Learn the collocations for evaluating vendors, conducting a PoC, negotiating terms, and managing supplier relationships.
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Before selecting a monitoring platform, the platform team decided to ___ vendors against a set of technical and commercial criteria.
Evaluate vendors is the standard procurement and technical buying collocation for systematically assessing suppliers against defined criteria. 'Compare along' and 'assess around' are informal. 'Review out' is not a standard phrase.
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The team agreed to ___ PoC with the top two shortlisted vendors before making a final recommendation.
Conduct a PoC (Proof of Concept) is the standard vendor evaluation collocation for running a structured technical trial to test whether a vendor's product meets requirements. 'Run along' and 'do out' are informal. 'Perform around' is not standard.
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Once the preferred vendor was chosen, the legal and procurement teams began work to ___ terms before the contract deadline.
Negotiate terms is the standard commercial and procurement collocation for formally working out the conditions of a vendor contract. 'Discuss along' and 'agree around' are informal. 'Settle out' does not convey the back-and-forth of negotiation.
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After signing, the engineering team assigned a dedicated contact to ___ relationships and handle escalations.
Manage relationships is the standard vendor management collocation for maintaining productive, ongoing engagement with a supplier. 'Handle along' and 'look after out' are informal. 'Maintain around' is less precise in a commercial context.
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The team scheduled a quarterly business review to ___ performance against the SLAs agreed in the contract.
Assess performance is the standard vendor management collocation for evaluating how well a supplier is meeting contracted service levels. 'Review along' and 'check around' are informal. 'Measure out' is not a standard phrase.