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This content applies solely to Vendor Management, which must be purchased separately from the Appian base platform. This content was written for Appian 26.6 and may not reflect the interfaces or functionality of other Appian versions.

The Vendor Management (VM) Home page is the primary page that contracting specialists, officers, and managers use to create and track opportunities. The VM Home page provides an overview of the Home page and describes the different functionality each section provides.

The Vendor Management Home page showing the CREATE OPPORTUNITY button and opportunity cards for active and draft opportunities.

Create an opportunity

To create an opportunity in Vendor Management (VM), fill out a form with opportunity details, such as a description, instructions, and deadlines. See Create Opportunities for more information. To create an opportunity, click + CREATE OPPORTUNITY.

The CREATE OPPORTUNITY button at the top of the Vendor Management Home page used to start the opportunity creation wizard.

Opportunity cards

Opportunity cards let you view all of your active opportunities and the following information for each:

  • Opportunity name: The name of the opportunity.

  • Status: The status of the opportunity.

    • Active: The opportunity is published and viewable by vendors.

    • Draft: The opportunity is in draft and is not visible to vendors.

  • Due date: The date and time proposals are due.
  • ID: The unique identifier of that opportunity.
  • Description: A description of the opportunity.
  • Opportunity Type: The type of opportunity. The options for type are Sources Sought, Presolicitation, Combined Synopsis, Solicitation, Award Notice, Sale of Surplus, Intent to Bundle, Justification, or Special Notice.
  • Posted Date: The date the contracting specialist or officer initially posted the opportunity to VM or Acquisition.gov.

Opportunity cards on the Home page displaying the opportunity name, status, due date, ID, description, type, and posted date for each opportunity.

To view an opportunity summary page, click the opportunity card to view additional information, including proposals, question documents, and interested vendors.

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