Third parties responsible for supplying goods or services that are required to deliver IT services is a description of which stakeholder?

External customers are organizations or individuals who receive IT services from the service provider, not those who supply goods or services to it.

In ITIL, a supplier is an external third-party organization or individual that provides goods or services needed for the IT service provider to deliver its own services to customers. Supplier management is a dedicated ITIL process that manages relationships with these third parties through contracts and underpinning agreements. This definition specifically covers the supply chain role, distinguishing suppliers from other external stakeholders.

Operations is an internal ITIL function responsible for day-to-day running of infrastructure and services, not a category of third-party stakeholder.

External consultants provide advisory or specialist expertise on a temporary basis but are not the stakeholder category defined as supplying goods or services required to deliver IT services.