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  "options": [
    {
      "name": "Supplier A",
      "metadata": {
        "region": "EU",
        "compliance": "ISO 13485"
      },
      "values": [
        {
          "criterion_name": "quality",
          "value": 92,
          "confidence": 0.92,
          "evidence": [
            {
              "source": "qa_audit_q1",
              "quality": 0.9
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "criterion_name": "cost",
          "value": 118000
        },
        {
          "criterion_name": "lead_time_days",
          "value": 18
        },
        {
          "criterion_name": "support_score",
          "value": 8.6,
          "confidence": 0.88
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Supplier B",
      "metadata": {
        "region": "US",
        "compliance": "ISO 9001"
      },
      "values": [
        {
          "criterion_name": "quality",
          "value": 85,
          "confidence": 0.8
        },
        {
          "criterion_name": "cost",
          "value": 97000
        },
        {
          "criterion_name": "lead_time_days",
          "value": 22
        },
        {
          "criterion_name": "support_score",
          "value": 7.4
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Supplier C",
      "metadata": {
        "region": "EU",
        "compliance": "ISO 13485"
      },
      "values": [
        {
          "criterion_name": "quality",
          "value": 89,
          "confidence": 0.87
        },
        {
          "criterion_name": "cost",
          "value": 105000
        },
        {
          "criterion_name": "lead_time_days",
          "value": 15
        },
        {
          "criterion_name": "support_score",
          "value": 8.1
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "criteria": [
    {
      "name": "quality",
      "weight": 0.35,
      "direction": "benefit",
      "description": "Independent quality score from audit and acceptance records."
    },
    {
      "name": "cost",
      "weight": 0.3,
      "direction": "cost",
      "description": "Total quoted contract cost in EUR."
    },
    {
      "name": "lead_time_days",
      "weight": 0.2,
      "direction": "cost",
      "description": "Days from purchase order to first compliant delivery."
    },
    {
      "name": "support_score",
      "weight": 0.15,
      "direction": "benefit",
      "description": "Operational support responsiveness and issue handling."
    }
  ],
  "constraints": [
    {
      "constraint_type": "max_value",
      "criterion_name": "cost",
      "threshold": 120000,
      "hard": true
    }
  ],
  "policy_name": "risk_averse",
  "context": "Choose a vendor for a regulated production supply contract."
}