<In some markets, where vendors have varying ways of calculating storage
and services charges, it can be very difficult for an inexperienced
buyer to compare pricing... >
As many of us have said many times on this listserve - it's all in how
you write the specs.  Request pricing be based on specific units (by the
box/file for certain services for example). If you are at the mercy of
purchasing folks who don't have a clue, I suggest you request copies of
the submitted bids/quotes and compile a spreadsheet showing one year's
storage and services activity (broken out by storage and each service)
for each of the vendors' quoted/bid pricing.  Submit the spreadsheet to
the appropriate purchasing person AND your management.  It can be an eye
opener.

Ginny Jones
(Virginia A. Jones, CRM, FAI)
Records Manager
Information Technology Division
Newport News Dept. of Public Utilities
Newport News, VA
[log in to unmask]

List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html
Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance
To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message.
mailto:[log in to unmask]