While direct purchasing appears to offer advantages, hidden pitfalls may increase costs and delay project completion. MCAA’s Why Mechanical Contractors Should Furnish Equipment examines these advantages and pitfalls, giving contractors a well-rounded perspective on owner concerns and how best to address them. It’s just one of MCAA’s educational resources that are free to MCAA members as a benefit of membership.
The bulletin examines these advantages sought by direct purchasing:
- To permit early purchase of long-delivery items to ensure timely deliveries and to avoid construction delays
- To save the contractor’s markup for overhead and profit
- To provide the engineer with closer control of compliance with specifications in equipment bids
- To incur possible cost savings by beating price increases
- If the owner is purchasing production equipment, the owner would naturally feel he had the expertise in selection rather than the installing contractor
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