On 02/25/04 18:08, FRR said...
So SAM, how do you actually evalute the bids for
the TV trucks at work? What are the criteria?
is it only based on lowest dollar.
No it's not. Three out of the five have eliminated themselves based on items not related to cost at all.
I suspect that when you evalute the bids from
the 5 bidders for those custom TV trucks it's
not only based on lowest dollar. Given that you
work for a large company that has processes for
evaluating bids you would look at the entire bid
and not only the bottom line. I'd be very surprised
that you don't have an evaluation matrix that
has a weighting process (to measure compliance
to the original RFQ) and ensure best value for
the dollar spent.
Do you do this for yourself. As you previously
mentioned. your time is worth money. An informed
consumer would.
I don't understand what point you're trying to make. I've already agreed I'm willing to pay extra for your expertise.
The reason why most A/V companies don't like to
give line item pricing is that we all have gone
through the time and effort of bidding on a job
like only to find out that the customer was only
window shopping or had already lined up some trunk
slammer and just wanted the satisfaction of know
he/she got the best price possible.
I can understand that. However, does this mean if I ask for a bid from you, and you give me a total, can I ask for and receive a line item list? That line item list has to exist somewhere in your company. Otherwise, how do you know what to make the total?
Also, the truck suppliers may provide line item
descriptions, but you won't get line item pricing
from these truck suppliers.
Actually, one company does give line item pricing for the equipment.
I don't charge for bids, but do charge for design
work.
This is what I would prefer.
PS: I would be surprised if the margins on those
custom TV trucks are less than 30%. Custom work
is custom work doesn't matter what industry. I
wonder what NBC's margins are for air time?
I said a number of times my questions about margins were curiousity. The one point I was trying to make is if you sell me a piece of gear for $1500, and I find out the next week I can buy the same piece for $1000, I'm going to feel cheated. I know your expertise costs extra, but 50% more? Don't tell me it costs $500 to install it because installation costs should be handled seperately (in the contract/bid, not the final check)
I probably misstated my point a couple times. I hope this is more clear.
SamG
