This is a useful question. The first thing I would clarify is whether the team is solving for speed, trust, or cost, because the answer changes a lot once that priority is explicit.

We tried something similar last quarter. The part that helped most was making the requirements measurable before inviting vendors or partners into the conversation.

Adding one practical point: ask for two recent references in the same market. It filters out a surprising amount of surface-level experience.

I would be interested to compare notes. The pattern we keep seeing is that regional execution matters more than the headline tool or framework.