Originally posted by rojak12:
SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF 1200KG OF SUPERIOR GRADE DURIAN FOR SPECIAL OPERTIONS COMMAND
INTRODUCTION
This document lay out the requirements and specifications for supply and delivery of superior grade durian for Special Operations Command hereby known as the Authority.
2. REQUIREMENT/SPECIFICATION
· The taste of the durian must of 70% bitter and 30% sweet of the total quantity;
· All vendors who participate in this ITQ shall provide durian tasting at their own cost and this is a critical evaluation criteria; (date will be revert by Authority, once this ITQ is close and the location will be at Special Operations Command, Queensway Base)
· Successful vendor shall provide the durian with the same quality as per the above tasting. Any deviation, the vendor shall be liable and the Authority has the right to reject the goods and payment will not be made for the whole sum as per Purchase Order issue;
· There will be 11 sessions of delivery, 4 sessions will be at Police K9 unit located at Chua Chu Kang and the rest will be at Special Operations Command, Queensway;
· There might be clashed of session between the two places and vendor must be able to accommodate to this request;
· Every session shall commence at 1700 hrs and any changes to this timing shall be notified by the Authority one day before the session;
· No transport claim shall be allowed for all the 11 sessions;
· Successful vendor shall provide 2 persons (must be familiar with the quality of the durian) to open and serve the durian on the spot on every session;
· These persons shall provide advise on the quality of the durian and must be able to make decision for the replacement once the durian is of inferior quality;
· All necessary equipment (inclusive of table for the opening of durian and boxes for take away) in regard to the durian shall be provided by the vendor;
· The successful vendor shall in charge of removing the eaten durian husk after every session and dispose off at the appropriate rubbish bin (not in user premise);
· All vendors shall quote the price base on per kg i.e. $1 of 1400kg = $1,400 and the price shall not be inclusive of GST. GST will be included once invoice received;
· The amount quoted shall be final and successful vendor must abide to this requirement; and
· The successful vendor shall provide familiarization tour of their premise for the evaluation team when call upon by the Authority. The vendor must be able to brief types of durian and place where the durian originated.
3. ENQUIRY
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A special durian tasting session from the above-quoted tender has been arranged to enable officers to have the best of durians. Normally when a company wants the best food or cuisine, it could count on some established suppliers to delver the best or median with prices all known and it is pretty straightforward to fill up an order form with quotations listed and grade ticked to ensure all conformation to financial regulations.
For this durian order, someone might have got carried away and blown it out of proportion. It is pretty obvious they could ring up a few suppliers and ask them to quote with quality price and tasting all spelt out with a bit of explanation by the purchasing department. It becomes a public tender for a huge supply to satisfy everyone's need for durian.
Just because of a publicized royal occasion to treat some VIP with certain human needs for durians it makes the salivary grand flow with yearning for everyone to have a good durian treat.
The irony is that it leads to satisfying all the entourage with durians to boast of the occasion with many more human yearning for durians without any stoppage. If the same thing is to happen to shark fins or expensive wine what will happen during and after that function?
How do we know there is no constant supply of durian after this tasting session for the other non-royal occasions. At what quality and how many kgs and how much cheaper?
