"Portions of Bid sorting licensed by BidPlus, Inc. under US patent 5,634,055"
Bid Sorting Quick Start (you can print this out for easier viewing)
The first step to Bid Sorting is to Download the bids.
Click on the Download Bids Button to do this
download.gif (13585 bytes)
When finished you will have the bid data as shown above.
You can view or Print from here.  To use VB2000 special sorting
Tools select the Sort Bids button.

This will show you the below view:
sortlistbox.gif (8695 bytes)
Select the Bid lines that you want to sort and chose View.
Note that when you first use Bid Sorting there will be no items
labeled (indexed and ready to use), only a date and the
words "Downloaded On...".  The Send Bids to main VB2000 for
uploading is used after you had made your bid selections as
is the Set Award Line and View Calendar.

This window will now be displayed, this is not the window
where you set your sorting options.  This windows just collects
information that Bid Sorting needs to know to continue.
init.gif (6363 bytes)

You will next see the lines.
lines.gif (5560 bytes)
Weekend are in Blue, Red Eyes are in Red.  You can click on
an ID to view it.  There are three mouse pointer you will see in this view:
hand.gif (947 bytes)means you can click on an ID
updown.gif (919 bytes)means you can move a line within a Tab, up or down
check.gif (917 bytes)means you can select the line for deleting or moving from one tab to another

Lines are moved from Tab to Tab by selecting them 
then clicking on the desired Tab.  Lines palced in Tab 1 through 10 are part
of you bid.

Use the Find and Sort Tool to find lines that meet your needs. 
Select criteria and press the Find Matching Lines button.
Sort criteria and sort as soon as the selection is made.
find.gif (13709 bytes)
sort.gif (18302 bytes)