Yes if section should only be visible / available internally to buyers.  Select No if it is a section that should be visible / available to vendors.

Question

No

Enter your question.  

Use the Comments section for the Question Type for assistance in phrasing your question to achieve desired results.

Question Type

No

Use the drop-down menu to identify the type of question you are asking.  Options include:  Yes/No, Text, Attachment or Drop-Down.

• Text - Allows suppliers or buyer-only contributors to provide a text response to the question.  Example:  "List all landscaping maintenance services your organization is able to provide."

• Attachment - Allows suppliers to submit an attachment as their response to the question.  

• Drop-Down - Suppliers or buyer-only contributors to choose an answer from a list of available options.  Example:  "Choose the range that represents the number of employees in your organization?"  Answer options could be:   1-25, 26-50, 51-100, more than 100.
  NOTE: Be aware if you select to use a Drop Down Question Type, once the solicitation is uploaded, you will need to edit the solicitation inside the application to add the options for the drop-down menu along with any scoring values.

• Yes/No - Suppliers or buyer-only contributors to select a radio button in response to a yes or no question.  Example:  "Does your organization have a valid contractor's license in the State of _____?"

Score Min

No

Enter a minimum score.  Numbers only, no special characters.

• Text - The range entered here is the minimum and maximum point range that will be used to score the response to the text question once the supplier submits it.

• Attachment - The range entered here is the minimum and maximum point range that will be used to score the response attachment that is submitted by the vendor.  

• drop-down - For Drop-Down questions, you may leave the Score Min and Score Max fields blank as once the solicitation is imported, you will need to edit the solicitation inside the application to add the options for the drop-down menu along with their respective scoring values.

• Yes/No - Enter a point value if the responder answers Yes to the question.

Score Max

No

Enter a maximum score.  Numbers only, no special characters.

See Comments for the Score Min field for Text, Attachment, and Drop-Down Question Types.   If a Yes/No Question Type, leave this blank.

Required (Yes/No)

No

Use the drop-down menu to select Yes or No.  Selecting Yes ensures the participating responders will be required to enter or select an option as an answer to this question in order to successfully submit their response.  

Buyer-Only (Yes/No)

No

Use the drop-down menu to select Yes or No.  Selecting Yes identifies the question as one that will be used for internal evaluation purposes only.  It will not be visible to the participating vendors.  Select No if it is a question that should be visible/available to vendors for response.

Attachment (Yes/No)

No

Use the drop-down menu to select Yes or No.  Selecting Yes allows vendors to submit related supplemental information via an attachment along with their response to the question.  Selecting No to disable attachment with response functionality.