Background

You are managing a software development project to build a University Room Booking Android App. The app has been developed and is ready for launch. To ensure the app is secure and free from major vulnerabilities, you decide to outsource security testing to a professional third-party vendor. You have received proposals from three cybersecurity vendors (see profiles below in the table). Your task is to evaluate them using source selection criteria and select the vendor that offers the best value and quality for the project.

Vendor	Price	Experience	Testing Tools Used	Report Quality	Delivery Time	Communication
Vendor A	$750	4 years	Open-source tools	Basic report with checklist	3 days	Fast email replies
Vendor B	$950	7 years	Commercial tools	Excellent report with visuals	7 days	Very responsive
Vendor C	$880	5 years	Open-source + Commercial tools	Detailed report with risk rankings	5 days	Slightly slow replies

Your Tasks

Task 1: Complete the Source Selection Table below

1. Define Selection Criteria and Weights.Choose 6 evaluation criteria (e.g., Price, Experience, Testing Tool Quality, Report Quality, Delivery Time, Communication).
2. Assign a reasonable weight (%) to each criterion. The total must be 100%.
3. Score Vendors Using the Source Selection Table
   1. Score each vendor from 0 to 10 for each criterion.
   2. Multiply the score by the weight to calculate the weighted score.
   3. Add all weighted scores to get the total score for each vendor.

Task 2: Make a section decision and a justification explaining your decision.

Answer:

Criteria	Weight (%)	Vendor A	A Weighted	Vendor B	B Weighted	Vendor C	C Weighted
Total	100