How do I compare our FR10 offers when one leaves training unpriced?

Supplier says training is available. No answer about the price or content.

Available is doing a lot of work there; who shows the cover person what to do with a half-filled carton?

You can put a buyer's allowance in the comparison while they answer, provided it's visibly your estimate and not quietly attributed to their offer

I would not rank that offer on an invented allowance without showing how far the total could move.

And who covers production while the usual operator learns it?

The priced offer includes our operator and deputy. Neither offer includes relief cover.

Beth, I mean a budget range, not a substitute supplier quote; Jack can still show why today's cheaper headline might not stay cheaper

Relief cover is ours to price then. Not another missing supplier spare.

Lucy, yes, but I'd ask what the deputy is actually being taught before booking people off their jobs

Luca, the priced scope includes setup and interrupted orders. The unpriced one describes only demonstration.

Then price the same required training scope in both columns before calling them alternatives.

And keep your cover cost separate, Jack, so it doesn't look like the supplier has suddenly raised its price when you add your own labour

Comparison now shows required scope, unanswered supplier cost and our cover allowance separately. No ranking yet.

Can the deputy attend the same session, or does your shift pattern make that another booking?