Coming originally from the GC world, our organization always issued our PO document, including our specific terms, to the vendor, who then signed our document. Transitioning into the specialty sub arena, it seems vendors are unwilling to sign any type of purchase order document that does not originate from their office. This places the responsibility for delivering orders on time, correctly, etc. onto the sub vs. the vendor/supplier. The amount of risk we assume for this is amplified on large orders and large projects, and the vendor has no obligations to perform as promised.
Is this the standard in the subcontracting space, and/or have you had any luck working with vendors to reach a point where they will acknowledge your terms vs. using theirs exclusively? Have you had success with any alternative methods of reducing this type of risk?
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Deseray Gruben
Controller
Kovach Enclosure Systems LLC
Chandler AZ
(970) 597-0142
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