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Vendor Evaluation
🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-06-08
🔷 SkillSpec L3
pm-operations
Create a structured vendor evaluation framework for any procurement decision. Use when asked to evaluate vendors, compare suppliers, run an RFP scoring process, or assess a software or service provider. Produces a weighted scorecard, evaluation criteria, and recommendation framework.
🗣 Say this to your agent
“Help me evaluate vendors for [procurement]”“Create a vendor scorecard for [software/service]”“Compare [Vendor A] vs [Vendor B] for [use case]”
What to give it
▸What you are procuring
▸Vendors being evaluated — minimum 2
▸Key decision criteria — if known
▸Decision makers
▸Budget range
▸Timeline to decide
✅ The bar it holds itself to
Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.
✓Evaluation criteria weights total 100%
✓Scoring rubric is defined before scoring vendors (not post-hoc)
✓Reference check questions are included
✓Recommendation includes risks and conditions, not just a winner
✓Runner-up rationale explains why they lost (enables future conversations)
✓Contract terms to negotiate are specified
⚠️ What it refuses to do
Do not weight all evaluation criteria equally — the scorecard must reflect the relative importance of each criterion
Do not evaluate vendors only on features — security, support, contract terms, and financial stability matter too
Do not produce a recommendation without explaining why the runner-up lost — this enables future vendor conversations
Do not skip contract terms to negotiate — identifying leverage points is part of the procurement decision
Do not recommend a vendor without stating the conditions under which the recommendation would change
Install
npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcpStart with
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