Supplier evaluation

Criteria Architect

Sourcing a category you have not run before? Answer a few questions and Awarden proposes the evaluation criteria, weights, and scoring guidance to judge supplier proposals against — before the first bid lands.

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Answer a few questions

Category, sourcing strategy, complexity, term, and what the client needs this contract to achieve.

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Get a proposed scorecard

Criteria with definitions, recommended weights, scoring guidance, and the evidence to request from suppliers.

03

Edit with an audit trail

Reorder, re-weight, rewrite, or remove. Every change is recorded against the original AI proposal.

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Question 1

What are you sourcing?

The category shapes which criteria matter. Pick the closest fit — you can add detail below.

Every question is optional — answer what you know and move on. Skipping produces a general-purpose baseline scorecard you can tailor by hand.