IBM1003 - Problem 1 Better Boat Bunks(BBB) is a boat lift company, located in Lakeshore, Ontario Canada and has hired your purchasing team to source all the parts and components for their boat and PWC (Personal Water Craft) lifts. The lifts are designed to accommodate boats from 14' long to 26' long and all sizes of PWC's. The lifts raise the boats out of the water for protection. The appeal to customers is that the lifts are interchangeable with boat sizes, meaning that this one model can be shortened and/or lengthened in order to suit any size boat in their length range. The lift system is easy to use by one person and can be automated if the customer's request the addition. BBB's strength is aluminum fabrication and has the capability to make all the aluminum parts (legs, crank wheels, brackets and braces) in their facility. The company usually fabricates 200 bunks (units) in a production run. The aluminum bunk frame is made from 16 pieces that are cut from an aluminum tube 1.5"SQ x .188"thick x 16' long. The crank wheel is 3/8" thick round aluminum tube with a 18" diameter cut and bent from a 10' tube Note: The aluminum components are made by BBB, but they must buy the aluminum to make these parts. The following list of components is the focus of your Purchase Requisition: Component/Part #/Feet length for full production run of 200 lifts Specifications 1. Round Aluminum Tube (6061 Grade) 22,600 3/8" diameter x 10' for Crank Wheel tube to be bent to 18" radius circle 2. Square Aluminum Tube (6061 Grade) 25,600 1.5 " SQ x .188" thick x 16' long frame tube 3. Plastic (PVC) Wheels (4 per bunk) 800 12" diameter PVC wheels to provide for mobility of bunk 4. Marine Grade Carpet 38,400 Square feet of carpet for to cover both of the two supports on one lift 5. Pressure Treated Lumber for bunk (under carpet) 400 2" x 6" x 16' pressure treated lumber (to be cut in (1' x 3' x 8') for PWC) for bunks 6. Galvanized bolts 26.000 0.5" x 3" galvanized bolts for assembly 7. Galvanized nuts 26,000 0.5 " galvanized bolts for assembly 8. Galvanized washers 26,000 0.5 " galvanized washers for assembly Your purchasing team's assignment is to prepare the following for your General Manager to consider with respect to the possible purchase of the above items: 1. An RFQ to two (2) potential suppliers to purchase each of the components/parts noted in the table above. NOTE A: Develop and Print EACH RFQ on a separate sheet of paper. NOTE B: you will be able to purchase items 1&2 from the same supplier NOTE C: you will be able to purchase items 6-7-8 from the same supplier 2. To identify and explain what your team considers as a "qualified" source. In other words, what criteria are you using to qualify your sources as suppliers that will meet your requirements. 3. Make any recommendations as to how this purchase can be a more "effective buy". NOTE: The potential suppliers CANNOT be a Retailer. You are a manufacturer, who is selling to Retailers and end users. Make sure your criteria and recommendations are related to this scenario and are NOT generic in nature