Can we make these Fairino FR10 proposals comparable? - packing tray loading

JoAllen0331 · 26 Aug 2026, 17:06 UTC

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JoAllen0331
The Fairino FR10 quote looked manageable for our packing tray loading cell with a small retail carton in a small end-of-line packing area, with 184 planned. Now presentation fixtures, guarding and training are going into the estimate. I need to compare complete proposals, but some costs are still unknown. The total keeps wriggling away.

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RaviBell0650
Replying to JoAllen0331

@JoAllen0331 Do the proposals assign carton presentation to the same party? That's an easy scope difference to miss when the totals look comparable.

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JoAllen0331
Replying to RaviBell0650

@RaviBell0650 I've found carton presentation included in one offer and assigned to us in the other. Once I account for our share, the apparent price difference reduces substantially.

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RaviBell0650
Replying to JoAllen0331

Make a shared scope table: who supplies each item, quoted cost, and any unknown allowance. Add your internal work, then compare totals for that same scope.

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JoAllen0331
Replying to RaviBell0650

@RaviBell0650 Should an unknown go in as zero with a note? Otherwise I feel like I'm making up a price.

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