“We’vealreadyselected thevendor.”"We don’thave timefor anRFP."“Can wefast-trackthis?”“This isbusinesscritical.”“We’vealwaysusedthem.”“The CEOapproveditverbally.”The MSAis 30+pages.“Thequoteexpirestoday.”Nodocumentationtrail“It’s alreadyin thecontract.”(It’s not.)"We needthis byend ofquarter."“What’sour AIstrategy?”“We didn’tknow youneeded to beinvolved.”“Theystartedwork lastweek.”It’surgentSupplierwill notacceptredlines.A surpriseNDAappears.Inflationadjustment.“We don’ttrackthat.”Supplier calls ita partnershipbut won’t moveon price.“Procurementshould ownthat.”“Let’sbenchmarkthat.”“It auto-renewed.”"Can youjust issuethe PO?"“We’vealreadyselected thevendor.”"We don’thave timefor anRFP."“Can wefast-trackthis?”“This isbusinesscritical.”“We’vealwaysusedthem.”“The CEOapproveditverbally.”The MSAis 30+pages.“Thequoteexpirestoday.”Nodocumentationtrail“It’s alreadyin thecontract.”(It’s not.)"We needthis byend ofquarter."“What’sour AIstrategy?”“We didn’tknow youneeded to beinvolved.”“Theystartedwork lastweek.”It’surgentSupplierwill notacceptredlines.A surpriseNDAappears.Inflationadjustment.“We don’ttrackthat.”Supplier calls ita partnershipbut won’t moveon price.“Procurementshould ownthat.”“Let’sbenchmarkthat.”“It auto-renewed.”"Can youjust issuethe PO?"

PROCUREMENT TRAUMA - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. “We’ve already selected the vendor.”
  2. "We don’t have time for an RFP."
  3. “Can we fast-track this?”
  4. “This is business critical.”
  5. “We’ve always used them.”
  6. “The CEO approved it verbally.”
  7. The MSA is 30+ pages.
  8. “The quote expires today.”
  9. No documentation trail
  10. “It’s already in the contract.” (It’s not.)
  11. "We need this by end of quarter."
  12. “What’s our AI strategy?”
  13. “We didn’t know you needed to be involved.”
  14. “They started work last week.”
  15. It’s urgent
  16. Supplier will not accept redlines.
  17. A surprise NDA appears.
  18. Inflation adjustment.
  19. “We don’t track that.”
  20. Supplier calls it a partnership but won’t move on price.
  21. “Procurement should own that.”
  22. “Let’s benchmark that.”
  23. “It auto-renewed.”
  24. "Can you just issue the PO?"