Overview

This Quick Reference Guide (QRG) is designed to help you understand the Bid Tabulation feature in eMMA.

NOTE: You can only add Paper Bids to an IFB Solicitation. 



Step-by-Step Instructions

Open Sealed Responses

  1. Access eMMA at https://emma.maryland.gov and log in with your credentials.

    NOTE: Depending on your agency, you may only need to click the State SSO Login (Secure Auth) button or the MDOT SSO Login (MSAzure) button and log in with your credentials.

  2. Navigate to your solicitation in eMMA.
  3. Click the Prepare Solicitation tab on the left-hand side-panel.
  4. Click the Open Sealed Responses button at the top of the page.

    NOTE: The Open Sealed Responses button only displays after the solicitation due date and time has passed.

    IMPORTANT: Once you click the Open Sealed Responses button, you cannot re-open the solicitation or amendment to extend it.


  5. Click the Analyze & Award Rec. tab on the left-hand side-panel. All electronic bids are shown in a table on this page.


Submit a Paper Bid

This process continues from the last step in the previous process.

  1. From the Analyze & Award Rec screen, scroll down and click the Add Paper Bid button.
  2. Enter the paper bid.
    1. Click the Vendor Name field to open a drop-down menu and select your Vendor.
    2. Enter the bid amount in the Bid Amount field.

  3. Click the Save & Close button. The window closes.
  4. Click the Save button at the top of the page.

    NOTE: You must do this for the results to populate.

  5. Repeat Steps 6-8 for all paper bids.