A summary of responses received for this Peer2Peer inquiry is available below.
Original Inquiry
Part I: Sourcing Process (RFP) Related Questions: If your organization has conducted an RFP for Promotional Items in the past two years, please share with me:
1) RFP template
2) Lessons learned: what would you do differently next time?
3) Pricing: how was your pricing schedule constructed? Did you utilize tiered pricing? Did you try or would you recommend an auction?
4) Service Level: what service level did you agree upon? Key index?
Part II: Supplier Related Questions:
1. Do you work with a single merchandise supplier or multiple suppliers? If multiple suppliers are used, how do you divvy up the business between them?
2. What is your average spend per year for promotional merchandise? – What percentage of the spend is attributed to catalog/program sales? – What percentage of the spend is attributed to special orders?
3. What is your agreed-to margin (or range) with your promotional merchandise supplier? – What is your agreed-to margin for catalog/program sales? – What is your agreed-to margin for special orders?
4. What value adds does your supplier(s) provide as part of the relationship?
Summary of Responses
Contributors: SIGCategories: P2P Archive
SRC Type: Evaluation and Selection, Sourcing