Quotes and offers arrive in different units, currencies, quantities and terms, and placing them side by side as received produces a comparison that misleads. A comparison matrix first brings them to a stated basis, then sets them against criteria. This page describes the layout and the reading rules, with invented field names only.
The matrix is built to answer that question and to be honest where it cannot. Before any comparison, each offer is restated on a common basis written at the top of the page: quantity, unit, delivery term as quoted, validity and any specification differences. Where an offer cannot be brought to the basis because information is missing, the cell says so and is not filled with an assumption.
Two readers looking at the same matrix should reach the same view of what is known. That is the test for a good one.
What every row has been restated to, and which offers could not be restated fully.
Offers across the top, criteria down the side, in the order you set the criteria in.
For each offer, what was changed to reach the basis and from which quoted term.
Terms that one offer states and another omits, such as validity, tolerances or payment conditions.
Your criteria and weights applied, so the effect of the weighting can be read.
Every assumption that was needed, written out so you can see it.
A term as the offer states it, in a document you supplied, cited to that document.
A figure restated to the basis. The conversion is written in the normalisation note.
The offer is silent. The cell is left open and the term appears among the gap flags.
If the basis does not fit your purchase, the rest changes.
A cheaper-looking offer that omits a term is not yet comparable.
If they point in different directions, the weights are doing the work, and you should confirm them.
Any you disagree with change what the matrix shows.
Research reports what can be established from public and provided sources. It is not a guarantee about a counterparty's future conduct and not legal advice.
No. Delivery terms are compared only as quoted. Shipping is a separate LATYNEX service.
Yes. Quotes you already hold are an input. They are marked client-provided and restated on the same basis.
It supports a decision. A preferred option on your criteria is stated in a recommendation summary, with assumptions.
It is shown with its gaps instead of being forced into the grid, and the cell says what is missing.
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