Supplier quote comparison for industrial contractors
Ask every supplier. Use the best price on every item. Win the job.
Know exactly which suppliers you asked for a price, let Quotier suggest the best price on every item from the quotes they send back, and always see whose price is on each line of the quote your customer asked for.
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From one enquiry to the best price on every item
One enquiry, three suppliers' quotes, one price
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A customer asks you for a price
| Supplier A Quote received | Supplier B Quote received | Supplier C Quote received |
|---|---|---|
| Variable speed drive, 55 kW · 1 | ||
| R48 900.00 (cheapest) | R52 300.00 | R50 750.00 |
| Motor, 55 kW 4-pole · 1 | ||
| R61 200.00 | R63 800.00 | R59 450.00 (cheapest) |
| Cable, 4-core 25 mm² SWA · 120 m | ||
| R412.00/m | R389.00/m (cheapest) | R405.00/m |
| Glands and lugs · 1 | ||
| R2 140.00 | R1 960.00 (cheapest) | Doesn't stock this |
Q-0538 · your quote
- Materials, the cheapest of each
- R156 990.00
- Your markup, 20%
- R31 398.00
- Labour, 72 h at R485.00/h
- R34 920.00
- Total ex VAT
- R223 308.00
Common supplier-quote problems for contractors
Nobody knows who was asked
Two suppliers were phoned, one was emailed, and the list of who still owes you a price lives in someone's head.
Nobody can say whose price is in the quote
The customer accepts six weeks later, and nobody remembers which supplier's price each line was built on - or which make they quoted.
The cheapest supplier isn't cheapest on everything
One wins on the drive, another on the cable. Compare whole-list totals and you pay the difference on every job.
How supplier quote requests work in Quotier
One request per supplier, every answer in one comparison, and the prices you choose on the quote you send.
Pick the items, pick the suppliers
Choose the lines on your quote that need a price and the suppliers to ask. Each supplier gets one request of its own, and items you add for a supplier before it goes out join that same request.
Send it the way you already do
A PDF bill of materials with an empty price column for them to fill in, the same list as text to paste into a message, or an email straight from Quotier. A request you sent another way is marked as sent.
Every answer in one comparison
Add each supplier's quote against their request - upload their PDF and record their prices - and the prices line up item by item. A supplier that doesn't stock something is marked, so nobody chases them for it.
The best price on every item, suggested
From the quotes you've added, Quotier suggests who to buy each item from: the cheapest current price per item, even when that splits the list across suppliers.
A revised list for each supplier
Where a supplier priced more than you'll buy from them, Quotier draws up a revised bill of materials with only the items they won - as a PDF, as text or by email - for every supplier that needs one, and waits for their revised quotes before you use them.
Their prices on your quote
"Use these quotes" puts every supplier's winning prices on your quote's lines at once, with your markup and labour rates on top.
Whose price is on every line
Each line on your quote shows the make and whose quote its price came from, and one register lists, item by item, who was asked, who quoted, who doesn't stock it, whose price is used and what is already on order.
Win it, then order from it
When the job is yours, "Order from" raises each supplier's purchase order from the quote you priced it on.
What Quotier will not do with your supplier quotes
Each one is a decision in the code, not a gap in the roadmap.
Pick a supplier for you
The comparison suggests; you decide. Nothing lands on your quote until you use it, and a price already on the quote stays as it was until you use a new one.
Count a price that no longer holds
An expired price, or one quoted in another unit or currency than your quote's line, is never counted as the cheapest.
Show one supplier another's prices
Each supplier receives a request of their own, with an empty price column. Nobody sees what anyone else quoted.
Chase a supplier on its own
A request leaves only when you email it, download it or copy it. Quotier never sends a reminder to a supplier by itself.
Supplier quotes - common questions
Do my suppliers need a Quotier account?
No. They get a PDF, a list or an email, and answer the way they always have. You record their quote against their request.
Can I buy different items from different suppliers?
Yes - that is what the suggestion is for. If a supplier priced your whole list and you only want part of it, Quotier draws up a revised bill of materials with just those items for you to send them: a price for the whole list isn't always the price for part of it.
Can I see which supplier's price is on my quote?
Yes. Each line shows the make and the supplier's quote its price came from, and the register lists every item's source. Your customer's copy names the make, never the supplier or their price.
What if a supplier sends a better price later?
Add their revised quote and the comparison changes with it. The prices already on your quote stay put until you use the new ones.
Which module do I need?
Raising, sending and revising requests needs Procurement. Using the prices on a quote, and reading the requests you already have, keep working if it lapses.
See it on your own jobs.
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