As an engineer one of my task is to prepare or revise prepared technical specifications . Sorry if you are fresh engineer or procurement personnel you may not be familiar with the term .
Technical Specification - means the details of what material you are trying to buy .
For example if you are planning to buy lamp you will check :-
- the wattage , the light type ,
- fitness to the lamp holder you have ,
- the mounting technique ,wall mounted or other
- the quality or brand and finally compare the prices .
Similarly for buying contractual based or shelf item shopping you have to have detail technical specification. You can get from international standards, company catalogues , Manufacturers and compare the best product specification.
Lessons learned :-
Do not copy specifications that you do not know at least half of the qualities pros/cons
Find trusted source ;- google search brings different sources specially the market like amazon, alibab but rather choose specific brands and compare.
Check other bid or tenders from trusted source like World bank ,UNDB, UN Online and other similar posted bid documents
Use standard references like IEC ,IEEE, or local references like Ethiopian Standards Agency which are good for comparing
Look for the latest products based on year or other methods
Look for Researches and patents related to the products ,google provides the patents of products ,ideas, designs for free. Patent documents are great way to understand about product sometimes much more than Wikipedia.
If you want to compare specification ,model and price then shopping websites are the best choice.
Here are sample technical specifications for lamp ,i used the above lessons to find best one.
- Philips Smart LED lamp - detail specification
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