Roadman,
We took copies of everyone's spec and pieced it together staying brand specific for components and specific things that we wanted. We stayed away from using anyone in particular's spec for dimensions and actual construction technics. We did however specify that the aerial was to be a certain metal, steel or aluminum. This was based upon some prior experiences and how we felt they performed. At the time, it was a big push for "sole source" for warranty issues and felt that we would get a better product. This though has changed over the last several years as it seems that more and more manufacturer's that are not so much the "big" players are working with the Commercial EVT certified service companies to allow them to do warranty work. This however can be written into the spec to make sure who is responsible for all aspects of the unit during the warranty period. You can be fair across the board when doing an open bid process and get exactly what you want. You just have to make sure that it is clear to all bidders that if they can not meet or if they excede the spec in any area that they provide a description on an addedum or exception sheet. This will allow you to keep the proverbial "apples to apples and oranges to oranges" comparison. It also ensures that there are no hidden adgenda's by the dealer or manufacturer. If you do indeed use someone's base spec for bid purposes you need to be able to allow the other bidders the opportunity to bid their product but use the exception/addendum sheet to show the differences in perhaps construction technics, material thickness differences or even paint technics. It may just creat a little more work for you on the receiving end of the bids. It takes more time to review and you will see more exceptions that you may care to see.
Hope this helps some...
We took copies of everyone's spec and pieced it together staying brand specific for components and specific things that we wanted. We stayed away from using anyone in particular's spec for dimensions and actual construction technics. We did however specify that the aerial was to be a certain metal, steel or aluminum. This was based upon some prior experiences and how we felt they performed. At the time, it was a big push for "sole source" for warranty issues and felt that we would get a better product. This though has changed over the last several years as it seems that more and more manufacturer's that are not so much the "big" players are working with the Commercial EVT certified service companies to allow them to do warranty work. This however can be written into the spec to make sure who is responsible for all aspects of the unit during the warranty period. You can be fair across the board when doing an open bid process and get exactly what you want. You just have to make sure that it is clear to all bidders that if they can not meet or if they excede the spec in any area that they provide a description on an addedum or exception sheet. This will allow you to keep the proverbial "apples to apples and oranges to oranges" comparison. It also ensures that there are no hidden adgenda's by the dealer or manufacturer. If you do indeed use someone's base spec for bid purposes you need to be able to allow the other bidders the opportunity to bid their product but use the exception/addendum sheet to show the differences in perhaps construction technics, material thickness differences or even paint technics. It may just creat a little more work for you on the receiving end of the bids. It takes more time to review and you will see more exceptions that you may care to see.
Hope this helps some...
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