Issuing an RFP shouldn’t mean managing one.
You send out a document and get back a dozen formats: attachments in email threads, edited spreadsheets, PDFs that don’t match your structure. Comparing vendors means rebuilding their answers into something comparable — by hand. Tracking who has even responded is its own job.
The result: intake isn’t standardized, comparison isn’t consistent, and the evaluation you present to stakeholders rests on spreadsheet archaeology.
How it works
Create and distribute
Three ways to start, depending on what you have:
Build from scratch.
Drag and drop question types, choose how respondents answer each one, and edit everything to fit.
Import a document.
Already have a draft? Bring it in and continue inside the platform.
Start with AI.
Give the platform some context about your company and a description of what the RFP is for. It drafts the full RFP structure; you keep complete control — add, change, or remove questions, and preview exactly how the RFP will look to a respondent before you publish.
When it’s ready, add supporting information for vendors — anything that helps them respond well, like a support contact — then build your recipient list and send. Recipients who aren’t on RFPBench get an invitation to sign up and complete your RFP inside the platform.
Collect and communicate
Every response comes back in one unified format, inside the platform — not scattered across inboxes. From one view, you track exactly where each vendor stands: who has opened your RFP, who is working on it, and who has submitted.
Grade and compare
Review submissions side by side in a standardized format. Automated scoring support helps surface the strongest submissions faster, and you grade manually where judgment matters. Consistent intake in, consistent comparison out.
Why it matters
One structure for every vendor.
Because responses arrive in your format, comparison starts the moment submissions come in — not after a week of reformatting.
Faster shortlists.
Automated scoring support plus side-by-side dashboards means the strongest submissions surface early.
A defensible process.
Standardized intake and consistent grading give you an evaluation you can walk stakeholders through step by step.
No vendor left behind.
Vendors don’t need to be RFPBench users— they’re invited when you send and for FREE.
We’re building the buyer/Issuer workflow now, and your feedback is shaping it directly. Join early to influence how creation, distribution, and grading work — and get access ahead of general availability.