This article - intended for Buyers - is designed to give an overview of DeepStream’s Pre-qualification module and help you understand what each part of its dashboard does, giving you a clear starting point before diving into specific tasks or setup guides.

The Pre-qualification module of DeepStream empowers buyer organisations to evaluate Suppliers early in the procurement process by building and managing Questionnaires. These Questionnaires are used to gather critical supplier information, ensuring they meet required compliance, technical, and operational standards before proceeding to Requests or Contracts.

In the Pre-qualification module’s Supplier tab, all companies that you send a Questionnaire to will automatically appear in this list, forming your internal Pre-qualification Network of Suppliers.

By clicking the dropdown arrow on the right side of each Supplier’s row, you can view all the Questionnaires that Supplier has been invited to, along with their current status, completion percentage and the version of the Questionnaire that has been assigned to the Supplier - all in one place.

In the Questionnaires tab of the Pre-qualification module, Buyers can create and manage Supplier Questionnaires that help evaluate - among others - compliance, technical capabilities, and operational standards. They can build Questionnaires using existing questions or by creating new ones, assign them to Suppliers, monitor progress, and review responses.

For detailed information about the Questionnaire tab and related setups, please refer to the following articles.

The Questions tab of the Pre-qualification module serves as a central library where Buyers can manage all individual questions used across Questionnaires. Here, they can create new questions to address specific requirements, edit existing ones for clarity or accuracy, and categorise them for easy access during Questionnaire creation. This ensures that the questions meet internal standards and can be reused consistently across different Supplier evaluations.

In the Archive tab of the Pre-qualification module, Buyers can access a record of obsolete questionnaires and questions.