Capital State Arena in the text Benton, W.C. Jr. (2014). Purchasing and supply chain management (3rd Ed.) (pg. 473-475). In a three- to four-page paper, excluding the title and reference pages, provide a brief summary of the case and main points, and address the following prompts, using qualitative and quantitative data where necessary to provide support.
You are the purchasing agent for CSU. Your manager has asked you to design evaluation criteria for purchase of the new lighting system. Develop a supplier selection and evaluation model for this purchasing decision. Justify the reasoning for your response.
Part of your role in selecting the lighting system will be to satisfy the needs of the university purchasing team and the end users. Develop a university purchasing team/ end users' needs matrix to help with this purchasing decision. Explain the needs for each user and how you determined the needs, in addition to providing examples.