Procurement Review
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Procurement Decision Review™

Critical Electronics Supplier Selection · Industrial Manufacturing · prepared for L. Bianchi, Procurement Director

Scenario

Recommendation

NordTech Electronics · Recommended with Conditions

Supplier B (NordTech Electronics) provides the strongest risk-adjusted outcome despite not being the cheapest supplier. Lead time, quality and compliance outweigh the £140k cost delta versus Supplier A.

84%

Decision Confidence™

Decision value
£1.70M
Deadline
12 Jul 2026
Decision DNA™
81%
Expected cost of risk
£1.93M
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Why this supplier

The reasons that moved the recommendation, in order of weight.

  • Baseline total risk score 34/100
  • Quoted £1.62M · 7w lead time
  • Compliance: Approved · Quality: Strong
  • Dependency: Medium · Financial risk: Low
  • Supplier B (NordTech Electronics) provides the strongest risk-adjusted outcome despite not being the cheapest supplier. Lead time, quality and compliance outweigh the £140k cost delta versus Supplier A.

Conditions before award

What must clear before the procurement committee can commit.

  • 1Confirm Supplier B delivery penalty terms
  • 2Request updated quality certificates
  • 3Validate FX exposure with Finance
  • 4Confirm second-source contingency
  • 5Obtain procurement committee approval

Key risks

Ranked by expected impact on the award.

Supplier A creates high dependency risk (62% of critical electronics spend)
High severity
Supplier C has insufficient quality history for safety-critical use
Medium severity
Supplier B requires delivery penalty clarification
Medium severity

Supplier comparison

Three qualified suppliers, ranked by risk-adjusted score.

SupplierQuotedLeadQualityDecivra
NordTech Electronics
Rank 1 · score 104
£1.62M7wStrongRecommended with Conditions
Helix MicroSystems
Rank 2 · score 55
£1.71M5wUnknownConditional
VoltEdge Components
Rank 3 · score 24
£1.48M9wMediumNot Recommended

Supporting analysis

Depth on demand — nothing here changes the recommendation.

Supplier A
VoltEdge Components
3
Quoted
£1.48M
Lead time
9 weeks
Quality
Medium
Compliance
Pending
Dependency
High
Total risk
68/100
Not Recommended

Lowest price but creates concentration and compliance risk.

Supplier B
NordTech Electronics
1
Quoted
£1.62M
Lead time
7 weeks
Quality
Strong
Compliance
Approved
Dependency
Medium
Total risk
34/100
Recommended with Conditions

Best risk-adjusted supplier despite not being cheapest.

Supplier C
Helix MicroSystems
2
Quoted
£1.71M
Lead time
5 weeks
Quality
Unknown
Compliance
Approved
Dependency
Medium
Total risk
52/100
Conditional

Fastest option but quality history is insufficient for critical components.

Procurement Decision Review™ is a future Decivra workflow. The MVP begins with RFQ Decision Review™ and expands into supplier, procurement and capital decision workflows.