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The sourcing hub

Demo 46 · Platform · 3:58 · narrated by Brian
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One purchase down the spine: intake, requirements, Vera's research and analysis, then evaluation, negotiation, and award.

What this demo covers

Every purchase starts as an intake request. One brief, and the project is open.

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Chapters

Transcript
Stage 01 · Intake

Every purchase starts as an intake request. One brief, and the project is open.

The sourcing floor

The sourcing floor shows every project in flight, the money in play, and where each one sits.

Stage 02 · Requirements

Each stage has its own page, all following one project down the spine. Requirements is the weighted list every bid is scored against.

Stage 03 · Research

Before you talk to the market, Vera reads it: the credible alternatives for this purchase, each with its positioning, its strengths and gaps, and a price note.

Stage 04 · Suppliers

That research becomes your long list. Here you see who was invited and where each invitation stands.

Stage 05 · Proposals

The moment a proposal lands, whether through the supplier portal or an upload, Vera reads it, and the analysis pages downstream fill in.

Stage 06 · Proposal analysis

Vera's read of every bid, side by side: the summary, the price note, the strengths, the risks, and what to clarify before the scores count.

Stage 07 · Scoring

The weighted matrix. Every bid scored against your requirements, with any mandatory miss called out and the leader ranked first.

Stage 08 · Pricing

Now the money. Each bid's annual total, the discount it states off list, how it sits against your budget, and where the incumbent baseline gives you leverage.

Stage 09 · Strategy

Before anyone hears a number, Vera proposes the plan: an angle for each bidder, and the leverage worth using.

Stage 10 · Emails

Every message this stage calls for, drafted from the record: the best and final requests, the stakeholder note, the decision letters. Nothing sends by itself.

Stage 11 · Evaluation

The decision on one page. The evaluation memo reads the scored field like an analyst and lands on a recommendation.

Stage 12 · Negotiations

The close, from inside the project. The decoders read the finalist's paper, and the negotiation desk carries it to signature.

Stage 13 · Award

The outcome recorded against the budget, every bidder told, and the contract handed to the estate, where the lifecycle takes over.

Wrap

Intake to award, one spine.