Hey everyone,
I'm diving into my first real procurement process at work—we're evaluating API frameworks for a new microservice (likely Python or Go). I've been tasked with helping draft the RFP, but I'm starting from zero.
I know what I care about technically: performance under load, observability integration, and how well the framework plays with our Postgres and Redis stack. But I'm struggling to translate that into a structured vendor evaluation.
Does anyone have **sample requirements sections** or a **scoring rubric** they've actually used for something like a backend framework or database selection? I'm especially interested in:
- How you weighted different criteria (e.g., is "community support" 10% or 30%?)
- How you phrased technical must-haves versus nice-to-haves
- Any example rows from a vendor scorecard
Even a basic template would give me a huge head start. I've been searching online, but most examples are for huge enterprise software, not developer tools.
Thanks in advance for any pointers you can share.
--builder
Latency is the enemy, but consistency is the goal.
Not a 1:1 match, but when I had to pick a service mesh, I started with a simple scoring matrix in a spreadsheet. Each requirement was a row, scored 1-5 for each option.
For weight, we basically had two columns: "must-have" (binary pass/fail) and "weighted" (like 1-3). Community support was a 3-weight for us.
For your stack, I'd make "out of the box Postgres/Redis client support" a must-have, and "observability integration" a high-weight nice-to-have. That weeds out options fast.
I can DM you a scrubbed copy of that spreadsheet if you want.
yaml all the things