In addition to Unimarket allowing suppliers to manually key in pricing information and responses to questions on a bid request, they can also upload pricing and responses via a CSV file.
Uploading Pricing
To upload Pricing, select Quotes on the left panel > click View Bid Requests.
The Bid Requests screen will populate to select desired bid under column Bid Request Name.
To desired bid screen will appear.
Select the Sections tab > click Upload Pricing > a pop-up box will appear > select Export Items, to download the CSV file template.
Open the file and insert applicable information in all required fields. To view the download specifications, review the chart below.
Upon completion, save the file as a CSV.
Select Browse, to upload the CSV file directly if no images are used. Or create a ZIP file containing the CSV file and all the images referenced in the IMAGE_FILE column. Images larger than 640x480 pixels shrink automatically. The maximum zip file size is 10MB.
Once the file has uploaded, click OK.
When the supplier has answered each line and ready to continue, click Continue.
At any time, suppliers can save response in progress, by clicking Save at the bottom of any tab.
The customer will not be able to view your quote until published. Once Publish is selected on the Publish tab.
The following table explains the categories in the Pricing Upload template:
| Column | Description | Mandatory |
| SECTION | This explains which section the product belongs to in the quote. The Section will be automatically populated for you. | Y |
| LINE | This explains which line the product appears as in its section. The Line will be automatically populated for you. | Y |
| REQUIREMENT | This will be the name or description of the quoted product or service. The Requirement will be automatically populated for you. | Y |
| DELIVERY_DATE | The date the product will be delivered to the customer. | N |
| ALLOW_SUBSTITUTE | Whether or not the customer will allow a substitute product in the place of the described product. | Y |
| BASE_REQUIRED | Whether or not the customer demands you quote the original product when supplying a substitute. | Y |
| TYPE | Used to describe whether the product is a base product or a substitute. Use SUB or BASE in this field. All substitute files must be in the line directly below their base product. | Y |
| NAME | Name of the product. | Y |
| DESCRIPTION | A short description of the product. | Y |
| QUANTITY | How many of the product you will be supplying. | Y |
| UOM | Unit of Measure. (i.e. EA = each) | Y |
| UNIT_OF_PRICE | The price you will supply the product for. | Y |
| NOTE | Any additional notes you would like to include. | N |
| MANUFACTURER_PART_ID | Any necessary part IDs from the manufacturer. A part number or SKU will often go here. | N |
| CATEGORY_CODE | The UNSPSC code category for that product. | N |
| IMAGE_FILE | URL for your image or file extension is attached to upload in the zip file. | N |
Upload Question Responses
To upload question responses, select Quotes on the left panel > click View Bid Requests.
The Bid Requests screen will populate to select desired bid under column Bid Request Name.
To desired bid screen will appear.
Select the Sections tab > click Upload Question Responses > a pop-up box will appear > click Export Questions, to download the CSV file template.
Open the file and insert applicable information in all required fields. To view the download specifications, review the chart below.
Upon completion, save the file as a CSV.
Select Browse, to upload the CSV file. The maximum file size is 50MB.
Once the file has uploaded, click OK.
When the supplier has answered each line and ready to continue, click Continue.
At any time, suppliers can save response in progress, by clicking Save at the bottom of any tab.
The customer will not be able to view your quote until published. Once Publish is selected on the Publish tab.
The following table explains the categories in the Upload Question Responses template:
| Column | Description | Mandatory |
| LINE_NUMBER | The designated line number. | N |
| SECTION | The name of the section the customer assigned | N |
| MANDATORY | Status selected by customer | N |
| REQUIREMENT | Statement/Question from customer | N |
| DESCRIPTION | Additional information from customer | N |
| QUESTION_DATA_TYPE | Statement/Question type | N |
| RESPONSE | Suppliers answers to statement/question | Y |
| COMMENT | Additional information supplier would like to provide | Y |