Quotes

One RFQ.
Every supplier. Separately.

Build a request for quote once and Desk drafts a separate email to each supplier, in your Outlook. Their answers come back into one comparison, by part and by quantity.

New RFQ

Ask once.

Pick the suppliers, add the parts, set the quantity and the pack size. Desk drafts one email per supplier with only that supplier’s name on it, asking for a unit price at five quantity tiers, the MOQ and the lead time.

Drafting a bid initiative for Manifold, rev D, to Kessler Precision and Northfield Castings, with two cast partsDrafting a bid initiative for Manifold, rev D, to Kessler Precision and Northfield Castings, with two cast parts
Response comparison

Every answer,
side by side.

Unit price as bars, lead time as a line. Filter by part, quantity tier or supplier, and hover a bar for the net total.

RFQ-0003 with three suppliers received: unit price bars for Brightline, Kessler and Halden, and a lead-time lineRFQ-0003 with three suppliers received: unit price bars for Brightline, Kessler and Halden, and a lead-time line
Price breaks

The best price
at every quantity.

Switch to the table and every supplier’s price breaks line up. The best price at each quantity tier is highlighted, with the MOQ and lead time beside it.

The response table: two boards priced by three suppliers at two quantity tiers, best price highlightedThe response table: two boards priced by three suppliers at two quantity tiers, best price highlighted
From the inbox

Replies that
fill themselves in.

When a supplier answers on the RFQ’s thread, Desk reads their prices into the RFQ and marks them Auto-imported. Anything it can’t be sure of waits for you to record by hand, and so does a quote that arrives only as a PDF attachment: Desk doesn’t read attachments yet.

A status per supplier

Draft, sent, received or declined, tracked for each supplier on its own.

Started from an email

A request for quotes in your inbox becomes a filled-in RFQ, its supplier and parts already added.

Timed from the real send

Desk notes when each RFQ actually left your mailbox, so quoting times start there.

Part of the project

Attach an RFQ to a project and it shows on the project’s scope.