Every evaluation is cited
Each score links to the exact page and passage it came from, so your team can verify any result in seconds.
Vendor evaluation, without limits
Accelerate your energy & infrastructure procurement from months to days
Hillstar helps utilities and energy companies significantly reduce the time needed to procure billions from a multi year process down to less than 30 days.
RFP, reimagined
Create RFPs without the manual work. From Requirements to Award.
HillStar provides experienced procurement professionals paired with the HillStar platform to develop, launch and evaluate complex RFx events—across technical requirements, commercial terms, pricing, risk and supplier capability.
Your capital spending keeps growing: give your team 10x the speed and capacity to award contracts with confidence
Book a DemoThe learning loop
Procurement Intelligence That Compounds.
HillStar captures evaluator judgment, exceptions, award rationale and supplier outcomes. It remembers what your team expected, what it awarded, and what actually happened, so each sourcing event starts smarter than the last.
Institutional memory
Today, Procurement Intelligence Lives in People’s Heads.
The know-how behind every award sits with a few experienced people, and it isn’t written down anywhere.
- 01
A Category Manager
Knows which suppliers tend to take exceptions.
- 02
An Engineer
Remembers why a specification was changed.
- 03
A Contracts Manager
Remembers what happened the last time you awarded a particular contractor.
TODAY
The system records the outcome but never the thinking.
UNTIL NOW
With HillStar, your team creates faster, sharper RFPs — powered by institutional expertise.
Trust
Full visibility for every reviewer.
From independent reviewers to auditors to the full review committee — everyone sees every source.
Full traceability
Follow any ranking back to the source document, criterion and requirement that produced it.
Human review built in
Your team reviews and adjusts evaluation before anything is final — HillStar supports the decision, it doesn't make it alone.
Case Studies
Real Outcomes
Compliance gap caught
HillStar surfaced the compliance gap and verified the requirement across all 14 vendors in minutes.
9min
12-month RFP review in 9 minutes
22 vendors and ~19,800 pages evaluated with full evidence traceability for a utility’s 11‑person expert team.
7days
6-month sourcing cycle in 7 days
~250 grid-equipment SKUs per vendor, re-bid every quarter, with 100% of certifications verified.
Security & Compliance
Enterprise-Grade Security and Controls
HillStar is SOC 2 Type I compliant, with role-based access controls ensuring users can only access materials they’re authorized for. All data is protected with AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS 1.2+ in transit, and hosted in U.S.-based data centers on Google Cloud.
SOC 2 Type I
Independently audited and verified to the highest security standards.
Role-Based Access
Granular role-based controls ensure users access only authorized materials.
Encryption
All data is encrypted with AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.2+ in transit, in U.S.-based data centers.
Audit Logs
Every action is logged and every change is versioned, giving you a complete history of your evaluation.
FAQ
Everything you need to know.
From evaluation to security and implementation, here’s how HillStar fits into your procurement workflow.
HillStar evaluates every vendor submission against your specific criteria, with every finding traced back to the exact page and clause it came from, nothing is surfaced without a citation your team can verify against the source document. Every evaluation is reviewed by your team before it factors into a final decision, so the technology accelerates the process without replacing your team's judgment.
Every evaluation is evidence-based, not a black box, each result links directly to the source page and clause that produced it, so your team can verify any result in seconds. Nothing is evaluated without a citation.
As fast as 9 minutes for a complete evaluation, in one real case, HillStar evaluated 22 vendors across 19,800 pages of proposals in 9 minutes, versus a process that traditionally takes weeks to months.
HillStar is SOC 2 Type I compliant and built for regulated industries, with encrypted data and role-based access controls.
Yes, HillStar fits alongside your existing procurement ERP and workflow rather than requiring you to replace them. Upload your RFP and vendor submissions, and HillStar handles the evaluation layer.
No setup or integration required to start. Book a walkthrough and bring a real RFP or bid stack, HillStar can evaluate it live in a single working session.
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