The system facilitates sending solicitation documents to invited bidders and the receipt of bids and proposals by secure e-mail in parallel with the traditional methods of facsimile or hard copy transmission, which remain an option.
该系统有利于对邀请投标人发送招标文件，通过安全的电子邮件收到投标和提议，但同时也接受传统方法的传真或打印文件传送。