Understanding Supplier Quote Delays in Education Procurement
For your MSP, every education procurement quote that sits waiting for a supplier response ties up an account executive’s time. The baseline below assumes each AE handles 5 quotes per working day and that the average supplier wait is 8 working hours — a deliberately cautious figure, not a worst‑case. When a Wakefield school needs a connectivity quote or a compliance renewal, repeated chaser calls eat into your team’s capacity to generate new pipeline.