Peter,
To address your comments:
Government has several purchasing options outside a public bid: GSA, State Contract, buying groups such as American Communities or Novation , and when deemed appropriate they can write a justification to sole source.
My point is that specifications only take you so far. It can be helpful for the initial purchase, but unless the parts and service are readily available in an open market it is difficult to get a square deal after the install, and remember, these installations last 20 years.
It is my experience that while purchasing departments do a great job in administering a proposal process they do not possess the specialized training.
If I were in the users shoes I would contact the city engineer or manager and get referred to a trusted architect who has experience in these systems. They already have most of the spec's written and with a short interview could write the balance all at a cost of under a grand. A cheap investment in my view.
mark chase
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Blue Ridge Solutions Group
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Kurilecz " <peter. kurilecz @ GMAIL .COM>
To: RECMGMT-L @LISTS. UFL . EDU
Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2008 4:13:35 PM ( GMT-0500 ) America/ New_York
Subject: Re: Compact Shelving Inquiry
On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Mark Chase <
mchase @ blueridgesolutionsgroup .com> wrote:
> There is nothing wrong with exclusive territories, however, in my view it
> is not the best venue to receive the greatest value. A competative bid
> environment is.
>
since the original poster works for local government one would have to
assume that the RFP is to be competitively bid. I saw nothing in the
original posting saying that they weren't
> The issue at hand....... is constructing a bid spec that multiple vendors
> can bid and one in which the cost of the equipment over its entire service
> life is also considered. As exclusive territories typically cover an entire
> state, it would be like being forced to have your car serviced by the
> manufacturers dealer. It is not a situation conducive to receiving value.
And that is why the question was posted. the individual wants to know what
should be put in the RFP . Their local government must have a purchasing
department that handles the issuance of RFPs as well as the evaluation of
submissions.
>
> If the purchaser is insultated from a competative environment due to
> exclusive territories, then chances are they won't receive the best value
> over time, over all.
>
I think you are assuming something not in evidence ie a non-competitive
environment
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Peter Kurilecz CRM CA
peter. kurilecz @ gmail .com
Richmond, Va
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