WO2001065433A1

WO2001065433A1 - Electronic open bidding method, electronic open bidding system, server apparatus for electronic open bidding, terminal for electronic bidding, and recorded medium

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Publication number: WO2001065433A1
Application number: PCT/JP2000/006555
Authority: WO
Inventors: Yasunori Matsuda; Katsuhide Yamaoka; Takayuki Matsudaira; Yasuo Masaki
Original assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Priority date: 2000-02-29
Filing date: 2000-09-25
Publication date: 2001-09-07

Abstract

A bidding method for fairly obtaining a product with reasonalbe quality at reasonable price without announcing the detail specifications of an article to be ordered. An electronic open bidding method comprising a bidder collecting step of announcing the outline information on an article to be bid over a network and collecting bidders, a bidder receiving step of receiving the applications of bidders responding to the announcement of collecting bidders, a bidder selecting step of selecting some of the received applications of the bidders, a detail information disclosing step of disclosing the detail information on the article to the selected bidders, and bid accepting step of accepting a bid of the article the detail information on which is disclosed.

Description

Description Electronic open bidding method, electronic open bidding system, electronic open bidding server device, electronic bidding terminal device, and recording medium

The present invention relates to an electronic open bidding method, an electronic open bidding system, and the like that can make a bid through a network such as the Internet. Background art

In general, when trying to obtain high-quality and low-priced items such as ordered items, a bid method is often used. In bidding, specific multiple vendors make an estimate, and the quality and price are selected from among them.

However, it may be difficult to select multiple vendors when bidding, and even if it is possible, there is a risk that the selection of vendors may become arbitrary. Here, if a general recruitment of manufacturers of the product is widely recruited, anyone can bid and be fair, and the most favorable product in terms of quality and price can be obtained. Absent. On the other hand, there are cases where the specification of the ordered item cannot be made public and cases where it is not desired to make it public. In this case, the conventional bidding method had to select a plurality of traders in advance. Disclosure of the invention

As described above, it is difficult for conventional bidding methods to obtain fair and reasonable products in terms of quality and price without disclosing detailed specifications of ordered products. There was a problem that it was difficult.

Therefore, the present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and provides a bidding method capable of obtaining a fair and reasonable product in terms of quality and price without disclosing detailed specifications of the ordered product. Aim.

(1) In order to achieve the above object, the electronic open bidding method according to the present invention discloses a bidder recruiting step in which summary information of a bid item to be bid is disclosed via a network and a bidder is recruited. A bidder receiving step of receiving a bidder according to the recruitment in the bidder recruiting step; a bidder selecting step of selecting a bidder received in the bidder receiving step; and a selection in the bidder selecting step. A detailed information disclosure step of disclosing the detailed information of the bid item to the bidder, and a bid receiving step of receiving a bid for the bid item for which the detailed information has been disclosed in the detailed specification disclosure step. Features.

According to the present invention, it is possible to procure fair and reasonable products in terms of quality and price without making the detailed information (detailed specifications) of the bid item (ordered product) public.

(2) In addition, the electronic open bidding system according to the present invention discloses a bidder recruiting unit that publishes, via a network, summary information of a bid item to be bid, and recruits bidders. Bidder accepting section for accepting bidders according to the offer by the bidder recruiting section, and a detailed information disclosure section for disclosing detailed information of the bid item to a part or all of the bidders accepted by the bidder accepting section And a bid accepting unit that accepts a bid for the case for which the detailed information is disclosed by the detailed information disclosure unit.

According to the present invention, it is possible to procure fair and reasonable products in terms of quality and price without making the detailed information (detailed specifications) of the bid item (ordered product) public. (3) In addition, the server device for electronic public bidding according to the present application includes: a summary disclosure instructing unit for instructing that a bid is to be bid and a disclosure of an outline of the bid item; A temporary ID issuance unit that issues a temporary ID in response to the bid request information indicating that a bid is to be made for the bid item disclosed by the instruction of the disclosure instruction unit, and the temporary ID issued by the temporary ID issuance unit. A temporary ID transmission instructing unit for instructing transmission of an ID, and a detail for instructing disclosure of detailed information on the bidding item in response to the login using the temporary ID transmitted by the instruction of the temporary ID transmitting instructing unit. An information disclosure instruction unit, and a bid reception unit that receives a bid for the bid item for which the detailed information has been disclosed according to an instruction from the detailed information disclosure instruction unit. According to the present invention, electronic disclosure that can procure a fair and reasonable product in terms of quality and price without making the detailed information (detailed specifications) of the bid item (ordered product) public. A bidding server device can be obtained.

Here, the bid request information received by the bid request receiving unit includes bid item identification information for identifying the bid item, and the temporary ID issued by the temporary ID issuing unit is the bid item identification information. It can be a temporary ID for the bid item represented.

In this way, it is convenient to be able to issue temporary IDs and disclose detailed information individually for multiple bids that have been made public on the network through the summary transmission unit.

In addition, the bid request information received by the bid request receiving unit can be provisional ID acquisition request information indicating that the user wishes to acquire a temporary ID for the bidding item.

(4) The electronic bidding terminal device according to the present invention includes: a summary display unit for displaying summary information on a bid item to be bid; and a bid item for which the summary information is displayed by the summary display unit. Bid information that you want to bid on A detailed display that displays the detailed information of the bidding item for the bid request input section for inputting the bid request information, and for the mouth guin using the temporary ID distributed in response to the input of the bid request information by the bid request input section. And a bidding condition input unit for inputting bidding condition information for the bidding item for which the detailed information is displayed by the detailed display unit.

According to the present invention, an electronic bidding system capable of procuring a fair and reasonable product in terms of quality and price without disclosing detailed information (detailed specifications) of a bid item (ordered item). Terminal device can be obtained. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an electronic public bidding system as one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a flow of a bidding procedure in the electronic public bidding system shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of a homepage for electronic procurement according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displaying a list of publicly disclosed projects in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an outline and an external view of an ordered item appearing on the display screen when a “public view” button is clicked on the display screen illustrated in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a temporary ID application input display screen that appears when a temporary ID application is made in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a member display screen that appears when the user logs in with the provisional ID in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 shows a “Request” button on the display screen of FIG. 7 according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen for requesting a material that appears when the user clicks a button.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of an input screen for an estimate response according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of a list of bidders that appears when a bid result is found according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a bid result detailed display screen that appears when a bid result is determined according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen when the “item description” and “status description” buttons are clicked on the screen of FIG.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a member registration application display screen that appears when applying for a formal ID in one embodiment of the present invention. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

As shown in Fig. 1, the orderer's electronic open bidding server device 100 and the supplier's (bidder's) electronic bidding terminal devices 200a and 200b are connected to the Internet 300. Communication is possible through 0. In FIG. 1, only two electronic bidding terminals 200 are shown for simplicity. In reality, there are many suppliers and electronic bidding terminals 200. It is assumed that the number of zeros also depends on the number of suppliers.

As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic public bidding server device 100 is composed of a summary information disclosure instruction unit 101, a temporary ID issuing unit 102, a temporary ID transmission instruction unit 103, and a detailed information disclosure instruction. Part 104, Tender acceptance part 105, Display part 106, Input part It is composed of 107 and transmission / reception unit 108.

The summary information disclosure instructing unit 101 instructs disclosure of summary information on a bid item. The provisional ID issuing unit 102 issues the provisional ID in accordance with the bidding request information for which a bid from the sub-lier is desired. The temporary ID transmission instructing unit 103 instructs transmission of the temporary ID issued by the temporary ID issuing unit 102. The detailed information disclosure instructing unit 104 instructs the disclosure of the detailed information of the bid target item in response to the mouth ID by the temporary ID transmitted by the instruction of the temporary ID transmitting instruction unit 103. The bid receiving unit 105 receives a bid from a supplier. The display unit 106 is a display means such as CRT and LCD for displaying information. The input unit 107 is input means for inputting information, such as a keyboard and a mouse. The transmission / reception unit 108 transmits and receives information to and from the electronic subscriber's electronic bidding terminal device 200 via the Internet.

As shown in Fig. 1, the electronic bidding terminal device 200 transmits information to the orderer's electronic public bidding server device 100 through the Internet. It consists of a display unit 202 such as a CRT and LCD for displaying information, and an input unit 203 such as a keyboard and mouse for inputting information.

Fig. 2 shows the procedure inside the orderer and the flow of the procedure performed by the supplier using the terminal device in the open bidding system shown in Fig. 1.

First, assuming that the orderer considers that an order is necessary, the company first makes a sourcing request for the ordered item internally at R 1, shows an outline of the ordered item at R 2, and publishes the public drawing and detailed specifications electronically. Create it as a file and prepare it for publication.

Next, inside the orderer, a request for quotation is created in R3, and the request is made public on the Internet homepage using the electronic public bidding server device 100. The supplier who can be the supplier of the order can view this as an electronic procurement website using the electronic bidding terminal device 200 in step S1. For example, as shown in Fig. 3, this screen has buttons at the top that correspond to items such as “procurement policy”, “description of e-bidding system”, and “schematic procedure before starting trading”. You can see their contents by clicking.

On the left side of this home page, there is a column for “publicly open projects”. If desired, select the place of business or category of the orderer, and click the “Search” button. Can see the list of open projects. The number of items displayed on a single screen can be displayed in a way that makes it easier for you to view by changing the number of items in the “Number of items displayed per screen” column above. These are displayed using the frame function on the left side of the main display section 11 in the center.

As shown above, clicking the “Search” button 12 of the publicly accessible matter on the homepage shown in Fig. 3 shows that the nine items that are currently open to the public are displayed in the main display area of Fig. 3, as shown in Fig. 4. It is displayed as a publicly open project list in step 1 (step S2 in Fig. 2).

This list includes, for example, the name of the establishment that requires the order, the category of the order, the RFQ, the product name, the start date of publication, the end of publication, the type of publication, and the publication figure A check box 21 for applying for a temporary ID is provided at the left end of each of the ordered items.

Assuming that the supplier is interested in, for example, the “third-terminal regulator” that is the second order from the top of the screen in FIG. 4, the number OPEN 0 0 0 5 in the “open view” column at the right end of this product name is By clicking on the described part 22, as shown in FIG. 5, it is possible to see an overview and general specifications (collectively general specifications) of the three-terminal regulator. This is in Figure 2 Step S3.

If the supplier looks at the outline specification and external view of Fig. 5 and is still interested in manufacturing this three-terminal regulator, it will return to the open project list screen of Fig. 4 and return to the order list. Click the check box for provisional ID application provided at the left end of the box. In the present invention, the external view may be included in the general specifications.

The supplier clicks the provisional ID application button 24. Then, a comment will be made to prompt a provisional ID application. For example, the input screen for temporary ID application as shown in Fig. 6 is displayed. On this screen, for example, the supplier's company name, head office address, representative name, units participating in the public quotation, telephone number, user name ( Enter e—mai 1) and click the “Apply” button at the bottom of the entry screen.

Clicking the “Apply” button causes the supplier to apply for a temporary ID in step S4 in FIG. When the provisional ID application is sent to the orderer, an indication that the application has been received from the orderer is displayed, indicating that the provisional ID application has been formally accepted.

Upon receiving the application for the provisional ID, the orderer reviews the applicant (step R4 in Figure 2). For example, one grace period is set before the provisional ID is issued, and during this time it is investigated whether the applicant's name is fictitious. Upon review of the applicant, if there is no problem, a membership is registered and a temporary ID is sent to the applicant's e-mail address by e-mail.

Upon receiving the temporary ID, the supplier is officially recognized as a member. The supplier enters the temporary ID and the password determined by himself in the left part of the input screen in Fig. 3 and clicks the "OK:" button to log in and go to the member page. . In other words, as shown in Fig. 7, the open bid list is displayed in the main display section 31 and the frame function is displayed on the left. A menu for members using is displayed.

The above list of open bidding deals is similar to the list of open listings shown in Fig. 4, but the left side of each column of this list contains the “bid” button 3 A “Bill” button 3 3 for billing is provided. If the supplier wants to know more about a particular order, they can request detailed information such as detailed specifications by pressing the “Request” button 33 (step S5 in Figure 2).

For example, when the “Request” button 34 of the power switch is pressed, the screen changes to a request for information as shown in FIG. 8, and the information regarding the power switch is displayed. In this case, it can be seen that the materials include the purchase specification, drawing data, and inspection standard. At the right end, there are "Save" and "Display" buttons for requesting materials. Click the "Save" button to order and save, or the "Display" button to view directly on the screen. This screen also has a “Request Related Materials” button to request other related materials. If the supplier looks at the materials for the order and understands the contents of the order, click on the “Close window” at the bottom of FIG. 8 and return to the screen of FIG. When the supplier examines the materials of the order and wishes to bid, click the “Bid” button 3 2 of the order to be bid in the open bidding item list displayed on the main display 31. Click. Then, for example, an estimate response screen as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed, and the estimate request information is displayed on the left side, and the estimate response information can be input on the right side. Therefore, the supplier can easily input detailed values, such as the estimated unit price and estimated price, for the quotation of the order item while viewing the quotation request information displayed on the left side.

The “Attach File” button 41 provided at the upper right of the display screen in FIG. 9 can be clicked when attaching materials related to the estimate. When the input is completed in this manner, the quotation is answered by clicking the “register” button 42 at the lower right of the screen in FIG. When the supplier responds to the quote shown in step S6 of FIG. 2, the orderer collects the quotes sent in step R5 and evaluates them. When the evaluation of the estimate is completed, the results of the bidding are compiled in step R6 in Fig. 2 and posted on the website. In step S7, the supplier, who is a member, can view the results of the bidding on the corresponding website.

For the bidding supplier, for the bid request number of the IC for the bidding for the bidding of 1 9 9 9 1 2 0 9 — 0 13 to 0 16, for example, as shown in FIG. 10, A list of the results is displayed. For details, click the RFQ and the details of the bidding results will be shown as shown in Figure 11. In the screen shown in Fig. 11, the company is Mazda KK, for example, and the companies A and B are other companies, and their actual names are not shown. When you view this as their own at the top, the result is easy to see advantages force ^s.

At the bottom of Fig. 11 are "item description" and "status description". By clicking on these fields, you can understand the definitions of these phrases, as shown in Figure 12. “Description of items” is a description of what ◎, 〇, and X mean in each item of “Price”, “Quality”, “Delivery date”, “Service”, and “Suggestion” in the “Evaluation items” column. The explanation can be seen by clicking this part.

The "Status description" describes the meaning of the terms "accepted", "technical evaluation", "not accepted", "evaluation OK:", "re-estimated", and "design change". .

By looking at the details of the auction results in Figure 11, we can see that our company was rejected due to price issues and that two other companies were evaluating their technologies. Understood.

As shown in Fig. 12, "Technical evaluation in progress" in the "Description of status" column means that the submitted quotation has been evaluated by our company, However, since a more detailed evaluation of quality / technical (including actual prototype) is required, the evaluation of the submitted estimate has not been completed. Please wait for a while, so I will tell you later J. “Technical evaluation” means that we are investigating the quality / technical details and the order has not been placed yet, This means that the bid has ended.

The bid status in Fig. 10 means the status in Fig. 11 and is as shown in the "Description of Status" column in Fig. 12.

The supplier whose bid status is evaluated OK in Fig. 10 can apply for a formal ID in step S8 in Fig. 2, that is, apply for membership registration as a business partner. On the Membership Registration screen shown in Fig. 13, enter the account number, etc., when the supplier conducts transactions, and prepare for the actual transactions. After this, the supplier receives the official ID distribution. At this stage, not only the Internet, but also the orderer and the supplier will meet and conclude a general contract for the transaction.

After the basic contract is concluded, the orderer concludes an individual contract as necessary, and specifically orders the order to the supplier, and the procurement procedure shown in R7 in Fig. 2 is performed.

As described above, in the present invention, first, the general specifications of the ordered product are disclosed to the general public to seek a supplier. After the supplier is reviewed according to the recruitment, the detailed specifications of the ordered product are shown to the suppliers who passed the review. Then, based on the quote from the supplier, it is possible to finally determine an appropriate supplier to place the order. Industrial applicability

According to the present invention, an electronic open bidding system and an electronic public bidding server capable of obtaining a fair and reasonable product in terms of quality and price without disclosing detailed specifications of the ordered product A device, a terminal device for electronic bidding, and a recording medium can be obtained.

Claims

The scope of the claims

1. Bidder recruiting step for publishing the outline information of the bid item to be bid via the network and recruiting bidders;

A bidder receiving step of receiving a bidder according to the recruitment in the bidder recruitment step,

A bidder selection step for selecting a bidder received in the bidder receiving step;

A detailed information disclosing step of disclosing detailed information of the bid item to the bidder selected in the bidder selecting step;

A bid receiving step for receiving a bid for the bid item for which detailed information has been disclosed in the detailed specification disclosure step;

An electronic open bidding method, comprising:

2. Regarding the bid item to be bid, a summary information disclosure step of disclosing the fact that a bid will be made and summary information of the bid item via a network; and the bid matter disclosed in the summary information disclosure step. , An application receiving step of receiving an application for a temporary ID,

A provisional ID issuance step of issuing a provisional ID for the application received in the application acceptance step;

A detailed information disclosure step of disclosing detailed information of the bidding item with respect to a mouth using the provisional ID issued in the provisional ID issuance step;

A bid receiving step of receiving a bid for the bidding item for which the detailed information has been disclosed by the detailed information disclosure step;

An electronic open bidding method, comprising:

3. Disclose the summary information of the bid items to be bid via the network. Open, bidder recruiting department to recruit bidders,

A bidder receiving unit for receiving a bidder according to the recruitment by the bidder recruiting unit;

A detailed information disclosing unit for disclosing detailed information on the bidding item to a part or all of the bidders received by the bidder receiving unit;

A bid receiving unit for receiving a bid for the matter for which the detailed information is disclosed by the detailed information disclosure unit;

An electronic open bidding system, comprising:

4. An outline disclosure instructing unit for instructing that a bid is to be made and disclosing an outline of the bid for the bid item to be bid, and

A temporary ID issuing unit that issues a temporary ID in response to the bid request information indicating that a bid is to be made for the bid item disclosed according to the instruction of the summary disclosure instruction unit,

A temporary ID transmission instructing unit that instructs transmission of the temporary ID issued by the temporary ID issuing unit;

A detailed information disclosure instructing unit instructing disclosure of the detailed information of the bidding item in response to the login using the temporary ID transmitted according to the instruction of the temporary ID transmission instruction unit;

A bid receiving unit that receives a bid for the bid item for which the detailed information has been disclosed according to an instruction of the detailed information disclosure instructing unit;

An electronic public bidding server device comprising:

5. The bid request information includes bid item identification information for identifying the bid item, and the temporary ID is a temporary ID for the bid item represented by the bid item identification information.

5. The electronic public bidding server device according to claim 4, wherein:

6. The bidding request information is rarely required to obtain a temporary ID for the bidding item. This is the temporary ID acquisition request information

5. The electronic public bidding server device according to claim 4, wherein:

7. A summary display section for displaying summary information on the bid items to be bid,

A bid request input unit for inputting bid request information desired for bidding for a bid item for which the summary information is displayed by the summary display unit;

A detail display unit for displaying detailed information of the bid item in response to the login using the temporary ID distributed in response to the input of the bid request information by the bid request input unit;

A bid condition input unit for inputting bid condition information for the bid item for which the detailed information is displayed by the detail display unit;

A terminal device for electronic bidding, comprising:

8. The bid request information input in the bid request input unit includes bid item identification information for identifying the bid item, and the detailed information of the bid item displayed in the detail display unit is the bid item identification information. Detailed information about the bid item represented.

An electronic bidding terminal device according to claim 7.

9. The summary display unit displays the summary information on the plurality of bid items as a list,

8. The electronic bidding terminal device according to claim 7, wherein:

10. By clicking a button displayed on the same display screen as the summary display section, a display prompting input of provisional ID application information is displayed on the display screen.

8. The electronic bidding terminal device according to claim 7, wherein:

1 1. The detail display section displays a list of the detailed information on the plurality of bid items, a bid button for bidding, and a material for requesting data. Display a billing button for each bid item,.

8. The electronic bidding terminal device according to claim 7, wherein:

12. A recording medium in which a program for causing a computer to function as the electronic open bidding server device according to claim 4 is recorded.

13. A recording medium in which a program for causing a computer to function as the electronic bidding terminal device according to claim 7 is recorded.