A new tool will be available in the new supplier experience where any stage of a request contains line items to be completed. It will help suppliers to complete line items using Excel rather than the platform interface.

The tool should help in particular for requests with many line items and/or fields, where submitting all of the data via the platform interface may require a lot of individual submissions.

Suppliers can choose to download all line items as an Excel file. The file will provide full instructions and formatting to enable easy offline completion.

The file is uploaded back into the tool and responses can be checked and edited before being submitted in bulk.

All submitted responses are immediately available to the buyer as usual and visible in the audit trail.

Request bulletins now support optional file uploads. Buyers can add 1 or more files to new or existing bulletin posts which will then be available to all suppliers.

The bulletin page uses an updated grid component with improved formatting and performance, including a field for bulletin numbers and download links for newly-attached documents.

Bulletins can now be opened to view messages in the exchange popup including the full history of each bulletin.

Emails have been updated to include filenames and both emails an in-app messages have been updated to link to the new bulletin exchange popup instead of just the bulletin page.

New and improved pages for viewing and configuring “Lists” in the Network, plus all new flows to make list creation and editing easier than ever.

Lists now have a type and are either “manual” or “automatic”.

Automatic lists are managed entirely by the system with suppliers being added or removed on an ongoing basis where they match user-configured rules for pre-qualification questionnaires and statuses.

Existing lists are “manual” and can continue to be edited by team members.

All lists can now have a “Description” as well as a name, to help team members understand a list’s purpose.

All lists are visible to all company team members but can only be created and edited by users with a “Full user” or “Super user” role.

Once the “award or close request“ flow is submitted successfully users will be shown a simple 2-question satisfaction survey. Users must rate how satisfied they were with the process and can optionally add additional comments.

This will help us assess how the updated flow is performing and how we might improve it.

[Requests] Line spacing in the supplier request feedback email has been improved.

[Requests] Improvement to ensure that requests are not “orphaned” and always have 1 owner at their company.

[Requests] The supplier request feedback page will now be localized based on the user’s set locale in the DeepStream app rather than always appearing in English.

[Contracts] Legacy contracts can now be deleted via the “Contract actions” button. Users will be warned before deletion as this action cannot be undone.