Buyers & Institutions
Understand quote requests, RFQs, procurement workspaces, shortlists, and institution-owned records.
Knowledge Base
How DigimedExpo works — from registration to payment
DigimedExpo is a daily operating layer for the medical supply chain: a digital replacement for physical expos, connecting procurement, supplier discovery, RFQs, events, trust signals, and marketplace intelligence in one ecosystem.
One guide for every workflow
Understand what happens before and after sign-up: account setup, procurement, RFQs, trust, subscriptions, events, and invoices.
Operating ModelEnd-to-End
Procurement LayerInstitution-Owned
Marketplace AccessVerified Signals
Suppliers & Sellers
Learn how listings, subscriptions, buyer visibility, leads, quotes, trust badges, and promotions work.
Engineers & Professionals
See how biomedical engineers participate in procurement, institutional sourcing, workspaces, and professional trust.
Operating Guide
Explore the DigimedExpo workflow
Use the guide below to understand how each part of the marketplace connects to procurement, discovery, supplier engagement, and trust.
Start Here
Registration & Accounts
Create the right account type for how you participate in the medical supply chain.
- Buyers and biomedical engineers register to procure on behalf of an institution. Procurement records such as quote requests, RFQs, and workspaces are owned by the institution, not the individual.
- Manufacturers, distributors, and logistics companies register as seller accounts to list products, spare parts, technologies, and respond to demand.
- Event organisers register to publish and manage expos and events through a billed organiser dashboard.
- Verify your email to activate the account. Seller and engineer profiles are reviewed before they appear publicly.
Supplier Enquiry
Quote Requisition & Responses
Request pricing and availability directly from suppliers, and track every response.
- From any product, spare part, or technology listing, a buyer submits a quote request with quantity, timeline, and level of interest.
- The supplier is notified and responds with a message and optional quotation attachment. You can follow up in-app or on WhatsApp.
- Track statuses — unread, seen, waiting response, and responded — from your quote requests dashboard, and rate a supplier's response once received.
- Buyer contact details stay private until a supplier holds an active subscription, protecting institutional buyers from unsolicited outreach.
Open Demand
RFQ Creation & Bidding
Open a structured request for quotation to the whole supplier marketplace.
- Institutions publish an RFQ describing the need. Qualified suppliers submit competitive bids.
- RFQs are institution-owned and never expose budget or private notes to suppliers.
- Compare bids by capability, documentation readiness, and trust — not just price — before shortlisting.
Team Sourcing
Procurement Workspaces
Organise a sourcing project in one institution-owned workspace.
- Save products, spare parts, technologies, companies, engineers, and logistics partners into a workspace.
- Link related quote requests and RFQs so your team works from a single sourcing picture.
- Workspaces belong to the institution, so authorised buyers and biomedical engineers collaborate with continuity.
Negotiation
Deal Rooms
Move a promising quote into a focused, structured negotiation space.
- Open a deal room from a quote request to bring the buyer and supplier into one threaded conversation with a clear subject.
- Deal rooms reuse the secure messaging layer and keep the negotiation tied to the originating quote and institution.
- Both sides track the deal's progress without losing context in a general chat.
Evaluation
Shortlists & Comparisons
Evaluate options side by side before committing.
- Shortlist products and suppliers into institution-owned lists for team review.
- Compare shortlisted items on capabilities, documentation, and trust signals — deliberately without price or budget fields — to keep evaluation objective.
Safety Layer
Trust & Credibility Tags
Read the signals that show how complete and verified a supplier is.
- Trust profiles summarise profile completeness and documentation readiness with neutral, non-defamatory wording.
- Verified badges such as Verified Supplier, Verified Engineer, and Verified Institution are granted only after admin review — payment supports the review but never buys verification.
- Community reputation and professional badges reflect genuine, accepted contributions in the community.
Engagement
Expos, Live Events & Launches
Turn digital and physical events into measurable engagement.
- Browse expos and fairs, register for live events and webinars, and watch product launch replays.
- Exhibitors capture event leads — booth visits, demo requests, and registrations — across every event type.
- Event organisers publish premium event pages; ordinary users can recommend an event for admin review.
Guided Productivity
AI Assistance
Use guardrailed AI to move faster — never to make clinical or pricing decisions.
- AI can help draft RFQs, summarise workspaces and comparisons, and recap events from public marketplace data.
- AI never invents product claims, recommends treatment, reveals private buyer details, ranks suppliers as winners, or generates price or budget guidance.
- AI features are authenticated, cached, and quota-controlled to keep them reliable and cost-safe.
Seller Access
Subscriptions & Access
Understand what an active base plan unlocks for sellers.
- An active base subscription is what lets a seller see new buyer details, engage in chat, and list more products, spare parts, and technologies.
- Without an active base plan, buyer details on leads and quotes are redacted and engagement is paused — you keep dashboard access and can renew any time.
- Add-on services and promotions such as banners, top-brand placement, event publishing, and verification reviews are billed separately and only gate their own service.
Billing
Payments & Invoices
Every paid action generates a clear invoice you settle from your dashboard.
- Subscriptions, promotions, event publishing, and verification reviews each generate an invoice with its own reference.
- An unpaid invoice only blocks re-purchasing that same service — it never blocks unrelated services or your core marketplace access.
- Track and settle invoices from your billing area; paid invoices activate the associated service automatically.
Ready to Get Started?
Join the medical supply chain operating layer.
Create your account, complete your profile, and start discovering products, suppliers, RFQs, events, engineers, and procurement workflows across DigimedExpo.