Committee meeting on 9/25/2012 to review proposals.
Attendees: Kim, Sigrid, Joe, Ed
On 9/4/2012, Joe sent the Request for quote to: Amerigas, Suburban, Ferrell, Kamps and Pacific propane, Coast, Northern, Dassel's and Mountain all stated they give ALL their customers great prices and service and couldn't give a lower price to the group [and did not want to receive the RFP].
Two quotes were received by the deadline: Suburban and Ferril. No other vendor elected to bid (not waiting on anyone).
After reviewing both quotes, the committee unanimously agreed to move forward with Ferril’s proposal.
We will post Ferril’s proposal to the Google Group. In Short:
Example: Current Dassles price per gallon is $2.53/gallon. Ferrel’s quote would result is $1.64/gallon (85 cents over wholesale which was .79). Average tank size is a about 200 gallons resulting in a savings of 89 cents per gallon * 200 gallons is $178.
Committee is still discussing how to manage membership fees and will have a decision within the week. Likelyhood is that we will ask for a $15 “donation” to cover: Website fees, subscription to the Propane newletter so we can check the wholesale propane price, and leftover to go do local charities.