Vendors may become ineligible for Business Opportunities for a number of reasons. Once a vendor become ineligible, it is deemed Blacklisted. The E-Procurement Portal records and stores records on Blacklisted Vendors, made available to the user.
The Blacklisted Vendors options are presented on the main page:
To view a complete list of Blacklisted Vendors, click the All Blacklisted Vendors link. A list of all Blacklisted Vendors is presented:
The list of Blacklisted Vendors are ordered alphabetically.
To toggle pages of available Blacklisted Vendors, use the Page icons.
To change the number of Blacklisted Vendors displayed on the page, select a value from the Results Per Page drop-down menu.
Click the headings Vendor Name, Vendor ID, Tax Identification Number, Performance Rating, Quantity of Active Ineligibilities to sort by a particular criteria.
Upon selected a Blacklisted Vendor, a page displaying Vendor details is displayed:
The Vendor information is displayed within the General Information window.
To view Ineligibility Causes, click the number link. A list of Ineligibilities is presented:
Select a heading Start Date, Ineligibility ID, Cause, Premature End Date to sort results.
Click the icon to return to vendor details page.
To view Ineligibility details, click the ID number link. The following page will appear:
The Ineligibility ID, Vendor Name, Cause, Start and End Date, Premature End Date and Reason are listed. Additional Comments may also be displayed.
Click the icon to return to Ineligibilities list.
How to Search Blacklisted Vendors by Cause
1. Click the Blacklisted Vendors by Cause icon. A list of Cause Descriptions is presented.
In the example above, Collusion is the only present Cause.
2. Click the Quantity by Blacklisted Vendors number icon to view a list of Blacklisted Vendors with the particular Cause.
3. A list of Blacklisted Vendors by Cause is displayed.
How to Search by Vendor ID
1. Click the Search by Vendor ID link on the main page. The following page is displayed.
2. Select Search by ID Type from the drop-down menu.
3. Enter ID number associated with ID Type.
4. Click the icon.
5. A list of Blacklisted Vendors matching the criteria will appear.
How to Perform an Advanced Search
1. Click the Advanced Search icon on the main page. The following page is displayed:
2. Select Search by ID Type from the drop-down menu to specify ID Type.
3. Enter ID number associated with ID Type.
4. Enter Ineligibility ID number.
5. Select By Ineligibility Cause from the drop-down menu to specify the Ineligibility.
6. Enter Ineligibility Start Date interval from the calendar tool. Specify the range of start dates to search for.
7. Enter Ineligibility End Date interval from the calendar tool. Specify the range of end dates to search for.
8. Click the icon.
NOTE: Field are optional. At least one field must be entered to obtain results.