What problem does it solve? When an RFx closes, bids arrive in mixed incoterms, currencies, and payment terms that resist apples-to-apples comparison, and buyers under deadline pressure default to the raw low bid — which often hides freight costs, defect history, and solvency risk. This Skill levels every bid to one total-cost-of-ownership basis, scores a weighted scorecard on locked weights, and stages a defensible, audit-ready award recommendation. ## Core Features & Use Cases - TCO Normalization: Converts every quote to a common basis by adding landed freight/duty, payment-terms cost of cash, expected cost of poor quality from PPM history, priceable risk mitigation, and amortized one-time costs. - Weighted Scorecard with Hard Risk Floor: Scores price, quality, delivery, risk, and sustainability on weights locked before bids open, with a hard gate preventing below-floor suppliers from taking a sole award. - Award Shaping and Gating: Prices sole vs split award options, computes the split premium, and holds bidder notifications as the irreversible commit boundary pending human approval. - Use Case: Four bids close on a $12M machined-component category 48 hours before the incumbent lapses; the Skill shows the headline 8%-under EXW bid actually ranks last on TCO and fails the risk floor, recommending a sole or 70/30 split award with quantified savings. ## Quick Start Score the closed RFx bids for the machined-component category, normalize them to TCO, and recommend a sole or split award before the incumbent contract lapses.
