Method of and system for enabling and managing sub-contracting entities

US8364557B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Volt Information Sciences, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Andrew A. Cullen, III · Succasunna, US
• Steven A. Shaw · Greenville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 26, 2009
• Grant date: Jan 29, 2013
• Expiry date: Jul 24, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/188
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method of facilitating a project bid process includes generating a buyer-associated bid request utilizing at least a portion of bid item selections of a stored bid item list, transmitting the buyer-associated bid request to at least one supplier for solicitation of a supplier bid response to be generated with the bid item selections utilized in the buyer-associated bid request, generating a supplier-associated bid request utilizing at least a portion of the bid item selections utilized in the buyer-associated bid request, and transmitting the supplier-associated bid request to at least one subcontracting entity for solicitation of a subcontracting-entity bid response to be generated with the bid item selections utilized in the supplier-associated bid request.