RFQ & Quote Comparison
From request to locked price, in one flow
Compare quotes honestly — including the ones that expired
Buyers submit an RFQ, suppliers respond with quotes, and the comparison view surfaces the cheapest and fastest live options. Expired quotes stay visible (greyed out) instead of silently vanishing, so buyers understand why an option disappeared.
Lifecycle
A explicit state machine, not a status field
Submitted→
Under review→
Quoted→
Negotiation→
Accepted
/RejectedExpiredWhen a catalog price would beat the buyer's target, the RFQ screen nudges toward it immediately — a synchronous lookup at RFQ-creation time, not a background job the buyer discovers later.
Sample comparison
4 quotes on one RFQ
| Supplier | Tier | Price | Lead time | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meridian Supply Co. | Preferred | $18,450 | 7d | Cheapest |
| Coastal Packaging Group | Preferred | $18,990 | 5d | Fastest |
| Harbor Line Distributors | Standard | $19,120 | 9d | |
| Union Point Traders | Standard | $17,980 | 12d | Expired |
Accepting a quote locks its price onto the resulting order line — regardless of catalog drift — and automatically rejects every sibling quote still open on the same RFQ.