Once the time available for bidding has elapsed, you need to close the bidding. You can close a single category or all categories at the same time.
To close bidding for all categories:
Switch to the Bid Manager tab.
Switch to the Availability tab, if not already selected.
Switch to the Bidding Status sub-tab, if not already selected.
Click the Close button. The N-PBS Scheduler asks you to confirm that you want to lock all of the categories.
Click the OK button.
All categories are moved from the Open column to the Locked column. When crewmembers log in to the N-PBS Bidder, they can view all of the available information, but they can’t change or update any bids for this bid period. However, bidders can change or update their regular default bids.