Response the below post, you will be taking on the role of the manager and respond to your employees memo. Inform the employee as to what specific managerial decisions, conclusions, and/or judgments can you make from the information provided in that memo. Specifically, address the alternative bidding practices that the employee might be ok with using. Do not respond to a memo that has already received a managerial response.

Post:

Receipts: To the Manager

Subject: Addressing the issues in the bidding process

Dear Manager,

This is to bring to your notice that the bidding process of Kendahl is not appropriate. The prices quoted in the bid are not genuine .They have mentioned the prices in such a way that it will help them to win the contract. The bid quote is designed to win the contract. We should not allow kandahl to participate in the bidding process. This decision will help to drive ethical approach in the bid process.

If I were be in the kendahl, I will have issues personally, as the bid proposed for the contract is not ethical and it is being designed to win the contract with nonrealistic quotes. It will have impact on the kendahl. We should avoid the unethical practices.

The kendahl may explore the other bidding process which are being practices, but those are not ethical or at the boundaries of the ethics. These bidding options can be used because these approaches do not have adverse impact in the organization and are on the boundaries of the ethics.

By developing impartial specifications like not being focused on one particular contractor or product specification.

By Developing objective supplier selection criteria like not just focusing on the costs as the main driver. For example considering the user interface, functionality, Experience etc as other drivers to select the final contractor.

By opting online bidding where the names and specifications are not disclosed and are kept anonymous and just their bids are disclosed. It prevents favoritism