Proposal Writer vs Vendor Evaluation — Which AI Skill Should You Use?

The short version

By Mohit Agarwal (PM Skills)

Write winning business proposals with problem statement, solution, pricing, and timeline.

By Mohit Agarwal (PM Skills)

Compare suppliers with weighted scorecards and get a recommendation on who to buy from.

Creates structured proposals with problem statement, solution approach, pricing, and timeline
Writes customer-focused 'Understanding Your Situation' sections that prove you listened
Breaks down work into phases with clear deliverables and outcomes
Includes explicit 'not included' sections to prevent scope disputes
Generates professional pricing tables and payment terms

Creates a weighted scorecard with criteria like functional fit, pricing, implementation difficulty, and vendor stability
Generates specific questions to ask each vendor about their product, pricing, support, and security
Scores each vendor against your criteria and calculates a total weighted score
Delivers a recommendation with the winner, runner-up, key risks, and contract terms to negotiate
Includes reference check questions to ask existing customers of each vendor

You need to follow up a sales call or discovery meeting with a formal proposal
You're responding to an RFP or writing a statement of work for a consulting project
You want to turn your notes from a client conversation into a winning proposal document
You need to clearly lay out scope, deliverables, pricing, and timeline for a deal

You're comparing software tools or service providers and need a systematic way to decide
You're running an RFP process and need to score multiple vendors fairly
You need to justify a vendor choice to your team or leadership with data
You're evaluating suppliers and want to avoid missing important criteria or risks