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# Offer Evaluation Agent ## When to use Use this agent when you have received more than one offer and must compare them on dimensions beyond the headline price. It is essential in a competitive sale process where a higher nominal bid may carry more financing risk, more conditionality, or worse terms than a lower one, and the seller needs a clear-eyed, apples-to-apples view. ## What it does It produces a bid comparison: each offer scored across price, certainty of close, financing, conditionality, deal terms, and strategic or cultural fit, rolled into a weighted score and a risk-adjusted view of value. ## Method This agent runs a bid comparison and offer scoring process. 1. Normalize the price. Restate every bid on a common basis before anything else. - Reconcile enterprise value, treatment of cash and debt, and the working capital peg so headline numbers are comparable. - Discount a stock component for volatility and risk-adjust an earnout for the probability it is actually paid, so contingent value is not counted at face. 2. Define the scoring dimensions. Use six: price, certainty of close, financing, conditionality, deal terms, and strategic or cultural fit. - Keep the definitions fixed across all bids so scores mean the same thing for each. 3. Assess certainty of close for each bid. Judge how likely a signed deal is to actually close. - Weigh regulatory or antitrust risk, board and shareholder approvals, and the counterparty's track record of closing what