Looking for a reality check (or something) here. For those of you who have put out RFPs for structured cabling, how specific have you been?
For example, in the latest RFP that I wrote up, I included acceptable manufacturers for cable, wire management, PDUs, racks, etc. I also included specifications for vendor qualifications in terms of BICSI certification, project management, and quality assurance. I stated that installers must be direct employees of the firm bidding -- no subs or day laborers. I also stated that I wanted an OSHA trained foreman on site during the installation. I do not think that my specifications were over the top or in any way attempting to make it so that a specific vendor got the bid. (This is key due to gov't contracting regulations.) While I do have some preferred (in my mind) vendors to use, it's because they do quality work. There are at least a half dozen vendors in the Metro DC area who can meet my specified vendor qualifications and while it would be nice to work with a vendor I've worked with before, my primary goal is to get my company the best install possible. I am now in the position of attempting to explain to a non-technical manager why the specifications that I put in my RFP are important to a successful project since said specifications got deleted from the RFP before it got put out to bid. Thoughts and advice welcome. M _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
