RFQ
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Purchasing Manual
ALLETE Website
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Acronym for Request for Quotation.

What is RFQ?

100

Purchasing employee who has been given authority to commit the Company to purchases of material and services. Authorized to commit to purchases within their approval limit.

What is Buyer

100

This singer is known as the Queen of Pop.

Who is Madonna?

100

Name (3) appropriate examples of when an internal PO can be used

What are payments for 1) Insurance, 2) Landowner Payments, 3) Payroll, 4) Taxes, 5) Utility Bills

100

These are all ALLETE businesses.  

Who are Minnesota Power, ALLETE Clean Energy, SWLP, New Energy Equity, and BNI Energy? 

200

The amount on which competitive bids are required.

What is $50,000?

200

Shall be used when changing the contract price, when the sum of FWA’s exceed $50,000, for engineering/ design changes, when changing the scope of work or changes made to contractual dates.

What is Change Order

200

(Daily Double) "To be or not to be" is a famous line from this Shakespeare play.

What is Hamlet?

200

Global Tranz is to be utilized when freight exceeds this amount of weight

What is 150 pounds

200

(Daily Double) The number of ALLETE Board of Directors in 2025.

What is 10?

300

Document needed if there is only one source and there are no other competitors.

What is a sole source letter?

300

Oracle responsibility where purchase requisitions can be entered and where users can view their purchase orders, invoices, receipts, payments, and advance ship notices.

What is iprocurement

300

This planet is known as the Red Planet

What is Mars?   

300

Requests for CTS software and hardware should be submitted to this location

What is ALLETE Hub

300

The number of residents served by Minnesota Power.

What is 150,000? 

400

Name at least two parts or pieces to an RFQ

What are specifications, drawings, scope of work, general terms and conditions, payment terms, pricing schedule, attachments, schedule

400

Purchasing will handle the order within two to three business days

What is priority

400

This purchase doubled the size of the United States in 1803.

What is the Louisiana Purchase?

400

Requirements in order to award to related parties, regardless of dollar value. (Name 2 of the 3)

What is 1) Be quoted, 2) have management approval, 3) meet all purchase order requirements (contract, insurance, 1099R)?

400

Partners named in ALLETE's proposed transaction recently approved by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin.

Who are Canada Pension Plan Investment (CPP Investments) and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP)?

500

Factors may be considered other than pricing in an RFQ

What are 1) ability to meet specification requirements, 2) Ability to meet timeline, 3) Availability of equipment necessary to complete work, 4) Previous record of performance, 5) Financial stability, 6) Cyber security requirements

500

Information that is not public knowledge (such as certain financial data, test results or trade secrets) and that is viewed as the property of the holder.

What is Proprietary Information

500

He is known for his horror novels, including “Carrie” and “The Shining.”

Who is Stephen King.

500

Agreement outside of Purchasing's Procurement Authority

What are contracts, proposals, or agreements that 1) have no dollar value and 2) are not associated with a PO

500

The quarterly dividend per share of ALLETE stock on April 25, 2025.

What is 73 cents?