RFQ Creation
Generate RFQ of component, specifications, grade requirements, and volume needs.
AI-Driven Source-to-Pay Platform for Global Heavy Engineering Procurement
Bring end-to-end visibility, control, compliance, and efficiency to industrial procurement across 130+ categories of components, raw materials, and services in heavy engineering
Sourcing across:
Components
Raw materials
Manufacturing services
10 + 6 + 8
component · raw material · services
800+
sub-categories mapped
RFQ · BOM · RFI
sourcing formats supported
Verified
supplier profiles & KYC
Sourceby 7-Step Source-to-Pay Procurement Lifecycle Transparent, Traceable, Timely
Orchestrate end-to-end sourcing from heavy engineering companies and industrial equipment suppliers, right from RFQ creation to payment.
Supplier Matching
Sourceby's AI engine matches the RFQ against 500,000+ vetted suppliers.
Evaluation
Parallel evaluation of qualified heavy equipment suppliers on capabilities, pricing, lead times, and payment terms.
Negotiation
Negotiate terms, pricing, delivery schedules, and contract terms with shortlisted suppliers.
Award
Finalize the sourcing decision with the best-fit supplier.
PO Issuance
Generate the purchase order for the selected supplier.
Invoice & Payment
Process supplier invoices and track payment status until final settlement.
Solutions
Modules Purposefully Designed to Serve Heavy Engineering Equipment Sourcing, Globally
Qualified heavy engineering supplier information and auditability prevail across the modules specific to your industrial equipment procurement.
Supplier Discovery
Find vetted heavy equipment suppliers by capabilities, certifications, capacity, and geography.
Strategic Sourcing
Execute end-to-end strategic sourcing events with consistent, structured responses and weighted evaluation.
Supplier Lifecycle Management
Onboard, qualify, monitor, and re-assess heavy engineering companies with verified credentials and performance history.
Supplier Collaboration Portal
One connected workspace for drawings, revisions, clarifications, and sourcing interactions.
Contract Intelligence
Connect contracts, clause libraries, and AI review of commercial terms with the heavy equipment supplier, sourcing events, and decision data behind them.
Replace Fragmented Sourcing with One Connected Workflow
From profile creation to procurement delivery successes, heavy equipment suppliers are winning businesses on Sourceby.
Before
Today — fragmented
- Outdated directories, disconnected supplier databases
- RFQs scattered across emails and spreadsheets
- Drawings and revisions dispersed across systems
- Quotes evaluated manually, inconsistent comparisons
- Limited visibility from sourcing to award
After
With Sourceby — Connected
- AI-powered, qualified supplier recommendations
- RFQs and BOMs managed within one platform
- Specifications, drawings, clarifications in one workspace
- Standardized responses, effortless side-by-side evaluation
- Complete transparency from RFQ to award
AI Agents Powering Your Industrial Equipment Sourcing Workflows
Purpose-trained agents handle the repetitive work — recommending qualified suppliers, running KYC, drafting contracts, and flagging clauses — with a human decision at every gate.
Supplier Recommendation Agent
Scrutinizes the requirement and ranks verified suppliers on capability.
See the agentSupplier Onboarding & KYC Agent
Gathers entity details, validates certificates and flags gaps before a supplier goes live.
See the agentContract Builder Agent
Drafts the contract from the awarded response with scope, pricing, schedules, and terms already filled in.
See the agentClause Recommendation Agent
Suggests and benchmarks clauses from your library, highlighting risks on liability, delivery and quality.
See the agentMake Better Heavy Equipment Sourcing Decisions with Vetted Supplier Data
Move beyond basic supplier listing. Evaluate heavy engineering suppliers through comprehensive profiles highlighting capabilities, capacities, expertise, and credentials.
- Company overview
- Business & KYC information
- Product & service categories
- Certifications
- Material expertise
- Production capacity
- Manufacturing capabilities
- Verification readiness
- Locations served
- Supporting documents
Capacity chart
Certs
Documents
Profile completeness
78%
Bringing Transparency, Speed, and Control to B2B Heavy Engineering Suppliers Marketplace
Sourceby replaces fragmented supplier search, fragmented email-based RFQs, scattered documents, and unreliable manual quote comparison with a structured digital sourcing workflow.
AI-Assisted Supplier Discovery
Harness AI-assisted matching to identify qualified suppliers for components, raw materials, and services based on capabilities, certifications, capacity, location, industry expertise, verification status, and sourcing requirements.
- Match requirements with relevant suppliers
- Discover suppliers by capabilities and credentials
- Filter suppliers by location and capacity
sourceby · supplier discovery
CNC machining
ISO 9001
IATF 16949
VF
Vertex ForgeVerified
98% fit
NP
Nova PrecisionVerified
93% fit
RFQ and BOM Management
Create and manage clear, easy-to-track sourcing events with line items, technical specifications, deadlines, commercial terms, and supporting documentation.
- Create structured RFQs with line items
- Add specifications, deadlines, and commercial terms
- Centralize drawings and supporting documents
sourceby · rfq · BOQ
LineItemQtyLead
01Bracket A —
SS30412,0004w
02Mount Al
60618,2005w
03Housing Ductile
iron2,4006w
Supplier Profiles and Capability Data
Evaluate suppliers through comprehensive profiles that highlight capabilities, certifications, capacity, compliance information, and supporting credentials.
- Review comprehensive supplier capability profiles
- Verify certifications, capacity, and compliance
- Assess credentials before initiating procurement
sourceby · supplier profile
VF
Verified
Vertex Forge
Durham · 240 emp
CNC machining
ISO 9001
IATF 16949
Profile completeness96%
Centralized collaboration
Manage clarifications, communications, and document updates within a single sourcing workflow. Eliminate context loss and oscillations in email threads.
- Manage supplier clarifications and revisions
- Audit the trail of each message
- Track document updates and requirement changes
sourceby · clarifications
Vertex Forge2:14
Tolerance for slot width: ±0.2 or ±0.05?
Buyer · Priya N.2:38
Strict ±0.05 mm. Rev C attached.
Structured Response Collection
Collect technical, commercial, and supporting information from suppliers in a consistent format. Make supplier submissions easier to review, compare, and shortlist.
- Collect standardized technical supplier responses
- Capture commercial information consistently
- Simplify supplier review and shortlisting
sourceby · structured responses
Unit price₹118.40
Lead time4 wks
MOQ5,000
Cert.ISO 9001
Evaluation and Shortlisting
Compare supplier responses side by side across pricing, technical fit, delivery timelines, commercial terms, documents, and capability alignment.
- Side-by-side response assessment
- Evaluate supplier fit rigorously
- Shortlist suppliers confidently
sourceby · comparison · shortlist
| Supplier | Unit | Lead | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vertex Forge | ₹118 | 4w | 94 |
| Nova Precision | ₹121 | 3w | 89 |
| Steeline Ind. | ₹115 | 6w | 82 |
Award Progress Tracking
Confidently track sourcing progress from supplier invitation to participation, clarification, submission, shortlisting, award movement, and final decision.
- Audit sourcing progress from invitation
- Monitor submissions, shortlisting, and awards
- Transparency through final decisions
sourceby · award pipeline
Shortlist
Evaluation
Award rec.
Approved
Recommended supplier
Vertex Forge
Built For Heavy Engineering Procurement Teams and Heavy Equipment Suppliers
For Buyers
Procurement Teams
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Discover qualified industrial equipment suppliers
Identify suppliers by capabilities, certifications, production capacity, location, industry expertise, material specialization, and verification status.
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Manage RFQs across multiple suppliers
Launch sourcing events, invite heavy engineering companies, manage clarifications, collect structured submissions, and evaluate vendor responses through a centralized workflow.
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Evaluate supplier responses
Compare technical capabilities, commercial proposals, delivery commitments, supporting documents, and supplier qualifications through standardized response formats.
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Centralize supplier collaboration
Maintain a complete record of supplier communications, clarifications, document revisions, and sourcing activities within the sourcing event.
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Better supplier decisioning
Award suppliers through capability profiles, certifications, compliance information, supporting credentials, and response quality.
For Suppliers
Heavy engineering suppliers
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Showcase manufacturing capabilities
Build comprehensive supplier profiles that highlight products, services, certifications, manufacturing expertise, production capacity, service regions, and technical credentials.
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Increase visibility with procurement teams
Connect with buyers actively seeking suppliers, and improve discoverability across manufacturing, engineering, and industrial sourcing categories.
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Participate in structured sourcing opportunities
Review sourcing requirements, collaborate with buyers, submit responses, and manage participation across RFQs, BOMs, and project procurement events.
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Build buyer confidence
Demonstrate operational readiness through verified business information, certifications, compliance documentation, company credentials, and complete supplier profiles.
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Grow sourcing opportunities
Engage with procurement teams sourcing across manufacturing, engineering, industrial, infrastructure, and project-based procurement categories.
“Our team spent nearly three weeks sourcing a multi-line BOM, from sending requirements to consolidating supplier quotations. With Sourceby, we reduced that cycle to 7–10 days by centralising supplier responses, accelerating comparisons, and enabling more confident sourcing decisions.”
-40%
RFQ cycle time
12
new qualified suppliers
85%
quote comparability
· Integrations & security
Fits your procurement stack
ERP
P2P
SSO
PLM
API
Excel
Security & compliance
SOC 2 (placeholder)
ISO 27001
GDPR
Role-based access
Audit trail
Data residency
Start Engaging Sourceby for Your Next Sourcing Event
Harness Sourceby for your next supplier, RFx document management, communication handling, supplier response gathering, and supplier submission evaluation. One AI-powered heavy engineering sourcing platform to scale your production.
What is Sourceby?
Sourceby is an AI-powered B2B sourcing platform for manufacturing, engineering, industrial, and project procurement requirements. It enables organizations to identify qualified suppliers, create RFQs, manage BOM workflows, track clarifications, compare supplier responses, and make informed procurement decisions through a structured sourcing workflow.
Is Sourceby a supplier directory or a sourcing platform?
Sourceby is a comprehensive sourcing platform that extends beyond supplier discovery. It combines supplier qualification, RFQ and BOM management, supplier collaboration, response evaluation, and sourcing intelligence within a single procurement environment, helping teams manage the entire sourcing lifecycle more effectively.
Who is Sourceby built for?
Sourceby is built for procurement teams, industrial buyers, manufacturers, OEMs, EPC companies, engineering companies, construction and infrastructure companies, strategic sourcing teams, and project procurement teams.
What can buyers do on Sourceby?
Buyers can discover suppliers, create and manage RFQs and BOMs, upload specifications and attachments, manage supplier clarifications, collect responses, compare submissions, shortlist vendors, and track sourcing progress.
What sourcing formats does Sourceby support?
Sourceby supports RFQs, BOMs, detailed line items, drawings, technical specifications, supporting documentation, commercial terms, supplier clarifications, structured bid submissions, and event rules-based controlled response revisions.
Can I upload drawings and technical specifications?
Yes. Sourceby allows buyers to attach technical drawings, specifications, commercial requirements, compliance documents, and other supporting materials required for creating accurate sourcing events.
Can buyers compare supplier responses?
Yes. Sourceby standardizes supplier submissions and organizes technical and commercial responses in a structured format, enabling procurement teams to evaluate vendors more consistently and make data-driven sourcing decisions.
Can I invite my existing suppliers?
Yes. Procurement teams can invite suppliers discovered through Sourceby’s marketplace results as well as approved suppliers from their existing vendor network, enabling organizations to manage sourcing events within a single, centralized workflow.
How does Sourceby use AI?
Sourceby uses AI-driven sourcing intelligence to support supplier discovery, improve supplier matching, organize sourcing data, streamline response evaluation, and assist procurement teams navigate sourcing workflows with greater efficiency.
Does Sourceby support supplier verification?
Yes. Sourceby supports verified and non-verified supplier visibility as per set governance and verification policies. Procurement teams can assess supplier’s capabilities, profile completeness, supporting documents, certifications, and verification status as a part of supplier evaluation process.
Can suppliers join Sourceby?
Yes. Manufacturing, engineering, and industrial suppliers can build detailed company profiles that highlight capabilities, certifications, production capacity, materials, service locations, and supporting credentials. Suppliers can also participate in sourcing opportunities and engage with buyers through structured sourcing workflows.
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