Delivery fit
Name your cloud, workload and priority. Ask who will do the work, what they delivered on a comparable project and whether their role was direct or through another company.
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AWS and GCP consulting vendor evaluation checklist
Use the same questions for every provider. Record the evidence behind each answer before comparing proposals for AWS or Google Cloud work.
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What to record
Savings evidence
Request the billing scope, comparable periods, cost basis, workload-demand changes, credits and implementation cost behind any reported saving. Keep estimated, measured and annualized results separate.
Security and access
Agree the identities, permitted actions, approval path and removal of access. Ask for a redacted finding linked to remediation and validation evidence. Keep application and compliance responsibilities explicit.
Operational ownership
Document coverage, escalation, incident responsibilities, service objectives, rollback and recovery checks. Distinguish a response commitment from a resolution target.
Commercial scope
Compare deliverables, assumptions, exclusions, customer dependencies, tool charges, cloud charges and acceptance criteria. Record unanswered questions instead of treating them as included.
Evidence decision
Mark each requirement as evidenced, needs clarification or unacceptable for your scope. A missing mandatory control is a decision to resolve before contracting; it is not offset by a lower quote.
How to use the template
- Write the operating problem and the outcome you need before collecting supplier proposals.
- Choose the mandatory requirements for your workload with its engineering, finance and security owners.
- Ask every shortlisted supplier for the same deliverables and redacted evidence; identify who produced each artifact.
- Record evidence references, reviewer, exceptions and follow-up dates. Keep private responses in your approved procurement workspace.
- Agree the first bounded engagement and its acceptance checks. Revisit ownership before expanding into ongoing operations.
This blank worksheet does not rank providers or certify a supplier. ARCO publishes it as a cloud consultancy, not an independent ratings agency. Your team decides the requirements, evaluates the evidence and approves the engagement.
CSV field reference
A header-only file: fill it with your approved evidence and decisions. No client records or example savings are embedded.
- provider
- requirement
- mandatory
- question
- evidence_requested
- evidence_reference
- delivery_role
- status
- reviewer
- exception
- follow_up
- decision
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Reference or share this resource
Use this reference in a report or discussion. It includes the resource’s title, update date and permanent page URL.