Services vs Materials

Hey everyone,

I'm thinking about creating an AI based tool to improve services sourcing.

What I would like to confirm is whether my view is correct.

It seems to me that sourcing materials is straightforward. Whatever the sourcing event is (an auction, a quotation, etc), it is simple to set it up in an e-proc and get responses, then compare the results

For services, it seems to be a much more complex space. Traditional e-procs have a standard structure which is not very smart do support services. As a result, people only use the e-proc to register the sourcing event. But don't really automate anything, it's all manual.

Is this true?

Have you guys seen any good solutions for guiding requester areas in creating SOWs / RFPs and then helping purchasers be able to compare different quotations?