FREE sourcing support, up to 3%. Eligibility applies to qualified business buyers and is confirmed after we review your product, quantity, destination, and sourcing requirements.

Independent sourcing service. ForgeSource Sourcing is not pac van and is not affiliated with pac van. ForgeSource Sourcing does not claim authorized dealer status.

ForgeSource Sourcing Responsibility Boundary

The desk writes questions, sends them to factories, and lines the answers up. Structural acceptance, permitting, and the contract award stay with the buyer and the professionals the buyer appoints.

Review RFQ Checklist
  1. Use
  2. Dimensions
  3. Loads
  4. Jurisdiction
  5. Quantity
  6. Destination
Procurement desk with specification binders and a site photograph

How a comparison file moves

  1. 01

    Capture the reference search

    The buyer names the product family being compared. That name is a reference, not an instruction to obtain that brand.

  2. 02

    Split use from format

    Office, storage, welfare, or teaching space is written separately from container, trailer, volumetric, or panelized format.

  3. 03

    Record loads and jurisdiction

    Known criteria are copied. Unknown criteria are labeled unknown so a later quote cannot pretend they were given.

  4. 04

    Label the scope boundary

    Shell, delivered, installed, and turnkey are four labels. A reply that mixes them is sent back for a restatement.

  5. 05

    Normalize the commercial lines

    Currency, quantity, destination, freight, and taxes are aligned before anyone reads the bottom figure.

  6. 06

    Leave deviations visible

    Substitutions in hot-rolled steel, cold-formed steel, or enclosure stay on a deviation list until the buyer accepts them.

What the desk will and will not say

No brand supply claim

The service compares alternatives. It does not state that a referenced brand can be purchased here.

No plant ownership claim

Factories remain independent parties. Their capacity is whatever they confirm in writing for that inquiry.

No borrowed certificates

IAS AC472, ISO 9001, or a welding code is asked for as a document on the quoted system, not displayed as ours.

No invented savings

The desk does not publish a percentage advantage. Buyers compare the normalized lines themselves.

Buyer keeps the award

Commercial acceptance, insurance, and site safety plans are buyer decisions after the quotations return.

Open items stay open

Missing wind exposure category or an undecided foundation interface is listed, not smoothed over.

Start from the boundary, then request quotations

If the responsibility split is clear, send the brief. If it is not, use the procurement roadmap to see which choices are still open.

Request Factory Quotes Open the roadmap