PortzApp Platform
Buyer
A PortzApp organization using the platform to find providers, issue requests, review quotations and manage jobs. Within PortzApp, the term describes part of the platform’s account, directory, request, job or collaboration workflow.
What the term means
Buyer names a role in a transaction, not a type of company.
The buyer is the side that states a need and accepts a quote against it.
The buyer is the side that states a need and accepts a quote against it.
Any organization can act as a buyer, including providers buying work they subcontract.
Buyer is a term used in maritime business and operations.
A PortzApp organization using the platform to find providers, issue requests, review quotations and manage jobs.
Within PortzApp, the term describes part of the platform’s account, directory, request, job or collaboration workflow. The exact meaning may vary with the contract, jurisdiction, port practice or workflow in which it is used.
What makes an organization the buyer
On a given deal
Who needs the work
The buyer is
The organization with the requirement, whether for its own vessel or on behalf of another party.
On a given deal
Who defines it
The buyer is
The organization that publishes the request setting out what is needed, where, and when.
On a given deal
Who decides
The buyer is
The organization that compares the quotes and accepts one.
On a given deal
Who owes
The buyer is
The organization carrying the commercial obligation once a quote is accepted.
Buyers in PortzApp
The side that raises the request
In PortzApp the buyer is the organization that issues a request, compares the quotes that come back, and accepts one. Any verified organization can do this, including providers buying work they subcontract.
FAQ
01
02
03