Supplier scoring & evaluation

Supplier scoring and evaluation. Hard data, no more guessing games.

Standardise your evaluation process across every RFP, RFQ and RFI. Eliminate manual calculation errors and make sure every supplier is measured against your exact requirements.

G2 ratingCapterra rating 4.8Rated 4.8 out of 5 by oboloo users
83% BEST SUPPLIER Round 3 weighted score Weighted scores Acme Solutions 83% Network Partners 76% Brightline Ltd 61% Price 40% · Quality 30% · Risk 30% JW Assigned as scorer 53%
The oboloo way

Stop arguing over gut feelings.

The difference between a decision you defend and a decision you hope nobody questions.

#REF!suppliers_v7_FINAL.xlsx#N/A
The messy manual guesswork
Spreadsheets
  • Hours spent building complex weighted average formulas that eventually break.
  • Chasing team members for their scores by email, Slack and sticky notes.
  • One person copying and pasting every score into a master sheet by hand.
  • High risk of a single keying error ruining the entire evaluation.
  • The final decision usually comes down to whoever the loudest person in the room likes.
  • No audit trail, so good luck explaining your choice to the auditors next year.
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The oboloo way.
  • Set your weights for price, quality and risk once, then let the system do the rest.
  • Assign specific sections to the right experts so they only score what they know.
  • Scores are captured in the platform the moment a reviewer saves them.
  • Automatic calculations keep the numbers accurate every single time.
  • A clear, ranked leaderboard that shows exactly who won and why.

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How it works

Deciding with total authority.

Stop worrying about being questioned. oboloo gives you a complete audit trail of every score, comment and calculation, so you can defend your choice to anyone, at any time.

1

Set your ground rules

Before the first bid comes in, decide what actually matters. Assign weights to your sections, such as 40% for price, 30% for quality and 30% for risk. You are building the grading rubric so the system knows exactly how to judge the finish line.

Section weighting 100% total Pricing 50% IT security questionnaire 30% Financial questionnaire 20% Weightings locked
2

Deploy your expert scorers

Stop asking the IT person to score the legal terms. Assign specific sections to the people who actually understand them. They score only their assigned parts, which keeps them focused and your data clean.

Scorers for IT questionnaire JW Jane Whitby LH Lucy Horn MA Mike Atkins Scorers for written proposal LH JW
3

Let the system run the numbers

As your team enters their scores, oboloo works in the background. It applies your weights, calculates the averages and rolls everything into a real-time leaderboard. No manual entry and no broken spreadsheet formulas.

Live leaderboard 1 Your best scored supplier Weighted score 83.0 2 3
4

Defend the decision

Review the final rankings on a clear dashboard. You see exactly who won and why, with every comment and score saved in a permanent audit trail. It is the easiest way to prove you made the right call when the auditors come knocking.

IT security questionnaire Average score 18% Weight 30% S1 S2 S3 S4 S5
Built for decisions, not debates

Join the anti-spreadsheet revolution.

Forget the Excel tool someone in procurement built five events ago that breaks the moment you refresh the cells. oboloo scoring is built for procurement teams who actually buy things.

Teams score in parallel

Let your experts work at the same time without locking each other out of a file. Risk handles risk, finance handles price and legal handles compliance, and oboloo stitches it into one ranked list.

Scoring lives in your workflow

No more exporting data into separate files. Your weights and sections stick to every event automatically, so the logic stays where the work happens.

Built for real evaluation volume

Whether it is a simple quote or a large multi-stage RFP, the system does not flinch. Your scores stay structured, comparable and defensible.

Consistency without consensus meetings

Skip the four-hour meeting to align on a winner. Every supplier is scored against the same criteria and the same weights, giving you a result based on data rather than the loudest voice in the room.

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Advanced RFX creation tools when you need deeper control.
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  • Reusable and custom RFX templates
  • Supplier questionnaires
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  • Custom fields and much more
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More features

Supplier evaluation and scoring features.

If scoring lives in spreadsheets, your decision has already failed.

Design the event before you invite anyone

Decide how suppliers will be evaluated before responses arrive. Build the structure first, then run the event with confidence.

Assign scorers by section

Choose exactly who scores what, whether that is questionnaires, written sections or full responses. Nobody sees what they should not.

Weighted scoring where it matters

Apply weights to sections such as pricing, risk, sustainability or capability, rather than flat averages.

Automatic score calculation

Scores are calculated instantly from your weights and inputs. No spreadsheets and no manual calculations.

Score questionnaires and written responses

Score structured questionnaires and free-text supplier sections using the same evaluation logic.

Rescoring when suppliers resubmit

If a supplier updates their response, scorers are flagged and rescoring is controlled rather than overwritten.

Clear scoring progress tracking

See who has scored, who has not and what is blocking completion, in real time.

Audit-ready scoring trail

Every score, comment, submission and rescore is logged. No disputes and no arguments about who changed what.

Award with the evidence attached

Award the event to the winning supplier and keep every score and comment on the record, so the decision is easy to explain later.

Quick answers

Supplier evaluation and scoring FAQs.

Supplier responses are scored directly inside the sourcing activity. Scorers enter scores by section, and oboloo calculates the final result automatically using your defined weightings.
Yes. You can assign multiple scorers to the same supplier or section. oboloo aggregates the scores so decisions are not based on a single opinion.
If a supplier resubmits, assigned scorers are flagged and rescoring can be reopened. Previous scores are not silently overwritten.
Once a scorer submits their scores, they are locked unless rescoring is explicitly reopened by the sourcing owner.
Yes. You can assign specific internal users to score specific sections, questionnaires or full submissions, so the right people score the right content.
You apply weights to sections such as pricing, questionnaires or written responses. oboloo uses these weights to calculate the final supplier score automatically.
No. Scorers only see their own scoring tasks. Final results are calculated centrally to avoid bias or influence.
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