Publicly Accessible Deferred Purchasing System With Vendor Review Access To Deferred Purchase Requests

摘要

Operating a publicly accessible purchasing system including receiving, on a receipt date, from a purchaser in a publicly accessible purchasing system, a deferred purchase request (“DPR”) for an item, granting to vendors review access to DPRs, receiving from a proposing vendor a proposal regarding a reviewed DPR, selecting a selected vendor, in dependence upon the proposal, and issuing a purchase order to the selected vendor for an item on a date subsequent to the receipt date.