{"id":"proc-bid-weighted-score-revised-weights","audience":"procurement","category":"operations-work","track":"operations","technique":"verification","level":"advanced","title":"Score three bids with the revised weights and flag a tie","free":false,"task":"Write a prompt for a markdown table with columns Vendor, Math and Score, then one final line starting \"Result:\". Math shows weight x score for price, quality and delivery added together, using the revised weights. Round scores to one decimal. If the top two are tied, the Result line is exactly \"Result: A and B tied at 4.0 - committee decides\" (using the tied vendors and score); do not pick a winner. Under 100 words.","materialLabel":"Your material (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"BID EVALUATION - Conveyor spare parts contract\nScores are 1 (poor) to 5 (best) from the evaluation panel.\n\n                Price   Quality   Delivery\nVendor A          5        3         4\nVendor B          3        5         4\nVendor C          4        4         2\n\nWEIGHTS\nOriginal weights (Sept 2): price 50%, quality 30%, delivery 20%.\nRevised weights (Oct 9, committee vote): price 40%, quality 40%, delivery 20%.\n\nScore = sum of weight x score for each criterion, on a 5-point scale.\n\nChair's note: \"Whoever has the highest score gets recommended to the committee. If two are level, bring both and let the committee choose.\" Vendor C's rep also asked whether price could count for more; the panel declined.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":100}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the revised weights","patterns":["40%","revised"]},{"label":"Asks for math per vendor","patterns":["math","0\\.4 x","weight x"]},{"label":"Handles a tie","patterns":["tie","tied","committee decides"]},{"label":"Names the table columns","patterns":["vendor.*math.*score","table"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using the old weights","why":"The AI uses 50/30/20 because they were listed first.","fix":"Say: \"Use the revised weights: price 40%, quality 40%, delivery 20%.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Picking a winner in a tie","why":"The AI chooses one vendor.","fix":"Say: \"If the top two are tied, say so and say the committee decides.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"No table","why":"The AI writes prose.","fix":"Name the columns Vendor, Math and Score.","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting and usually runs long, so a vague \"keep it short\" lands over the limit.","fix":"Cap each part instead of the total, for example \"each line under 15 words\".","checks":["maxWords"]}],"hint":"State the weights to use, the Math column format and what to do with a tie.","mission":"Score three bids with the revised weights.","musts":["Revised weights only","Scores to one decimal","Tie: committee decides"],"rubricLabels":["The output is a markdown table with the columns Vendor, Math and Score and one row each for Vendors A, B and C, followed by a line starting \"Result:\"","The math uses the revised weights: A is 0.4 x 5 + 0.4 x 3 + 0.2 x 4 = 4.0, B is 0.4 x 3 + 0.4 x 5 + 0.2 x 4 = 4.0 and C is 0.4 x 4 + 0.4 x 4 + 0.2 x 2 = 3.6","The Result line is exactly \"Result: A and B tied at 4.0 - committee decides\" and does not name a single winner"]}