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Anybody heard of or used these guy(s)?
http://www.perlmutterpurchasing.com/
I'm working with the program manager of a grant project attached to a local university to get appropriate computer gear that's within their relatively meager budget. All they really need is a couple laptops, a desktop, a small workgroup printer, and a personal printer.
After fighting with *the* IT guy for the department to which the grant is attached to rightsize the equipment, we apparently have to go through another layer of bureaucracy, and they can/will only order the laptops through the above company. This appears to be different than the regular purchasing process used at the university.
Anyway, the guy who owns this place says that his distributor doesn't have one of the Thinkpad models that we finally all agreed on. This is despite the fact that I could order it from about six reputable resellers, such as CDW.
If you opened the link, the website is crappy. And since the two layers of bureaucrats didn't strip out his messages from e-mail conversations, I can see that he uses a RoadRunner (TimeWarner Cable) personal e-mail address for business. Basically, nothing to instill confidence.
I've worked in government before, but this has been an amazingly frustrating process. And I'm basically doing this for free. Is dealing with this "company" going to make things worse?
http://www.perlmutterpurchasing.com/
I'm working with the program manager of a grant project attached to a local university to get appropriate computer gear that's within their relatively meager budget. All they really need is a couple laptops, a desktop, a small workgroup printer, and a personal printer.
After fighting with *the* IT guy for the department to which the grant is attached to rightsize the equipment, we apparently have to go through another layer of bureaucracy, and they can/will only order the laptops through the above company. This appears to be different than the regular purchasing process used at the university.
Anyway, the guy who owns this place says that his distributor doesn't have one of the Thinkpad models that we finally all agreed on. This is despite the fact that I could order it from about six reputable resellers, such as CDW.
If you opened the link, the website is crappy. And since the two layers of bureaucrats didn't strip out his messages from e-mail conversations, I can see that he uses a RoadRunner (TimeWarner Cable) personal e-mail address for business. Basically, nothing to instill confidence.
I've worked in government before, but this has been an amazingly frustrating process. And I'm basically doing this for free. Is dealing with this "company" going to make things worse?