The Procurement & Supply Management Department encourages suppliers to submit new and innovative products for evaluation to support the City's diverse operations. Products with satisfactory ratings in the process are added to the City's Qualified Products List (QPL) for consideration in the bidding process. The City is especially interested in expanding its offering of green products that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment.
To have your product considered for QPL approval, please FULLY complete this PRODUCT EVALUATION REQUEST FORM (PERF).
1. Email the completed form to the address indicated on the form. Samples may be also shipped as indicated on the form.
2. The Procurement Department will examine the product information and City requirements. After reviewing this information, the end user department or commodity evaluation team members will field test and individually provide "satisfactory" or "unsatisfactory" ratings to Procurement.
3. The Procurement Department will request additional information if needed, and compile all ratings from individual evaluations. Products with overall satisfactory ratings will be added to the City's QPL for that commodity's classification. QPL listed items will then be considered in the bidding process.
4. Regardless of result, company representatives submitting forms will be notified in writing of evaluation results.
Revised 5/17/12