Bidding engine workflows in SRM 4.0

Hi all,
Can anyone help me with this? The BO BUS2200, 2202 and 2203 are there but the WF templates are missing and events aren't raised during the flows!! Despite the online help states that they should!
Is it deliverred with any support pack. for SRM 4.0?
The release I use is at :
SAP_ABA 640: SAPKA64019
SAP_BASIS 640: SAPKB64019
PI_BASIS 2005_1_640 : SAPKIPYJ69
SRM_SERVER 500: SAPKIBKS11

Hi,
From the SRM40 documentation :
Bid
WS79000010 Without approval,
WS79000002 One-step approval
Approval workflows for bids
The relevant approval workflow is started, depending on whether a manager or an employee of the purchasing group accepts a bid for a bid invitation.
Bid Invitation
WS14500026 Without approval,
WS14500027 One-step approval
WS14500028 n-step approval
Approval Workflows for bid invitations
After bid invitations (and their change versions) are published, one of these three approval workflows is started, depending on the start conditions.
The implementation of the BAdI BBP_WORKFLOW_APPROV_BADI is a prerequisite for n-step approval (with back & forth-processing). (If this is not the case, the manager of the purchasing organization is determined as approver.)
Kind regards,
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