Contractors eSource Launches Auction Service.MENLO PARK Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 1999-- An online auction service designed to help contractors and suppliers quickly move surplus construction materials and equipment has been announced by Donald Donald (Domnall, Domhnall, Dumhnuil, Dónall) is an anglicized version of a Scottish or Irish Gaelic personal name, containing the elements dumno "world" and val "rule", viz. "ruler of the world". Compare Dumnorix. McNamara Mc·Na·mar·a , Robert Strange Born 1916. American public official who served as U.S. secretary of defense (1961-1968) during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. , chief executive officer of Contractors eSource (www.contractorsesource.com). The new service is a supplement to the company's core business of supplying contractors with multiple competitive quotes for construction equipment and materials via the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , McNamara said. Adam Kaiser has been named director of auction service, the announcement noted. Kaiser said the new service is already available to the more than 40,000 participating suppliers and contractors registered with the firm. Registration is free and new members are welcome to join and participate in both the auction and the RFQ RFQ Request For Quote RFQ Request For Quotation RFQ Request for Qualifications (part of a potential client's preliminary selection process) RFQ Radio Frequency Quadrupole (accelerator technology) services of Contractors eSource. Kaiser also observed that "participating contractors and suppliers will make our new auction service the fastest, easiest way to turn leftover materials and unwanted equipment into cash." Posting items for the auction is free. Sellers pay a 2 percent fee when the item is sold. To post an item for sale, visit www.contractorsesource.com and click on the auction image. Use your existing Contractors eSource user name and password if you have them. Otherwise you may complete the free registration at this time. You may also telephone 650/617-8920 if you wish. |
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