Assignment 2: Vendor Assessment Evaluation

Vendor Assessment Evaluation
Based on the weighted vendor assessment matrix for the three-vendor Virtually Complete, Inc., Computing Solutions and Altura Consulting, I recommend using Altura Consulting Company for the virtualization project. Altura Consulting total vendor assessment matrix score is 20 on the criteria use to determine which vendor the company will use on this project.
First, Altura Consulting has the technical staff to help lead the virtualization change the company is looking at and its staff is certified in the relevant virtualization platforms and standards, which gives them a one on being fully satisfied in scoring. Their company size of 80 employees with six offices give the indications they are a stable company who is willing to provide

They could also come in somewhere in the middle on project cost. Even though Computing Solutions gave the lowest quote of the three vendors at $18 thousand, they did not give any detail information on the project. Virtually Complete quote was the third highest at $36 thousand. Again, Altura quotes range from $28 thousand to $43 thousand, but can match Virtually Complete if the company does the majority of the virtualization by themselves with some tech support. They also scored one on this with Virtually Complete. The fourth criteria is project documentation where Virtually Complete and Altura Consulting state, they will provide documentation of the virtualization project, including all meetings, discussion notes and any visual or written description of the virtualized environment. The fifth criteria is company experience, which they all state they have in information technical field, but Altura Consulting has been around longer and appears to have the staff support and financial stability to go along with the company experience in