Agentic AI Vendor Evaluation Scorecard
Procurement-Ready Scoring For Advisory And Platform Decisions
A structured scorecard for comparing agentic AI vendors, advisory partners, and platform options. Focuses on architecture judgment, governance depth, production evidence, vendor neutrality, and capability transfer.
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Compare vendors and advisory partners with architecture rigor
Use the scorecard procurement and technical champions can share internally: governance depth, production evidence, vendor neutrality, capability transfer, and budget discipline.
What's covered
Inside the scorecard
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Evaluation Dimensions
- Architecture judgment
- Governance and control-plane depth
- Production proof
- Vendor neutrality
- Capability transfer
- Budget discipline
02
Committee Review Sheet
- Technical champion notes
- Procurement questions
- Security/legal flags
- Board or executive concerns
03
Red Flags
- Implementation-first without design criteria
- Vendor lock-in bias
- No artifacts beyond slides
- No evidence of when not to build agents
04
Shortlist Memo
- Scoring summary
- Key trade-offs
- Recommendation rationale
- Pilot or advisory next step
Next Step
Turn this into a decision path leadership can use
Use this resource to frame the decision, then move into the advisory path that defines governance, prioritization, and the next architecture step.
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