Procurements

Find more information about how to become a supplier to LKAB, find potential deals and submit tenders in our procurement portal Coupa.

Frequently asked questions about procurements and the Coupa portal

Ask the buyer to disqualify your incorrect bid. When the buyer disqualifies your bid, you may see a message box.

Note: The buyer can only disqualify your most recent bid.

If your new bid is less than 50% of your previous bid, you will see a warning box: “Your current bid is at most 50% of your previous bid. Do you want to submit this bid anyway?”

If the buyer has made changes to the procurement, you must approve these changes before you can submit your bid. The checkbox to approve changes is located above the “Submit response to buyer” button.

If a buyer chooses to change a procurement, it will be closed for editing. The following messages will be displayed if you try to open the procurement:

“Event is being edited This event is closed while the organizer makes changes to it. We’ll notify you when the event starts up again.”

When the buyer has made the changes and republishes the procurement, a new version of the procurement will be created and you will receive a notification via email.

Click on the “View Event” button to go directly to the revised procurement.

When you open the procurement to fill in your bid, you must approve the changes that the buyer has made. If you want to upload your bid to the revised procurement via Excel, you must first export the Excel file and then import it back with your bid.

Export to Excel, enter your bid, and import the file again. This will allow you to process bids offline.

Note: If the tender is closed for editing, you will not be able to upload the file from the original tender. You will need to download the file from the revised tender.

You can upload a maximum of 250 MB per upload. The recommended number of attachments is a maximum of 40.

You will receive recurring emails as the closing date for a procurement approaches. If you have not submitted your bid, you must do so before the deadline expires. If you have submitted your bid, you can ignore the reminder email.

You can change the system language on the Coupa Supplier Portal when you are logged in. Click at the bottom of the page and select the desired language.