Sourcing Agent to Find Factories for a Steel Rod Stiffener (Hardware)
Budget: $100 – $150 NZD
PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU BID
AI-written bids will be rejected immediately. We want to hear from you, in your own words, even if English is not your first language. Plain, imperfect English from a real person is worth far more to us than a polished bid written by a machine.
Video bids will be prioritised heavily and awarded quickly. A short video of you talking about this job puts you straight to the front of the queue.
If you do not have the attention to detail to read this notice, your bid will be rejected.
ABOUT US AND THE PART
We are a New Zealand manufacturer of seismic restraint and building-services suspension products. One of our steel components, threaded-rod stiffeners, currently comes through a local distributor, and we want to buy direct from the manufacturer to improve cost and secure supply. Volume is ongoing and repeats.
The product:
- A steel rod stiffener used with threaded rod (all-thread) in building services and seismic bracing. It fits onto the rod to stiffen it against buckling.
- It suits M10 to M12 threaded rod. The size we currently buy is marked M12 x 9 x 40.
- Two finishes: zinc-plated (electro-galvanized) and hot-dip galvanized (HDG).
- Unbranded / OEM parts (we re-label), so no branding is required.
- A standard off-the-shelf part. No custom tooling is needed. Reference photos are attached.
WHAT WE NEED YOU TO DO
1. Find 5 to 8 genuine manufacturers that already make this part and can export to New Zealand. We are open to China, India, Vietnam, Taiwan, Turkey, Malaysia, Thailand or anywhere else you have good factory relationships.
2. For each supplier, gather: company name and location; years in business; whether they can export; the product details and photos they provide; MOQ; EXW and CIF unit price; lead time; payment terms; and sample availability and cost.
3. Quote pricing at 3,000 and 10,000 units per order, in both zinc and HDG, showing the price breaks.
4. Note any concerns about a supplier and how you checked them.
Deliverable: a short comparison sheet of the shortlisted suppliers with the details above, so we can decide who to work with.
As a price guide, we are targeting about USD 0.28 per unit ex-works for the zinc-plated part, with HDG somewhat higher.
This is an initial scoping project. If it goes well, we expect ongoing sourcing and quality-control work.
AI-written bids will be rejected immediately. We want to hear from you, in your own words, even if English is not your first language. Plain, imperfect English from a real person is worth far more to us than a polished bid written by a machine.
Video bids will be prioritised heavily and awarded quickly. A short video of you talking about this job puts you straight to the front of the queue.
If you do not have the attention to detail to read this notice, your bid will be rejected.
ABOUT US AND THE PART
We are a New Zealand manufacturer of seismic restraint and building-services suspension products. One of our steel components, threaded-rod stiffeners, currently comes through a local distributor, and we want to buy direct from the manufacturer to improve cost and secure supply. Volume is ongoing and repeats.
The product:
- A steel rod stiffener used with threaded rod (all-thread) in building services and seismic bracing. It fits onto the rod to stiffen it against buckling.
- It suits M10 to M12 threaded rod. The size we currently buy is marked M12 x 9 x 40.
- Two finishes: zinc-plated (electro-galvanized) and hot-dip galvanized (HDG).
- Unbranded / OEM parts (we re-label), so no branding is required.
- A standard off-the-shelf part. No custom tooling is needed. Reference photos are attached.
WHAT WE NEED YOU TO DO
1. Find 5 to 8 genuine manufacturers that already make this part and can export to New Zealand. We are open to China, India, Vietnam, Taiwan, Turkey, Malaysia, Thailand or anywhere else you have good factory relationships.
2. For each supplier, gather: company name and location; years in business; whether they can export; the product details and photos they provide; MOQ; EXW and CIF unit price; lead time; payment terms; and sample availability and cost.
3. Quote pricing at 3,000 and 10,000 units per order, in both zinc and HDG, showing the price breaks.
4. Note any concerns about a supplier and how you checked them.
Deliverable: a short comparison sheet of the shortlisted suppliers with the details above, so we can decide who to work with.
As a price guide, we are targeting about USD 0.28 per unit ex-works for the zinc-plated part, with HDG somewhat higher.
This is an initial scoping project. If it goes well, we expect ongoing sourcing and quality-control work.