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To: Clay Takaya who wrote (14369)11/5/1999 4:02:00 PM
From: Doug  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 18016
 
Clay: The global trend is procurement thru a single Prime who has partnership agreements with most of the Subcontractors on the Buyer approved Restricted lists. In brief, if there are 5 Companies on the restricted Lists, all 5 could theoretically respond to the RFP with a separate proposal as the Prime presuming they have partnership agreements for Items they do not have.

A single point source accountability is far more important than ensuring that all the Eqpt is procured from one source.

Perhaps others who have had Contract Admn experience on large projects may like to share their views.



To: Clay Takaya who wrote (14369)11/5/1999 4:58:00 PM
From: fumble  Respond to of 18016
 
The Heterogeneous network scheme only works if you are dealing in 'standardized' (interoperable?) parts.

Under this scenario, the company would have to handle chunks from different suppliers. This means that it would need a decent technical department.

MCI Worldcom's disaster earlier in the year shows that not having a decent technical department and depending on your Prime supplier for assistance has its problems too.


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