A method, system, and program for determining a capacity of a grid
environment to handle a required workload for a virtual grid job request
are provided. A bid controller receives a virtual job request for
processing a job within a grid environment from a client system. The bid
controller determines the total required workload for the virtual job
request. Then, the bid controller calculates a capacity of the grid
environment to handle the total required workload, such that a bid for
performing the job is enabled to be automatically generated responsive to
the virtual job request based on the capacity of the grid environment to
handle the total required workload.