RFQ Awarded
Thank you for taking the time to quote our parts. If it is alright I will keep you on my contact list to quote future jobs.
I awarded the job to a local Northern California machine shop that I am confident will supply the consistent quality parts I am looking for. I had narrowed down my top list to four shops that I had done a least a little home work on and felt comfortable that all four shops would be very capable of producing consistent quality parts for a competitive price. In the end the deciding factor was price. There were shops with significantly lower priced quotes, but I did not feel as comfortable with them.
My initial order is going to be 100 parts and with any luck following orders will be of 250+. The price range I received was from the mid $4s for the pair to high $60s for the pair at the 100pc quantity. The price I will be getting for the pair at 100pc will be in the low teens and for 500 pc orders will be under ten for the pair.
I really hate for the decision to come down to just price, but I really would have been happy choosing any of the four shops that were on top of my list. So, it had to come down to price.
Thanks again for taking the time to quote this job.