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Help Desk Hints offers solutions to your COMMBUYS conundrums. In this first segment, the Help Desk staff offers a few pointers for buyers creating bid line items, and for vendors creating quotes and editing line items. We hope this information will enable vendors to submit complete responses for buyer consideration and will reduce buyers’ need to request quote revisions.
For further guidance, check out the Create a Quote in COMMBUYS job aid, as well as the COMMBUYS Resource Center, which offers a wealth of information. If you have additional COMMBUYS questions, the Help Desk is available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday. For assistance, call 1-888-627-8283 or email COMMBUYS@state.ma.us.
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