Project Procurement Management

Week $12$ In Class Activity $5\%$

Selecting a Cafeteria Management Service

Scenario: You are the project manager for a project to implement a childcare facility for your organization$$s employees.

You need to select a vendor to provide the food service for the Childcare Center cafeteria. Weighted solution $($evaluation$)$ criteria are used to evaluate vendors against a set of requirements for the cafeteria services.

The requirements are:

$$ The service provider should have food options, with a preference toward fresh fruits and vegetables that are locally sourced.

$$ A reliable vendor, as determined by references.

$$ Pricing that is consistent with the market. Should be able to provide a healthy lunch for less than $$5.$

The selection criteria and weights are as follows:

Healthy food options: $50$ percent

Locally sourced where possible: $15$ percent

Good customer feedback: $25$ percent

Competitive pricing: $10$ percent

The scoring algorithms are:

There are three vendors that respond to your request for proposal. You evaluate the proposals and score them as follows:

Vendor Criterion National Foods Corp. Jodi$$s Kitchen Organic Options

Rating Rating Rating

Healthy $234$

Locally Sourced $354$

Customer Feedback $433$

Price $543$

Conduct an alternatives analysis using a matrix to weight evaluation criteria. $(20$ marks$)$

Which vendor would you select and why? $(5$ marks$)$