Vendor Contracts Basic Procedures

Viewing Vendor Contracts

1. From the Master Menu, double-click . The Item window opens.

2. Click . The text-based (EV) Vendor Contract Cost screen opens.

3. Select the [I] Inq action code. The cursor moves to the By Item field.

4. In the By Item field:

   • Type N (default) to view a particular contract. Go to Step 7.

   • Type Y to view a particular item on all of the contracts that include it. Go to Step 5.

5. The cursor moves to the Item Number field and displays the Enter Item to Inquire message. Enter all or part of the item number and press Enter. The system displays the item on the first contract that includes it, the contract number, contract price, dates, reference number, and description.

6. At the Press Any Key to Continue prompt, press Enter to view the next contract that includes this item. Continue to press Enter to view the item on each additional contract that includes it. After the system displays the last contract, the cursor returns to the Action Code field. Go to Step 12.

7. In the Contract # field, enter the number of the contract to view.

8. In the Item Number field:

   • To retrieve a specific item on the contract, enter part or all of the item number and press Enter. The system displays the item you specified—or the item on the contract that most closely matches it—and the items that follow it on the contract.

   • To retrieve the first item listed on the contract, press Enter.

9. The system displays the items in item number order. The following is displayed for each item: item number, company and description, unit of measure, contract price, contract dates, reference number, and description. If the entire contract cannot be displayed on one page, the system displays the End of Page Enter Any Key Except (Esc) To Continue message. Press Enter to view the next page, or press Esc to return to the By Item field.

10. At the bottom of the last page of the contract, the system displays the End of Contract Enter Any Key to Continue message. Press Enter to move the cursor to the Contract # field.

11. To return the cursor to the Action Code field, press Esc while the cursor is in the Contract # field.

12. To return the cursor to the Master Menu, press Esc while the cursor in the Action Code field.

See also:

Copying and Merging Vendor Contracts

Deleting Current Contract Items

Adding Individual Items