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

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