07-10-2015, 11:21 PM
(07-10-2015, 10:55 PM)Canard Wrote: A little too vague for my liking! That's what I was getting at. It doesn't show any detail at all, really.
We just had to replace our furnace. Our HVAC guy said "I'd recommend this one." I said "OK" and they put it in. I don't know anything about it, but I know it works. Is that how this is?
A bit simplistic, but yes, that is more like how it is than not assuming a normal contract of this sort (I haven't really looked at GrandLinq documents specifically. It can definitely be argued both ways, and Vancouver's got plenty of stories of how it can go wrong, but a good deal of why contractors are brought in in this way is so that the municipalities don't have to go over every detail or be especially expert in designing something that will be once or twice in a career for their own staff.