What this is for
A scorecard in Velstrian Buy is a scored record of how a supplier is performing against a contract. It gives buyers, both public bodies and private organisations, a consistent way to measure delivery over time rather than relying on memory or scattered emails. This supports supplier relationship management, the ongoing work of making sure awarded contracts actually deliver.
Where a scorecard lives
A scorecard is a record inside a single supplier's record, not a page of its own in the menu. You open the supplier, go to the scorecards area, and a scorecard opens as a panel over that view. This keeps every score attached to the right supplier, so you always know whose performance you are reading. You only ever see suppliers that belong to your own organisation.
Step by step
- Open Velstrian Buy and go to your suppliers.
- Open the supplier you want to score.
- Go to the Scorecards area for that supplier.
- Open or create a scorecard. It appears as a panel over the supplier record, so the supplier stays in view behind it.
- Record your scores, then close the panel to return to the supplier record.
What happens next
Scores build up over time into a performance history you can revisit before a renewal, a review meeting or an award decision on future work. Scorecards sit alongside the other parts of a supplier record, such as reviews, risks and commitments, so one supplier record holds the full picture.
Why score at all
Scoring a supplier turns vague impressions into a record you can act on. A low score on one measure is an early warning you can raise at the next review, before it becomes a bigger problem. A steady run of strong scores is evidence you can point to when deciding whether to extend a contract or award the supplier new work. For public buyers this also helps show that spending is being managed and that decisions about suppliers rest on recorded performance rather than memory.
Common problems
A supplier is not listed: you only see suppliers that belong to your organisation, so a supplier added under another organisation will not appear. The scorecard opens as a panel, not a full page: that is intended, so the supplier context stays visible behind it. You cannot find an old score: scorecards are kept inside the supplier record, so open the supplier first and then its Scorecards area rather than searching for the score on its own.