Buyer-side RFQ application

Build the complete working supplier brief.

Capture product, user, market, functions, materials, files, quantity, packaging and delivery in one structured RFQ.

Interactive buyer tool

Build and score your manufacturing RFQ

Complete the known fields and select the systems involved. The tool returns a readiness score, missing decisions and a downloadable supplier brief.

Project inputs

Change the assumptions to update the first-pass plan.

No email required
Systems in scope
Files available

Working recommendation

Project plan

This is a planning aid, not a final engineering, cost or compliance decision.

    Working brief

    Decisions to settle before approval

    Capture product, user, market, functions, materials, files, quantity, packaging and delivery in one structured RFQ. The purpose of this page is to make the buyer's next decision explicit and give the project team a shared review point before cost, tooling or production commitments.

    • Enter known requirements and mark unresolved fields honestly
    • Confirm the intended user, use environment and approval owner for rfq wizard
    • Separate required scope from options that can wait for a later version
    • Record market, quantity, budget and schedule constraints before approval

    What the review should return

    A useful review does more than confirm that the project is possible. It records the assumptions, files, risks and approvals that control the next milestone.

    • Downloadable manufacturing RFQ
    • Assumptions, exclusions and unresolved-question register
    • Representative sample, calculation or validation recommendation
    • Next milestone with an accountable reviewer and exit criteria

    Evidence buyers should request

    These items prevent the page from becoming a generic marketing claim. They should be current, relevant to this product decision and available for review at the appropriate project stage.

    • Current rfq wizard example, demonstration or worked calculation
    • Reviewer-approved specification, diagram, template or methodology
    • Relevant sample, test, production or process record
    • Dated approval, permission status and revision history

    How this fits the project

    Factories cannot compare a target cost, MOQ or schedule when product assumptions differ. The builder separates known requirements, preferences and unresolved decisions so every review starts from the same brief. For this decision, the team should confirm ownership, reviewers and exit criteria before moving to the next stage.

    The downloadable or emailed plan records working assumptions only. Final engineering, quotation, compliance, intellectual-property and schedule commitments belong in the reviewed project scope and signed agreement.

    Next step

    Send this plan to our engineers

    We reply with a milestone plan, an indicative cost band and the open questions that need answering before tooling. Your planner inputs and results are attached automatically, so there is nothing to retype.

    Reference files

    Artwork, product brief, specification, bill of materials, CAD or sample photographs. Up to 5 files, 10MB each. We keep them for 12 months and delete them on request.

    We never sell or share your details.

    Common question

    how do I write an RFQ for a toy manufacturer from scratch

    Work through the wizard section by section, entering what you know and marking the rest as unresolved. It captures product category, project stage, destination market, age group, quantity, target cost note, the systems in scope and the files you already have. The result is a readiness score, a list of missing decisions and a downloadable supplier brief. It is a planning aid, not a final engineering, cost or compliance decision.