Abstract: Techniques for evaluating ability of multiple vendors to meet one or more requirements may include receiving information regarding items to be acquired (e.g., enterprise requirements, item requirements, relative importance data, etc.) and items available for purchase (e.g., data regarding items and their capabilities/characteristics available from multiple different vendors), ranking the vendors, and presenting a graphical user interface (GUI) including a slider usable to evaluate performance level verses total cost of acquiring items from individual vendors. Based on user input changing a position of the slider, the system may be configured to automatically update the GUI to display changes to the ranking of the plurality of vendors based on receiving the user input changing the position of the slider control.

Abstract: Techniques to enable requestors to select vendors for fulfilling requirements of the requestors for items are described herein. In some instances, an interface may provide a requestor with options regarding items available for purchase, and the requestor may specify requirements for items using these options. The requirements may be sent to vendors and the vendors may indicate an ability to fulfill the requirements and/or a cost to fulfill the requirements. The vendors may be ranked based on their ability to fulfill the requirements and/or the costs to fulfill the requirements and the rankings may be provided to the requestor via the interface. The interface may also allow the requestor to inform one of the vendors about an interest of the requestor in purchasing items from the vendor.

Abstract: Techniques to enable requestors to select vendors for fulfilling requirements of the requestors for items are described herein. In some instances, an interface may provide a requestor with options regarding items available for purchase, and the requestor may specify requirements for items using these options. The requirements may be sent to vendors and the vendors may indicate an ability to fulfill the requirements and/or a cost to fulfill the requirements. The vendors may be ranked based on their ability to fulfill the requirements and/or the costs to fulfill the requirements and the rankings may be provided to the requestor via the interface. The interface may also allow the requestor to inform one of the vendors about an interest of the requestor in purchasing items from the vendor.