Selection of approvers for Bid

Hello all,
My one more thread is going on for Bid approval workflow problem. But since the subject requirement is different opened a new thread.
Version:
SRM 4.0SP08 SRM server 5.0
Set up:
Strategic purchaser has role SAP_BBP_STAL_STRAT_PURCHASER and sap_all.
Bidders have role of SAP_BBP_STAL_BIDDER
Purchase manager has a role SAP_BBP_STAL_PURCHASE_MANAGER and sap_all
The bidders are assigned to pur org for vendors "Vendor Porg"
and the same is local.
The bidders are created by strategic purchasers through EBP webpage and
link "Manage External business partner".
The purchaser manager is the boss of dept where the strat purchaser is
attached.
Workflow WS79000002 and WS79000010 are active with relevant currency.
Business Process:
The strat purchaser creates a bid Invitation , assigns bidders and
publish the same.
The bidders view the Bid Invitation , submit bids against it.
the strat purchaser views the bids, rejects higher bids and accepts the
lowest bid.
This winning bid is then set in status "awaiting approval" and all the available
managers are shown as the approvers in the approval window.
Requirement:
Our client wants that
say 10 purchase managers are assigned to the purchase dept
then the strat purchaser should be able to select the approvers.
He can choose more than one approver and all of these must approve the bid to complete the process.
PL. advise how to map these requirements in SRM.
Masa has already given the BADI BBP_CHNG_AGNT_GET in this relation.
(Hello Masa - Can you please ellaborate? )
BR
Dinesh

Hello Dinesh,
Do you need parallel approval or sequential approval ?
I had similar requirement from customer and finally customer selected just simple 1 step approval. Specifying the approver by manual is not good from SOX compliance point of view.
Anyway, several possibilities:
1. If you maintain the Org. has 10 managers, the 10 managers get the approval workitem in his inbox. If one of the managers approve it, the workitem disappears from other manager's inbox. This is still 1 step approval.
2. The purchaser can change the approver in the preview screen and you can filter the possible selection with the BADI BBP_CHNG_AGNT_GET. Purchaser can also add additional approvers.
3. Set the approver rules in custom table and implements N-Step approval BADI. This is not manual approver selection.
4. Manager can forward the workitem to the responsible manager.
5. Manager can set delegation each other.
I think 2. will fit in your case.
Regards,
Masa

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