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if one of the suppliers submit his offer after the due date with a lower price than all the received offers ? what is your action as a buyer ?

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Question added by sherif Ayad , Group supply chain head , Nabatat for contracting
Date Posted: 2013/09/20
Cagdas Kardas
by Cagdas Kardas , Operations Director , Berlitz Corporation

In my opinion quality, schedule and keeping promises are more important than price.So I will reject the offer.

Of couse if supplier's manager's mother has died and because of this reason his offer has been delayed and you know this for sure, it is a different story and for the sake of humanity you can make an exception.

Osama Mohamed Abdel Aziz
by Osama Mohamed Abdel Aziz , Procurement category manager - Admin & IT , Ezz steel

Re-do the evaluation sheet and conclude this offer.

Not all who was a lowest bidder is a good deal.specially if the bidder estimate is much lower than your cost estimate. You have to evaluate carefully perhaps they missed big quantity of materials, pricing etc. You are looking for trouble if you get the service of Lowest bidder having estimate lower that your cost estimate.

If you have public bidding late submission is not acceptable. In a sealed bidding late submission is in consideration.   

Ravshanbek Abdullaev
by Ravshanbek Abdullaev , Accountant , Fajr Al Mustaqbal General Trading LLC

Usually late submissions are not considered, however once you get lower price, then you negotiate with the winner (but not with the late submitter) of the contract to decrease prices, and I think it is not necessary to reorganize the whole process as it is waste of time and resources.

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