Quote alignment
ArcField Sourcing lines up alternative quotations so a chief buildings search can be turned into comparable factory offers. This desk does not claim authorized dealer status and does not sell that brand.
Each supplier is asked to price the same use, geometry, loads, quantity, destination and responsibility split. Missing lines stay visible. A lower unit figure that drops freight, anchor design or installation is not treated as the same purchase.
Ask every respondent to list primary frame, secondary framing, purlins, girts, bracing, flange braces, roof panels and wall panels. Hot-rolled columns and rafters are not interchangeable with a cold-formed system just because the outside dimensions look similar. If a crane beam or mezzanine is required, it needs its own line, a stated design live load, and a bay spacing such as 25 ft rather than an assumed module.
Single-skin panel, liner and insulated metal panel change weight, thermal transmittance and fire discussion. Request the assembly R-value or U-value and the standard the supplier used. A color sample is useful only when the coating specification and the production plant are named with it.
Destination ZIP code, access limits, unloading and a crane lift plan belong in the commercial comparison. Taxes, duties and installation either have amounts or are marked excluded. Partial shipments need a written acceptance. A budget can be per building or for the whole order, in a named currency, and it stays a buyer target.
| Geometry and loads | |
|---|---|
| Footprint and eave height | Length, width, eave height, roof slope and bay spacing in the buyer unit system. |
| Clear span | State whether interior columns are allowed and where a clear span is mandatory. |
| Site criteria | Wind speed in mph, wind exposure category, ground snow load in psf, seismic design category, or an explicit assumption such as 115 mph and 30 psf. |
| Commercial boundary | |
| Scope label | Shell, delivered, installed or turnkey, with exclusions listed under the label. |
| Foundation interface | Who designs reactions, who supplies anchor bolts, and who installs them. |
| Documents | Drawings, calculations and weld information tied to the quoted system, not to a brand homepage. |
Materials, engineering, freight, tax, duty, unloading, installation and optional doors should not be blended into one unexplained total. A shell number and an installed number answer different purchases.
Name the project location and the authority having jurisdiction, then ask the supplier to state the code edition assumed. IBC or IRC applicability is a project question. This desk does not certify compliance.
Request general arrangement, reactions, a material list and the coating specification for the panels offered. If welding is included, ask how AWS D1.1 is addressed for that work. A certificate must name the plant and the system.
Only after transport envelope, site assembly and finish level are written. A volumetric module and a panelized or rigid-frame package move and install differently. Compare them as alternatives with visible differences, not as identical SKUs.
The note should let two factories answer the same building. Include use, dimensions, loads, jurisdiction, quantity, destination and the scope label you want priced.
Qualified business buyers
Eligibility applies to qualified business buyers and is confirmed after we review your product, quantity, destination, and sourcing requirements.