How to handle different thresholds for different types of Services from the same Jurisdiction?

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How to handle different thresholds for different types of Services from the same Jurisdiction? #25

Closed afomi closed 9 years ago

afomi commented 9 years ago

Solano County, CA has logical conditions in its Procurement logic related to amount and type of service. Does OpenProcure handle/track this? If so, how?

Source: http://www.solanocounty.com/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?blobid=12011

afomi commented 9 years ago

This https://github.com/munirent/openprocure/pull/24 is a great start!

Solano has 4 branches in its logic. I'm wondering if and how consistent these thresholds and conditions are across jurisdictions.

monkbroc commented 9 years ago

Thanks for the input Ryan!

This is a great example where to apply the vague threshold definitions I had in mind: below $10,000 for one written quote, above $25,000 for formal sealed bids. On Oct 13, 2015 6:15 PM, "Ryan Wold" notifications@github.com wrote:

This #24 https://github.com/munirent/openprocure/pull/24 is a great start!

Solano has 4 branches in its logic. I'm wondering if and how consistent these thresholds and conditions are across jurisdictions.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/munirent/openprocure/issues/25#issuecomment-147869631 .

alan707 commented 9 years ago

Ryan brings up a good point and something that is important to clearly explain. The data shows there is no universal consistency, but in most cases there are three thresholds:

up to $5,000 => no quotes required, can purchase direct.
$5,000 - $25,000 => informal bid, 3 quotes usually required - sometimes can be oral quotes
above $25,000 => formal bids

monkbroc commented 9 years ago

OK. You picked a different first threshold than me ($5k verbal quote vs $10k written quote) but we're all saying the same thing: there most often are 3 ranges, separated by 2 thresholds.

After I merge #24 we can work on clarifying what we think the thresholds should represent.

alan707 commented 9 years ago

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On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 7:10 PM, Julien Vanier notifications@github.com wrote:

OK. You picked a different first threshold than me ($5k verbal quote vs $10k written quote) but we're all saying the same thing: there most often are 3 ranges, separated by 2 thresholds.

After I merge #24 we can work on clarifying what we think the thresholds should represent.

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/munirent/openprocure/issues/25#issuecomment-147904226

alan707 commented 9 years ago

fixed by #24