Description
Compare vendors consistently and monitor delivery, quality, responsiveness, cost and documented issues over time.
Built for small businesses comparing and managing suppliers or contractors. A low quote is not enough to establish fit. Compare the same scope, unit, period and currency, separate hard requirements from weighted preferences, and keep documented evidence, contract dates, issues, delivery observations and spend beside the decision.
This is a complete system to compare vendors and keep the work under control: a
30-page guide that walks through the method, and a
11-sheet tracker that does the counting for you.
Who this is for
Small businesses comparing and managing suppliers or contractors.
The guide
A guide to the method: who it is for and who it is not, setup, every sheet and column defined, a complete worked example built on the demo data that ships in the file, the weekly routine, decision rules, common mistakes and troubleshooting.
The tracker
Sheets for Requirements, Vendor Register, Quote Comparison, Weighted Scorecard, Due Diligence Notes, Contract Dates, Issue Log, Delivery Performance and Spend, with a Start Here page and a Dashboard that blocks invalid inputs and noncomparable quotes, identifies the vendor needing attention and gives a concrete next action for human review. 8960 formulas calculate as you fill it in, so
you are reading results rather than building a spreadsheet.
What you get
- 30-page PDF guide (8,320 words)
- 11-sheet Excel tracker with 8960 formulas,
Excel-format .xlsx, recalculated and mutation-tested in LibreOffice Calc. Microsoft Excel desktop and Google Sheets import were not verified; all formulas are visible and unlocked, with no macros or external connections - Read-me-first guide so you know where to start
- Instant download, 256 KB, yours to keep
What this is not
Internal vendor comparison and monitoring only, not legal, contract, tax, accounting, medical, investment or security advice. Consult qualified professionals for specialist questions. Requirements and thresholds are your choices, not universal obligations. One currency, no conversion or tax calculations. Contract dates and notice periods are user-entered administrative records, not legal interpretation. Delivery and response observations do not automatically rewrite subjective scores. Review readiness is not approval or purchase authorization. No automatic reminders, purchasing, integrations or outcome guarantees; fixed input ranges do not auto-expand. Settings are centralized on Start Here to preserve the exact manifest modules.
