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Hi Richard, Thanks for your email. Whilst that would normally be the case, sadly in this instance it's a requirement of one of our funders that we have three quotes for everything, in functionality if not in the exact object being the same. Believe me, I wish it wasn't so! Best, Sarah Sarah Fellows Heritage Activities Officer Dudley Canal Trust Trips Ltd Tel: 0121 557 6265 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Supported by [cid:image001.png@01D0E0DF.65F75060] [BC Logo Black Country LEP] From: Richard Ellam [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 27 August 2015 15:40 To: Sarah Fellows <[log in to unmask]> Cc: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Giant Jigsaws Dear Sarah Fellows You say you need to obtain three quotes for these puzzles, but presumably your financial standing orders will also allow for the circumstance that a particular product is unique to a single supplier, or that it is not reasonably possible to find more than one source for something out of the ordinary, like these puzzles. "Not reasonably possible" will be open to interpretation, and will presumably depend on the value of the product being sought: if your first supplier comes back with a price of fifty quid, its not reasonable to spend three days on the internet trying to find comparators: if you are aiming to spend several thousand pounds, then it may be considered reasonable for you to spend a week or more researching the alternatives. Hope this helps Richard Richard Ellam L M Interactive Science Shows and Hands-On Stuff [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.lminteractive.co.uk<http://www.lminteractive.co.uk> On 27 Aug 2015, at 14:42, Sarah Fellows <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Hi all, I'm looking for some of these to be printed; http://www.quarmbycolour.co.uk/print-services/general-print/giant-jigsaws/ but I need three quotes... can anyone suggest anywhere else that makes these or similar please? Thanks! Sarah Sarah Fellows Heritage Activities Officer Dudley Canal Trust Trips Ltd Tel: 0121 557 6265 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Supported by <image001.png> <image002.jpg> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +