Create a Proposal Request dialog box

Use this dialog box to create a new proposal request.

Subject

Enter the subject of the proposal request.

Due Date

To enter the date a response is due back to the contact who sent the proposal request, mark the checkbox, then select a date. The defaults are 10 and 3 business days, but you can enter a different value in the second drop-down list.

Remind

Mark the checkbox to add this item to the email notification message sent out by Project Center reminding you to respond back to the contact who sent the proposal request. Select the number of business days before a response is due, which appears in the email message and in the Open Items tab of the My Project Center activity center.

1 Reminders can be sent to both internal and external project team members. The frequency at which reminders are sent is set in the General tab of the Project Center Administration activity center Servers tab. Reminders can disabled per project in the Edit Project Settings dialog box.

1 Remind is not available if the option is disabled for the project or in the Project Center Administration activity center.

COP Status

Select whether or not the proposal request's change order proposal was received (or closed). By default the status is set to Not Received. Once it is received, you can change it to Received. After the change order proposal is approved, you can change the status to Closed.

Reasons

Click to open the Choose Reasons dialog box to select reasons for the proposal request.

Status

Select the proposal request's status from the drop-down list:

If you select Draft, the item appears in the Draft and All categories. Once you select a step in the workflow (for example, Forward for Review), the item is no longer in draft state.
If you select Expected, the item appears in the Expected and All categories and the Expected button becomes available so that you can add optional information such as date expected, who the item is expected from, and who it will be sent to.

Expected

Click to open the Expected Proposal Request dialog box to identify who the proposal request is expected from, who it is expected to be sent to, and the date it is expected.

Initiated By

Click to open the Choose a Project Team Member dialog box to select the contact who requested or authorized the document change.

ID

Enter an ID number for the proposal request.

Discipline

Click to open the Choose Disciplines dialog box to apply disciplines to the proposal request.

Contract

Click to open the Choose Contract dialog box to select the contract the proposal request is associated with.

Description tab

Enter a detailed description in this field.

Internal Notes

Enter any internal notes in this field. Internal notes are not included in forms or on Info Exchange.

Description of Contents tab

Describe the contents of the proposal request. Add one line for each item. This information is used to fill in the Contents section of the Transmittal form.

Import

Click to open the Select Spreadsheet dialog box to locate and open a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet from which to import data into this tab.

Edit in Spreadsheet

Click to open the Save Spreadsheet dialog box to export the contents to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that you can then edit and re-import. The spreadsheet opens automatically and prompts you to re-import when you are done editing it.

Add Item

Click to add new item rows.

Delete

Mark the checkboxes of items you want to remove, then click Delete to remove them.

Clear

Click to remove all items from the list.

Qty

Enter the quantity of each item.

Date

Enter dates of individual items received with the proposal request. For example, if you have six shop drawings, it may help to track dates for each individual sheet.

Number

Enter a number for each item.

Description

Enter a description of each item.

Revision

Enter the revision number for each item, if applicable.

Scale

Enter the drawing scale of each item.

Size

Enter the size of each drawing sheet.

1 Use the Tab key to move to the next cell and to add cells. Press Alt-Enter to add a new line within a Description cell.

Email Log tab

This tab lists all email messages associated with this proposal request. When a user clicks File in Project (then chooses the Proposal Request option) from the Project Center Add-in for Microsoft Outlook Toolbar, the email message appears here.

Add	Click to select an email message to add to the Email Log.
Remove	Click to remove the selected email message from the Email Log.

1 The number in parentheses indicates the number of email messages filed in the proposal request.

You can copy and paste email messages from Microsoft Outlook and Windows Explorer into this tab.

Double-click an email message to open it in Microsoft Outlook. From there, you can reply to or forward the message.

To preview email messages, right-click in the list and select Preview >.

Supporting Documents tab

Use this tab to attach files to the selected proposal request and to view attached files. For example, if you receive a proposal request and a particular drawing is related to it, you can use this tab to attach the drawing file to the proposal request. Another example is if you receive a file with a proposal request, mark it up, and want to send the marked up file to a reviewer.

1 The number in parentheses indicates the number of files that are attached to the proposal request.

1 You can copy and paste and drag and drop files from Windows Explorer into this tab.

Set Order	Click to open the Set Document Order dialog box to set the order of the documents.
Add Files > Another Project File	Click open the Add Supporting Documents dialog box to locate and attach a file to the proposal request.
Share with External > Yes	Click to allow the selected files to be shared with external project team members through Info Exchange.
Remove	Click to remove the selected supporting file from the proposal request.

Preview tab

A preview of the selected file appears here.

Related Items tab

This tab lists all related Project Center items for the selected file.

Related Items tab

This tab lists all related Project Center items for the selected proposal request.

Relate to >

Click to select an existing project item and establish a relationship between it and the currently selected proposal request. This gives you the ability to link two items that are related together. (For example, a markup session that is related to a proposal request.) Select Another Project Item to open the Select Project Item dialog box to locate an item that is not in the list.

Share with External

Click to allow the selected items to be shared with external project team members through Info Exchange.

Remove

Click to unlink and remove the selected project item from the Related Items tab.

1 Removing a related item from the Related Items tab does not remove it from the database.

Change Log tab

This tab displays a history of the actions taken on this proposal request, including when it was created, modified, who was involved, and any details.

Review Order

Click to open the Set Review Order dialog box to set the order in which the project team members review the proposal request.

Keywords

Click to open the Choose Keywords dialog box to apply keywords to the proposal request.

Click to spell check the fields in this window. If any mistakes are found, the Spelling Check dialog box opens with spelling suggestions.

Next Action

Mark this checkbox to choose whether to forward the proposal request to another contact, close it, or to send it to another contact and close it after it is filed.

Choosing Send opens the Send Proposal Request dialog box.
Choosing Send and Close opens the Send and Close Proposal Request dialog box.
Choosing Forward for Review opens the Forward Proposal Request for Review dialog box.
Choosing Close opens the Close Proposal Request dialog box.

OK

Click to create the proposal request.

To access this dialog box

Click New Proposal Request > Create Proposal Request from the Tasks panel of the Proposal Requests activity center.