Sharing Feedback with Suppliers

Once you’ve decided which supplier(s) to award your opportunity to, there’s the matter of providing feedback to your candidates. As the buyer, you’re not obligated to provide detailed feedback, but doing so is courteous and encouraged so that suppliers can understand why you chose someone else. You can even give feedback to your awarded candidates. 

1. Log in to Cimple

2. Navigate to your dashboard by clicking ‘Buyers’ along the top-navigation bar and then click on ‘Buyer dashboard’

3. Find your opportunity by selecting ‘live,’ ‘awarded,’ or ‘closed’ in your dashboard

4. Locate your procurement and click ‘View applicants’

5. Click ‘View details’ for the relevant supplier submission

6. You’ll see a text box on the left-hand side for providing overall feedback for the application

7. Type feedback directly into the text box. Alternatively, upload a document with your feedback using the ‘Attach Document’ button

8. When you’re done, click ‘Add feedback’

9. If you choose to add feedback, the supplier will be notified once you’ve awarded the procurement

Note: For CFP procurements, feedback can be provided at each stage, allowing buyers to give specific notes to the suppliers for each stage.