[CAUT] bid savvy

[ed440 at mindspring.com]

I think CAUT might be able to do something worthwhile here. 

Most of the Universities in my area are saddled with low bid requirements.  Some accept bids from anyone with no attempt to establish standards.  Others have tried to establish standards and found that clever tooners can sneak under the radar.  I know of colleges that are pretty much stuck with a self-trained, self-certified low bid tooner.

If CAUT could produce a document "Bid Requirements for Piano Maintenance" it might gain acceptance in university circles, and would give the music department a reference and a description of minimum competancy for the bidding wars.

Ed Sutton 

-----Original Message-----
>From: lafargue at bellsouth.net
>Sent: Jan 31, 2007 10:42 PM
>To: caut at ptg.org
>Subject: [CAUT] bid savvy
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>Sorry if this is a duplicate, My other computer doesn't appear to be
>posting this msg.....
>Can anyone advise me on advising a university here on how to word a bid
>to techs and maximize the chance of getting what they want as far as
>level of work.  I mean, is "to factory spec"the only thing they can use
>as a standard to level the playing field on bidders? If they asked for a
>price on regulating a piano, seven techs will do more than one level of
>work and charge different amounts and all be able to call it a
>"regulation" (and factory spec is not even optimum at the highest
>levels).  They can ask for bids for concert tuning and voicing and get
>lots of different levels of work, even from RPT's.  Are there sources of
>info on handling this and optimizing the chances of getting what they
>are paying for?  The whole system just doesn't seem to be conducive to
>getting good quality work, just the cheapest price.   Thanks in advance.
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>Lance Lafargue, RPT
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>LAFARGUE PIANOS, LTD
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>New Orleans Chapter, PTG
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>985.72P.IANO
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>lafargue at bellsouth.net
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>www.lpianos.com <http://www.lpianos.com/> 
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> <http://www.lafarguepianos.com/>  
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