HomeMy WebLinkAboutEmailSuarez, Maritza
From: dvrsunlm@bellsouth.net
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 9:46 AM
To: Suarez, Maritza
Subject: bid#04-05-107 diving equipment line item #2 retraction of bid
Dear Ms. Suarez:
Diving Equipment: Bid 404--05-107
We recently bid on the above bid from the City of Miami, 004-05--107 for diving equipment.
Glenn Marcos, Director of Purchasing, sent a letter dated October 31, 2005, stating that
we were one of the recommended vendors. Unfortunately, we did not receive power back to
Divers Unlimited until Wednesday, November 9th, 2005. Our first day back in business was
Thursday, November 10, and you can imagine how hectic that was after 3 weeks closed. Upon
reviewing the above bid and ta.11ey sheet, it has come to our attention that we must
unfortuately recant and do a "NO BID" on a item upon which we were the low bidder, line
item #2 for the rebreather. We regret the retraction, but we were not given the full
costs from our supplier when we requested same prior to our bid. The resulting error is
almost $900 per line item in cost difference, which would result in Divers Unlimited
losing almost $11000 on this line item. I am sure from the disparity of our quote against
the other two vendors you can see what happened.
We have been placing bids with you for over 20 years, and this has never happened to us
before. We appreciate your understanding, and the retraction of our bid on this line
item. I tried to telephone you, but you were out of the office until Monday. I am going
out of the country tomorrow until Thursday. I will contact you on Friday, November 18,
2005, if you wish to discuss this further. PLEASE RESPOND VIA EMAIL WITH RECEIPT OF THIS
EMAIL. Thank you for your assistance, and we hope this does not jeopardize further
business between us.
Sincerely,
Colleen Inman/Office Manager
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