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The Procurement team

Five agents that turn a material requirement into a confirmed supplier drafting RFQs, evaluating bids, scoring supplier risk, and negotiating terms. The sourcing team runs end-to-end and surfaces a recommended award for your sign-off.

Rather than one monolithic AI, a supervising orchestrator coordinates the team and owns every human-in-the-loop checkpoint, so the agents do the analytical heavy lifting while procurement managers keep authority over each commercial decision.

How it runs

Sourcing

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RequirementBoQ · specsRFQ AgentdispatchBid Evaluationnormalise · scoreNegotiationprice · termsAwardhuman sign-offSupplier IntelligenceESG · finance · historyProcurement Orchestratorroutes work · approval gates · audit trail
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The orchestrator routes work; the award is always a human sign-off.
The team

Five agents, one sourcing team

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Procurement Orchestrator

Orchestrator · both phases

The conductor of the team: owns workflow state, routes tasks, and manages every approval gate.

  • Maintains the master state of each procurement case
  • Routes tasks to the right specialist at each step
  • Surfaces decisions to managers at defined gates
  • Keeps a full audit trail of actions and approvals
01

RFQ Agent

Phase 1

Owns the outbound RFQ process, from bill of materials to structured quotations.

  • Drafts RFQs from the BoQ and project specifications
  • Shortlists suppliers by category, geography and history
  • Dispatches RFQs and handles clarifications inline
  • Parses inbound quotations for evaluation
02

Bid Evaluation Agent

Phase 1

Compares quotations head-to-head on a common baseline.

  • Normalises bids for currency, units and scope
  • Scores landed price, technical compliance, lead time, warranty
  • Flags non-conformities and unusual variances
  • Combines with the supplier score for a final ranking
03

Supplier Intelligence Agent

Phase 1

Builds a 360° view of each bidder beyond the quotation.

  • Analyses ESG and sustainability disclosures
  • Reviews financial health and credit signals
  • Mines historical performance from past projects
  • Checks compliance, certifications and sanction flags
04

Negotiation Agent

Phase 1

Runs the commercial negotiation within boundaries the team sets.

  • Engages suppliers on price, terms, lead time and warranty
  • Operates strictly within negotiation guardrails
  • Logs every offer and counter-offer
  • Drafts revised terms for human approval
End to end

From requirement to recommended award

01

Requirement intake

The orchestrator opens a procurement case from a new material requirement and hands it to the RFQ Agent.

02

RFQ generation & dispatchhuman gate

RFQs are drafted from the BoQ, suppliers shortlisted, and once the shortlist is confirmed, dispatched.

03

Quotation intake

Incoming quotations are parsed and structured; bid normalisation begins in parallel.

04

Evaluation & scoring

Commercial and technical scores combine with the ESG, financial and performance scorecard into one ranking.

05

Team reviewhuman gate

The team reviews the ranked recommendation and, if worth pushing, sets a negotiation mandate.

06

Award recommendationhuman gate

Negotiated terms come back for the final award decision, always a human sign-off.

Authority stays human

Human in the loop

RFQ dispatch: the supplier shortlist is confirmed before RFQs go out.
Bid award recommendation: the team reviews the ranking before any award.
Negotiation mandate: the team sets the boundaries; the agent works within them.
Final award & PO issuance: always a human decision, never automatic.

Outside these gates the agents work autonomously, drafting, parsing, scoring and clarifying. Inside them, authority stays with your team.

Outcomes

What the sourcing team delivers

Faster sourcing cycles

RFQs go out the same day; quotations are evaluated the moment they arrive.

Better awards

Decisions weigh ESG, financial health and execution history, not just price.

Full traceability

Every recommendation and negotiation move is logged and auditable.

FAQs

Questions, answered

Does it replace my procurement team?

No. It removes the busywork. Buyers set strategy, mandates and approvals; the agents handle RFQ drafting, parsing, scoring and negotiation logistics, so the team spends time on judgement, not data entry.

How are suppliers scored?

On a configurable blend of commercial terms (price, lead time, warranty) and a supplier scorecard covering ESG, financial health and past performance. You control the weighting, and every score is explainable.

Where do pilots begin?

From your BoMs. BIM-native ingestion comes later; sourcing starts from the bill of materials and project specs you already have.

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Turn requirements into confirmed suppliers

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