Spreadsheet: 158723d1338376412-problem-in-selecting-the-option-to-a-particular-question-a
Sheet: Sheet2

 |  | Questions | Responses
 | Q1 | How would your describe the predominant characteristics of what you are buying? | 1. Services (Professional/Technical)
 |  |  | 2. The integration of various components and services to propose the optimum solution to meet a business need
 |  |  | 3. Software
 |  |  | 4. Consummable Services (Printing, Janitorial, Landscaping, Security, etc.)
 |  |  | 5. Equipment
 |  |  | 6. Consummable Commodities/Products
 | Q2 | How well defined are the technical specifications for the items/services you are procuring | 1. Do not know
 |  |  | 2. Not defined
 |  |  | 3. Somewhat defined and understood however the written specifications are very subjective and/or not current
 |  |  | 4. Very well defined written specifications
 |  |  | 5. Very well defined written specifications, which includes a list of products/services that are considered to be equal in quality to those specified
 | Q3 | How many suppliers are qualified to meet the requirements of your technical specifications? | 1) 1
 |  |  | 2) 2 to 4
 |  |  | 3) 5 to 7
 |  |  | 4) >8
 | Q4 | Please characterize items or services you buy? | 1) Do not know
 |  |  | 2) A unique category of spend that is sold to a single customer by a single supplier.
 |  |  | 3) Proprietary category of spend provided by a single supplier to multiple customers
 |  |  | 4) A category of spend that is customized is unique to your company however there are multiple suppliers that can provide you the product/service.
 |  |  | 5) A generic category of spend that is purchased by multiple customers and is available by multiple suppliers.
 | Q5 | How many different specifications are available for similar product/services? | 1) >10
 |  |  | 2) >5<10
 |  |  | 3) >3<5
 |  |  | 4) <3
 | Q6 | When was the last time there was a review of the adequacy and effectiveness of the technical specifications? | 1) >36 Months
 |  |  | 2) Between >24 Months<36 Months
 |  |  | 3) Between >12 Months<24 Months
 |  |  | 4) < 12 Months
 | Q7 | How much of the product/service purchased is part of your company’s offering to its paying customers? | 1) We resell the product/services acquired to our customer(s)
 |  |  | 2) A significant portion of the cost base of our customer offering is derived from the products/services purchased by our company.
 |  |  | 3) A minor portion of the cost base of our customer offering is derived from the products/services purchased by our company.
 |  |  | 4) The cost base of the product/service offering to our customer is indirectly impacted by the products/services purchased by our company
 | Q8 | How predicatble is the consumption of the product/service you are procuring for the next 24 months? | 1) I do not know
 |  |  | 2) he demand consumption is unpredicatble
 |  |  | 3) The demand consumption is predicatble by +/- 25%
 |  |  | 4) The demand consumption is predicatble by +/- 10%
 | Q9 | How difficult would it be to implement a change in suppliers throughout the business? | 1) High
 |  |  | 2) Medium
 |  |  | 3) Low
 | Q10 | When was the last time your organization conducted an electronic auction for this product/service? | 1) Never
 |  |  | 2) <12 Months
 |  |  | 3) 36 Months
 |  |  | 4) Within >24 Months <36 Months
 |  |  | 5) Within>12 Months<24 Months