The urban bus supplier selection aided by AHP and additive scoring model

The Analytic Hierarchy Process is a proven and widely applied Multiple Criteria Decision Making method. In this paper we described an application of this approach to the problem of supplier selection in municipal bus transport company. The set of evaluation criteria included both quantitative and qualitative data bounded with financial, technical and political expectations. We investigated requirements of both company´s managerial board and technical staff. The final decision in the described real-life case was made on the basis of law of public tenders restrictions. This paper describes the decision making procedure with tender results comparison and discussion. The aim of this research was to identify the preference structure of the company´s management board and technical staff and to collate this preferences with the results of tender procedure.