Dashboard interface, platform, and environment for automated negotiation, benchmarking, compliance, and auditing

A system comprising one or more engines configured to execute on processing circuitry, the one or more engines configured to:

• assist an authenticated user in constructing, via the system and a network, a single electronic quote request template configured to generate, for consideration by each of a first plurality of vendors, a respective electronic quote request of a plurality of electronic quote requests related to an offering, wherein the one or more engines
• provide, to the authenticated user, a vendor selection dashboard including one or more vendors suggested by the system, the system automatically selecting the suggested vendors based at least in part on one or more parameters associated with the offering,
• receive a selection of the first plurality of vendors from the authenticated user via the vendor selection dashboard, and
• enable, in a quote request dashboard, customization of contract layer settings for applying to the single electronic quote request template such that information regarding one or more contract layers of a plurality of contract layers varies at least in part based upon two or more vendors of the first plurality of vendors, wherein
• the contract layer settings comprise at least one of term values, term editing settings, and/or layer visibility settings;
• on behalf of the authenticated user, securely enable reviewing of a respective electronic quote request by each respective vendor of the first plurality of vendors, wherein the respective electronic quote request of one vendor of the first plurality of vendors differs from the respective electronic quote request of another vendor of the first plurality of vendors in at least one of a) one or more term values, b) ability for the respective vendor to edit one or more terms, or c) a number of contract layers of the plurality of contract layers presented to the respective vendor based at least in part on the contract layer settings, wherein
• securely enabling the reviewing comprises generating, using the contract layer settings, the respective electronic quote request for review by the respective vendor;
• assist the authenticated user in securely negotiating, through the system, contract terms for a vendor-specific contract with each of a second plurality of vendors that respond to the respective electronic quote request, the second plurality of vendors comprising a subset of the first plurality of vendors;
• set a respective deadline for each vendor in the second plurality of vendors to respond with a respective authorization confirmation for a respective percentage of the offering;
• securely collect authenticated electronic responses with the respective authorization confirmation from each of one or more vendors in a third set of vendors, the third set of vendors comprising a subset of the second plurality of vendors;
• construct an authorization confirmation table indicating a respective percentage of the offering allocated to each vendor in the third set of vendors for display on a dashboard view to the authenticated user;
• and
• assist the authenticated user in securely providing client final lines electronically, respectively to each vendor in the third set of vendors, based on information provided in the authorization confirmation table and the contract terms negotiated by the authenticated user with each such vendor.