Hi Somi — your Industrial Components & MRO sourcing event has 50 of 200 suppliers responded with 3d 14h until close. Coverage on bearings & fasteners is healthy, but 4 lines have no bids and 135 suppliers haven't started yet.
3 items need your attention before the response window closes.
Suppliers invited
200
85 incumbent · 87 new · 28 diverse
Responses received
50
Avg line coverage
73%
22 of 30 lines avg
Spend coverage
87%
$3.65M of $4.20M
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Insights and Recommendations
· 3 items
4 lines have no bids — $420K spend at risk
Blocker
HEPA H13 cabin filter, Cutting fluid concentrate, Oil-water separator, M12x60 zinc plated bolt — none of the invited suppliers have bid on these.
AI RecommendationConfidence 91%
3 alternative suppliers from peer events are likely to bid. Add Athena Polymers, Birmingham Fasteners, Detroit Industrial Supply as backups for these 4 SKUs.
135 suppliers haven't started yet
Warning
With only 3d 14h until the response window closes, 67% of invited suppliers have not opened the event. 8 of them are incumbents.
AI RecommendationConfidence 96%
Send a personalized nudge to the 8 incumbents now and a generic reminder to the remaining 127 in 24h. Past events show this lifts response rate by ~22%.
Top 3 bidders converge — fast-track shortlist
Info
Acme Industrial, Nordic Steel, and Pacific Bearings cover 100% / 96% / 91% of lines and are within 5% of each other on total quoted price.
AI RecommendationConfidence 88%
Move these 3 to Negotiation stage early to free up evaluation cycles. I can prefill the negotiation brief.
Participation Statistics
· 200 suppliers
Updated 3 min ago
25%
Response Rate
Responded5025.0%
In Progress3517.5%
Not Started10050.0%
Declined157.5%
Coverage & Baseline
· across 50 responses
Line Coverage22 / 30 avg lines quoted
073% covered100%
Spend Coverage$3.65M of $4.20M baseline
$087% covered$4.20M
Questionnaire Completion19 / 25 questions avg
076% complete100%
Best Bid
$3.42M
−18.6% vs baseline
Median
$3.81M
−9.3% vs baseline
Highest
$4.38M
+4.3% vs baseline
Supplier Scorecard
· 50 of 200 suppliers
All 200
Responded 50
In Progress 35
Not Started 100
Declined 15
Supplier
Status
Line coverage
Spend %
Q&A %
Quoted total
vs Baseline
Rank
qi Questionnaire & Evaluation · AI Insight
Acme Industrial & Shanghai MRO lead the evaluation (avg 4.6 / 5) with consistent scores across all 5 evaluators. Mumbai Precision shows high evaluator divergence — Procurement scored 4.5 but Quality scored 2.7 on the same responses.
3 actions: chase the 4 missing ESG responses, schedule a clarification call for Mumbai Precision, and unblock Marcus Reilly (Sustainability) — he's behind on 4 of 12 supplier evaluations.
Score1.0–2.02.1–3.03.1–3.53.6–4.24.3–5.0Variance > 1.0 between evaluators is flagged.
Response Coverage Matrix
· 12 suppliers · 15 questions
AnsweredPartialFlaggedEmpty
Top Themes
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Qi · 50 responses
qi Price Analysis · AI Insight
Best-bid basket lands at $3.42M against a $4.20M baseline — $782K identified savings (−18.6%). 4 lines have no bids putting $420K at risk. Bearings is the most contested lot (avg 9 bidders/SKU).
Baseline spend
$4.20M
30 SKUs · last 12mo
Best-bid total
$3.42M
↓ −18.6%
Identified savings
$782K
Award-optimized basket
Lines without bids
4/30
$420K at risk
Savings by Lot
· best-bid scenario
Bid Distribution per Lot
· min · median · max
Pricesheet Summary
· 4 pricesheets · 26 line items · 5 suppliers
Edit mode is on. Edit Latest Basic / ITC / HIL values at the component level — item totals and pricesheet totals recalculate automatically. Buyer values (SKU · Qty · Baseline) stay locked.
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Pricesheet
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Bearings
Fasteners
Lubricants
Filters
Click a row to drill down · best-bid Latest cell highlighted