Awarding a Bid

For most events you are not required to award bids. Bids will automatically be awarded based on the criteria established by your organization on the closing date shown in the event details. For example, this could include:

  • Rank
  • Seniority
  • Hours of paid duty completed

However, in some situations it may be necessary to assign officers and other resources by hand. This occurs most often in the event of last minute changes and emergencies.

How to award a bid manually

To award a bid manually for a paid duty event, you need to:

  1. Log in to the bidding portal
  2. Locate the target event in the events list. Use the search tool to assist if needed.
  3. Click the event title or the "View Paid Duty Event Details" button at the right of the event entry
    The events list with the view button highlighted

This will take you to the "Paid Duty Events Details" page. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and select the "Manage Applications" button.

The paid duty event details screen with the manage applications button selected

This will take you to the "Manage Paid Duty Applications" screen. From here, you can:

  1. Scroll to the bottom of the page to find the Employee Applications list (If the employee you want to award is not in this this list you can add them manually)
  2. Check the "Yes" box in the "Awarded" column next to each employee you wish to award
  3. Click the "Save" button to complete the process. 

Officers are informed by email when they are awarded an event.
The employee applications list with the yes checkbox highlighted