Request by Status

The Requests by Status report summarized all of your organization's request for quote events organized by status. The report includes baseline spend, identified savings, and awarded savings for each event status grouping.

Column Description
RFQ Status Displays the event status grouping. For more information on event statuses, see Event status (Buyers).
Total RFQs

Displays the total number of request for quote events in the status.

If you drill into this value, you can review and download a list of events. This includes a breakdown for each event, including Full Name, Opened at Date, Lowest Bid, and Quotations.

Baseline Spend

Displays your baseline spend on an item, service, category, or in general in Fairmarkit for a specified period of time.

When a Benchmark value is provided, Baseline Spend will reflect the Benchmark value. The Benchmark value may be imported from or calculated based on values in your purchasing application or manually entered on an event.

When a benchmark isn't provided, Baseline Spend will be calculated as the average of supplier responses, excluding any outliers.

If you drill into this value, you can review and download a list of events included in the calculation. This includes a breakdown for each event, including the RFQ ID (with a link), Request ID, Status, Created at Date, Title, Baseline Spend USD, Cost Avoidance, and Cost Savings.

Identified Savings

Displays the sum of identified, potential savings for your opened events. Identified savings is calculated at the line item level as Baseline - Lowest Bid. This value doesn't include alternative items. ClosedExample.

If you drill into this value, you can review and download a list of events included in the calculation. This includes a breakdown for each event, including the RFQ ID, Request ID, Status, Created at Date, Title, Identified Savings, and Awarded Savings.

Awarded Savings

Displays the sum of awarded savings for your request for quote events. This value is calculated at the event level as baseline spend - awarded bid. This calculation only includes values where you saved money. ClosedExample.

If you drill into this value, you can review and download a list of events included in the calculation. This includes a breakdown for each event, including the RFQ ID, Request ID, Status, Created at Date, Title, Identified Savings, and Awarded Savings.