The player to the dealer's right cuts the shuffled cards and the dealer puts the two halves back together. Dealing starts with the player to the dealer's left and is conducted clockwise. Deal 4 cards at a time to each player. This is done three times. Add more than 8-10 pts.
Bidding starts with the player to the dealer's left.
In other words, the dealer bids last in the first round of bidding. One person in a team is expected to collect the winning trick and turn the cards face-down. The meld and pts.