RFx processes (RFI, RFP, RFQ) Automated by EvaluationsHub
In procurement and supplier management, every decision counts. The right supplier can unlock long-term value, while the wrong one can create hidden risks and costs that ripple through the business. For decades, organizations have relied on RFx processes (RFI, RFP, RFQ) to create structure and comparability in sourcing decisions. But let’s face it: too often, these processes are cumbersome, one-dimensional, and disconnected from the broader supplier relationship management journey.
That’s why we’re thrilled to announce our latest release: Integrated RFx Management in EvaluationsHub. With this launch, we’re transforming how organizations design, run, and evaluate RFx processes—bringing in richer data, supplier collaboration, and actionable scoring that moves beyond simple price comparison.
This isn’t just another tool for running RFPs. It’s a smarter way to source, one that reflects the reality of modern procurement: multi-dimensional, data-driven, and relationship-centric.
Why RFx Needs Reinvention
Traditional RFx workflows often fall short for three reasons:
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Overemphasis on price. Too many decisions are reduced to cost, ignoring qualitative factors like innovation, sustainability, or supplier reliability.
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Fragmented inputs. Information is scattered across emails, spreadsheets, PDFs, and meetings—making it difficult to synthesize into a clear decision framework.
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Poor supplier experience. Suppliers often feel like they’re submitting into a black box, with little transparency or engagement.
The result? Suboptimal supplier choices, higher switching costs, and relationships that start off transactional instead of collaborative.
At EvaluationsHub, we believe sourcing deserves better. Our new RFx module doesn’t just digitize old processes—it elevates them.
Categories: Organize What Matters
Not all suppliers are equal—and not all categories are either. Our RFx release allows procurement teams to design sourcing events by category, ensuring apples-to-apples comparisons within defined scopes.
Whether you’re running an RFQ for logistics providers, an RFP for IT services, or an RFI for sustainability partners, you can tailor categories with weighted criteria that reflect your business priorities.
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In logistics, on-time delivery and cost per shipment might be critical.
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In IT services, innovation capability and security certifications could matter more.
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In packaging, sustainability metrics may carry top weight.
By structuring sourcing around categories, you avoid one-size-fits-all templates and create decisions that align with strategy, not just spreadsheets.
Supplier Progression: Move the Right Partners Upstream
A key feature of EvaluationsHub’s RFx is the ability to move suppliers up through the sourcing process—from broad RFI discovery to targeted RFP competition to final RFQ negotiations.
This progression is not static. Based on scoring and evaluations, suppliers can move forward—or fall back—giving you a dynamic, transparent funnel that ensures only the most qualified suppliers reach the finish line.
Think of it as pipeline management for suppliers: you start broad, filter intelligently, and end with the best match. It’s faster, fairer, and ultimately more effective than manual shortlisting.
Branded Supplier Portal: Make It Collaborative
Suppliers don’t want to feel like nameless bidders. They want to engage, showcase their strengths, and understand what matters most to you. That’s why EvaluationsHub includes a branded supplier portal for RFx events.
With your company’s identity front and center, suppliers log into a professional portal where they can:
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Submit proposals, documents, and certifications
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Respond to surveys or questionnaires
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Track their progress in the sourcing process
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Engage in structured Q&A and meeting requests
The result? Professionalism meets collaboration. Suppliers see your sourcing process as transparent and well-structured, while you gain more complete and consistent inputs.
Beyond Price: Multi-Source Input for a Complete View
Procurement isn’t just about comparing bids. It’s about evaluating total value.
That’s why EvaluationsHub RFx goes beyond basic proposal collection. Our module allows you to capture input from multiple sources, both quantitative and qualitative:
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TCO Documents: Import and standardize total cost of ownership data.
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Meetings: Log and weight supplier meetings or presentations.
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Surveys: Capture structured feedback from cross-functional stakeholders.
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Certifications: Validate compliance with industry standards or sustainability goals.
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Historical Performance: Integrate past scorecards, audits, or KPIs.
Every one of these inputs feeds into the same framework, ensuring decisions are based on evidence, not intuition.
Aggregated Scoring: One View That Brings It All Together
The challenge in sourcing isn’t lack of data—it’s too much data in too many places.
EvaluationsHub solves this by aggregating all inputs into a single supplier score, visualized in intuitive dashboards. Each criterion—price, quality, sustainability, service levels, certifications—carries the weight you assign.
The result is a transparent, defendable score that makes decisions easier to justify, both internally and to suppliers.
Imagine walking into a steering committee not with messy spreadsheets, but with a clear ranking of suppliers supported by both hard data and stakeholder input. That’s the power of aggregated scoring.
What This Means for Procurement Leaders
With EvaluationsHub RFx, you gain:
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Speed: Automate supplier progression and scoring to cut cycle times.
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Fairness: Ensure consistent evaluation criteria across all suppliers.
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Transparency: Provide suppliers with a professional, branded experience.
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Strategic value: Move beyond cost to include qualitative and strategic dimensions.
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Defensibility: Back every sourcing decision with data-rich, aggregated scores.
In short: you elevate sourcing from an administrative burden to a strategic advantage.
A Day in the Life with EvaluationsHub RFx
Let’s bring it to life.
You’re a procurement manager sourcing a new facilities services partner. Here’s how it plays out:
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Define categories and criteria. You create an RFP under the “Facilities” category, weighting service quality (40%), cost (30%), and sustainability practices (30%).
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Launch supplier portal. Suppliers log into your branded portal, where they upload proposals, certifications, and respond to tailored questionnaires.
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Engage stakeholders. Your internal teams score qualitative factors through surveys, while finance uploads TCO models.
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Meetings and reviews. Shortlisted suppliers are invited to meetings, which are logged and scored directly in the platform.
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Aggregated scoring. EvaluationsHub brings all inputs into a single supplier score, ranking suppliers transparently.
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Decision and communication. You present results with data-rich dashboards and notify suppliers through the same portal—closing the loop with professionalism and clarity.
What once took weeks of emails, spreadsheets, and debates is now a structured, data-driven process that saves time and builds confidence.
Evaluationshub RFx Tool as Part of the Bigger Picture
This release is not a standalone feature—it’s part of our broader mission at EvaluationsHub: to help organizations manage supplier performance, risk, compliance, and relationships in a unified way.
RFx is where supplier relationships often begin. By integrating sourcing into the same platform that tracks ongoing performance, corrective actions, and collaboration, you create continuity across the entire supplier lifecycle.
Suppliers don’t just “win” a contract—they become part of a managed, data-rich relationship that evolves over time.
Ready to Elevate Your Sourcing?
Procurement teams everywhere are under pressure to deliver more: lower costs, more innovation, stronger resilience, and better sustainability outcomes. RFx is where many of those challenges converge.
With EvaluationsHub’s RFx module, you can:
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Run sourcing processes that are structured, transparent, and fair
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Capture both quantitative and qualitative inputs
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Aggregate everything into a single, defensible score
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Deliver a professional, branded supplier experience
It’s time to move sourcing out of spreadsheets and into the future.
Schedule a demo today and see how EvaluationsHub can transform your RFx process.
