We're excited to announce our latest update, which marks the first of several releases dedicated to enhancing our Advanced Evaluations module. After conducting numerous client interviews, we've developed a roadmap focused on making Advanced Evaluations easier to use and understand. This first release delivers on that promise with highly requested features that save you time, increase flexibility, and improve visibility. Let's dive in!

🚀 New! Auto-Assign All Evaluators by Default

We heard you loud and clear: setting up evaluation panels could be a repetitive process. To fix this, we've streamlined how evaluators are assigned to criteria, saving you valuable time and clicks.

• A new "All panel members" checkbox is now available when configuring evaluation criteria.
• This box is checked by default, instantly assigning all evaluators to the criterion.
• Need to customise? Simply uncheck the box and use the multi-select dropdown to remove specific evaluators or teams.

This simple but powerful update significantly speeds up your evaluation setup process, letting you focus on what matters most.

🎨 Design Your Perfect Scale: Now with Configurable Responses

Tired of manually creating the same 1-10 scale or yes/no options for every single question in your evaluation? We heard you. Re-entering identical response options dozens—or even hundreds—of times was a significant drain on your time and prone to inconsistency. This powerful update is designed to solve that permanently.

• Administrators can now manage the complete list of response options from the Advanced Evaluations settings screen.
• Easily create new options (like the much-requested 1-10 scale!), edit existing ones, or remove any scales that aren't relevant to your organisation. Build a custom scale once, save it to your library, and it will be instantly available for your team to select when creating any new question. 
• All the default options you're used to (e.g., Quality Scale, Likelihood) are still available right out of the box.

Now you can shape your evaluation questions with response scales that perfectly match your organisation's unique processes and standards.

🛠️ Other Enhancements & Fixes

We've also included a few other key updates to improve your day-to-day experience.

• Improved COI Visibility: Procurement Officers will now receive a notification when a panel member completes their Conflict of Interest (COI) declaration, even when no conflicts are declared. This provides complete visibility into COI progress without needing to manually check the evaluation record.
• Fixed Document Validation with External Links: Resolved an issue where document validation would fail when using links to an external document management system (EDRMS). The validation logic now correctly recognizes these links, ensuring your procurement process proceeds smoothly. As part of this, we also fixed a visual bug where long EDRMS document names now display correctly.

We're incredibly proud of these enhancements and believe they will make a tangible difference in your workflow. As always, we welcome your feedback as we continue to improve our platform.