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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I am writing up a RFP tender and one of the criteria is “local supply of spares”. The definition of local is alas “from a supplied based in [state]”,
rather than “in hand”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Whilst I can keep a stock at hand from fs.com, I don’t believe it passes muster by that definition
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I have some good replies off-list now, so will compile and post at a later date.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">AusNOG <ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net> on behalf of Robert Hudson <hudrob@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 6 December 2016 at 10:13 am<br>
<b>To: </b>Andrew Khoo <andrew@6net.com.au><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net" <ausnog@lists.ausnog.net><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [AusNOG] SFP+ supplier (2017 edition)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Do you really need local, or do you just need fast delivery (and define how fast)?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">On 6 Dec 2016 10:00 AM, "Andrew Khoo" <<a href="mailto:andrew@6net.com.au">andrew@6net.com.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">which suppliers in Sydney and/or Melbourne would you folks recommend at present?
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">looking for folks that carry locally a range of 10, 40 and 100 LRs.<o:p></o:p></p>
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