Current Bid
You can submit your Current bid as many times as you want while bidding is open. Contact your administrator if you are unsure when your bidding period is open. Your Current bid, if submitted, is always used to build your line for the bid period. If you don't submit a current bid, your Default bid is used. Your Reasons Report states what bid was used, either Current or Default.
Default Bid
You can submit your Default bid as many times as you want at any time that you have access to the system. Your Default bid is only used if you haven't submitted a Current bid. Changes made to your Default bid after bidding closes don't take effect until the next bid period.
Submit Your Bid
The Active Submit button is active if you've made changes to your bid and you haven't submitted yet.
The Inactive Submit button is inactive if you haven't made any changes to your bid or you have submitted it.
Bid Validation: The N-PBS interface validates your bid when you submit it. The validation ensures that you don't submit a bid with bid groups that will not be used by the N-PBS Scheduler. You can only submit your bid if you are connected to the Internet (online mode).
When you click on Submit, you are submitting your Current, Default, and Training (if you have the Training module) bid to the N-PBS Scheduler. When you submit your bid, you may see a message that not all bids have been submitted. The submit message will tell you what has been submitted and what hasn't. For example, if you submit a Default bid while Current bidding is closed, you will see a message that your Default bid has been submitted, but your Current has not. You will always receive a confirmation number for any bid that has been submitted.
Submitting Current and Default Bid for the current bid period.
Your Current bid is always used to build a line for the bid period, even if you submit a Default bid while bidding is open after you have submitted a Current bid. Any changes you made in your Default bid won't be used until the next period provided you don't submit a Current bid in the next bid period. Your Default bid is only used if you haven't submitted a Current bid. The N-PBS Bidder displays a confirmation number at the top of the screen once your bid has been successfully submitted.
You can make changes to your bid up to the bid closing time. After bidding closes, you cannot change your Current or Default bids for the bid period that was just closed.