electronic auction system for bidding on request for proposals furnished by vendors

摘要

An electronic bidding system, comprises: means for enabling each of a plurality of vendors to submit bids for providing a product, the bids include information for at least two parameters associated with a product , the two parameters include at least one of a price parameter or none-price parameter, means for calculating the total cost of the product to a purchaser for each vendor in response to the vendors bids, the total cost taking into account the at least two parameters associated with the product; and means for outputting each of the vendors bids and the total cost of the product to the purchaser.