Industries/Technology & SaaS/Sourcing Agent
Hardware and colo RFQs,weighted awards.
Infrastructure teams collect quotes by email for hardware and colocation. The Sourcing Agent structures RFQs, scores cost, lead time, warranty, and risk, runs guardrailed rounds, and recommends awards engineering and finance approve.
Scenarios in technology & saas
Document-level examples buyers in this industry run through Sourcing Agent.
Laptop fleet RFQ
Resellers bid bundles with different warranty terms. Weighted scoring highlights TCO before award.
Colocation expansion RFQ
Power and cross-connect bids normalized before ranking.
Security appliance RFQ
Technical questions on throughput scored alongside commercial bids.
What the agent checks
Core Sourcing Agent rules, phrased for technology & saas procurement.
- Weights sum to 100%
- Blocked vendors excluded
- Cost, lead time, warranty, risk scored
- Negotiation guardrails
- Must-have security requirements
- Award logged vs budget
How it works
Same pipeline as the live Sourcing Agent module.
- 1
Parse the brief
Extract quantity, category, delivery window, and unit from plain language and estimate budget from catalog or historical pricing.
- 2
Publish the RFQ
Set evaluation criteria with weights that sum to 100%, invite qualified suppliers, and exclude blocked vendors.
- 3
Collect and score bids
Normalize cost, lead time, warranty, payment terms, and supplier risk into a weighted matrix and rank respondents.
- 4
Negotiate in rounds
Run guardrailed rounds — target price, walk-away, must-have warranty — with deterministic concession logic; Stellitron Intelligence phrases the messages.
- 5
Recommend award
Present the winning supplier, unit economics, and savings vs budget; award updates the event and logs impact.
Questions buyers ask
Who awards?
Engineering managers and finance per matrix.
Are bids simulated?
Demo deterministic; production uses portal.
Can security edit weights?
Republishing logs changes.
Does sourcing install gear?
No. Procurement issues POs only.