Supplier Prequalification — Assessment

An admin uploads it on their behalf from the review screen By replying to the notification email with the file attached They must first register a vendor-portal account Through the private, signed tracking link emailed to them

It is based on the typed application data, custom fields, and which documents were supplied It is only generated for suppliers already marked preferred It reads inside uploaded certificate PDFs to verify the KRA PIN Suppliers scoring below 40 are rejected automatically

Emailing the supplier a set-password invite Archiving the supplier's documents to the Document Vault Creating a vendor record Sending the supplier a request for quotation

The vendor keeps full access; only a report notes the lapse The supplier is automatically blacklisted The application is flagged expired and the linked vendor can be deactivated, removing them from new RFQs until re-qualified The supplier's record is deleted for compliance

There is no functional difference between them Deactivating permanently erases the vendor and its history Blacklisting also records a reason and blocks re-applications through the public link Blacklisting only hides the vendor from search results