RFQ — Requests for Quotation

Section: Purchase Management
URL: /admin/purchase/purchase_request
Page title: (2) Cereri de oferte (RFQ)

Overview

Requests for Quotation (RFQ) — invitations sent to one or more vendors asking for price and terms on a list of items.

Business value

Sends Requests for Quotation to multiple vendors at once and consolidates their responses for side-by-side comparison — formalising the "get three bids" rule that's otherwise enforced by tribal habit.

Who uses it: Procurement, buyers
Key benefit: Drives savings of 5-15% through structured competition on every significant purchase.
Metrics it influences: Negotiated savings, RFQ cycle time, supplier participation rate

Typical use cases:

Annual contract renewal goes out to three vendors
One-off capex purchase requires bid comparison for compliance

At a glance

Accessing this module

From the admin sidebar, navigate to RFQ — Requests for Quotation, or open the URL directly:

/admin/purchase/purchase_request

List view

The list view shows existing rfq — requests for quotation records. Use it to search, filter, sort, and bulk-act on items.

Create / edit form

Open the create form to add a new rfq — requests for quotation record. Editing an existing record uses the same form pre-populated with current values.

Common actions

View existing records — open RFQ — Requests for Quotation from the sidebar to see the list view.
Search and filter — use the search box and column filters to find records.
Create a new record — click the Add / New button (or follow the "Create" URL above) and fill in the required fields.
Edit a record — click a row to open the detail view, then use the edit action.
Delete a record — use the row's delete action; deletion may be soft or hard depending on the module.
Bulk operations — select multiple rows via the checkboxes and apply a bulk action from the toolbar (export, delete, status change, etc., where supported).

API

This module is available via the REST API.

Authentication. All API requests require the header authtoken: <token> (generate one at /admin/api/api_management). Base URL. https://your-domain.tld/api/

Key endpoints:

Method	Path	Purpose
`GET`	`{{base_url}}purchase/items?page=1&per_page=50`	List
`GET`	`{{base_url}}purchase/items/{{purchase_record_id}}`	Get one
`GET`	`{{base_url}}purchase/items/search/{{search_key}}`	Search
`POST`	`{{base_url}}purchase/items`	Create
`PUT`	`{{base_url}}purchase/items/{{purchase_record_id}}`	Update
`DELETE`	`{{base_url}}purchase/items/{{purchase_record_id}}`	Delete
`GET`	`{{base_url}}purchase/vendors?page=1&per_page=50`	List
`GET`	`{{base_url}}purchase/vendors/{{purchase_record_id}}`	Get one
`GET`	`{{base_url}}purchase/vendors/search/{{search_key}}`	Search
`POST`	`{{base_url}}purchase/vendors`	Create
`PUT`	`{{base_url}}purchase/vendors/{{purchase_record_id}}`	Update
`DELETE`	`{{base_url}}purchase/vendors/{{purchase_record_id}}`	Delete
`GET`	`{{base_url}}purchase/vendor_items?page=1&per_page=50`	List
`GET`	`{{base_url}}purchase/vendor_items/{{purchase_record_id}}`	Get one
`POST`	`{{base_url}}purchase/vendor_items`	Create
`PUT`	`{{base_url}}purchase/vendor_items/{{purchase_record_id}}`	Update
`DELETE`	`{{base_url}}purchase/vendor_items/{{purchase_record_id}}`	Delete
`GET`	`{{base_url}}purchase/purchase_request?page=1&per_page=50`	List
`GET`	`{{base_url}}purchase/purchase_request/{{purchase_record_id}}`	Get one
`POST`	`{{base_url}}purchase/purchase_request`	Create

See the full payload schemas, query parameters, and example responses in the API reference (`Purchase`).

Captured: 2026-05-10T09:51:26.776Z · Source: demo.crmconnect.io/admin/purchase/purchase_request