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11) On page 20, section 6.3 part 5 clearly states that "All bids must comply with and not deviate. . . 11 . 1 wanted to point out to you that the RFB does address these type of issues and requirements, and also specifies instructions on how to bid, and defines the consequences if specifications and requests are not met. Section 6.3, part 6 also addresses changes to the bid. Mr. Anderson has verbally offered many changes to the bid. Part 6 clearly defines the result of changes to the bid. 12) on page 21, section 6.8 explains bidder' s experience. While I do not have an issue with the experience of Total Register Systems, I do have concerns with their ability to properly carry out the specifications of the RFB. In my opinion, Total Register Systems has not demonstrated and documented their expertise in the areas of communication and system configuration that was required in our RFB. The system that I specified in our RFB called for a file server configuration which allows any transactions and inventory information to be accessed from any location for the other location, automatically. To the best of my knowledge, Total Registers Systems package does not operate in this fashion. I am not fully satisfied that they have documented or demonstrated this configuration in their bid, or with any installation at the locations of the references supplied. 13) The references that Total Register Systems has . supplied with their bid list seven multi-store installations. Of the seven, three operate under the version that is proposed in our bid. I spoke with Mr. Anderson about the communication that those three used. Mr. Anderson informed me that two of the three were not communicating from store to store. Mr. Anderson stated that the third reference was, and gave me the name of the contact person. I have yet to contact them. Three of the remaining references are using an older version of the software. According to Mr. Anderson, two of those three do not communicate between stores. The remaining reference communicates by modem from City Hall to the stores. They use that function to update files and new items. The last reference given -is using version 2 software. I believe that version is to outdated to warrant a reference check. I had the opportunity to speak with 'other Liquor' Operations Managers as well as Liquor Store Managers in the area. All of the discussions were informal in nature. In my conversations with other people in the liquor industry, my preference for the system proposed by Retail Data Systems was reinforced. User friendliness, appearance of printed reports and communication ability were some of the areas that Retail Data Systems had the best features and abilities. 5