Re: Police Procurement
Of course, Amazon is not a recognised supplier so they will need to go to Misco or some other approved supplier to try and source a similar item at maybe twice the price
In a previous job, we had a similar arrangement - everything had to be bought from an Approves Supplier.
I needed to get some fancy cables - I found a supplier who gave me a good price, and tried to buy these cables. I couldn't find anyone else making them - this was the manufacturer. I was refused permission to buy them - the cable manufacturer was not an Approved Supplier, and there were to be No Exceptions.
It was at this point I discovered that my mate's company *is* an Approved Supplier. So I sent him the URL of the cables I wanted, he put in a quote with a large markup on, and the purchase was made.
How's that for cost-saving?
Vic.
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