v7 FreeBalance Help

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.

• First: Redirects User to the page with the first vendors alphabetically.
• Previous: Redirects User to the page previously viewed.
• Page Number: Redirects User to a specific page.
• Next: Redirects User to the next page of vendors.
• Last: Redirects User to the last page (ie. the page with the last vendors alphabetically).

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.

• Vendor ID: Unique identification code for the vendor.
• Vendor Name: Name of the vendor.
• Tax Identification Number: Unique Tax identification number.
• Type of Business: The Vendor's industry.
• Performance Rating: The Vendor's rating, based on past Procurement activities.
• Country of Origin: The country the Vendor primarily operates.
• Addresses: Local Address(es) of Vendor.
• Contacts: Contact information for Vendor.
• Status: Current Staus of Vendor (i.e. 'Active', 'Blacklisted', etc.)
• List of Ineligibilities: Number of ineligibilities. Click the numeric link to view ineligibilities.

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.

• Start Date: Date the Vendor was blacklisted.
• End Date: Date the Vendor will be removed from the blacklist.
• Ineligibility ID: Identification number for particular Ineligibilty. Click the Ineligibility ID number link to view Ineligibility details.
• Cause: The Cause of being blacklisted.
• Premature End Date: Reason why Vendor is removed prior to the End Date outlined.

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.