Does Bumble Roofing currently charge a fee to evaluate an alternative supplier?
Bumble_Roofing Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
in our Operations Manual.
Approved suppliers and specifications and standards are determined based on the current needs for operating Roofing Businesses. If we have a designated supplier for any product and you want to purchase a product from a supplier that does not appear on our designated supplier list or use a product that is not on our approved-product list, you must first furnish us samples of the product from the supplier, together with as much information as you can gather about the product's composition, properties and intended uses; the results of lab and field tests on its use; the manufacture's location, years in business, quality control standards and warranty policies; and such other information as we request. We may evaluate designated suppliers based on price, service, quality, warranty, delivery terms, and other commercially reasonable benchmarks. Any preferred or required suppliers will be specified in the Operations Manual. We may establish procedures for approving alternative required suppliers you recommend (including alternative suppliers for Required Items) based on the criteria described above. We will notify you within 90 days of your request to evaluate an alternative supplier of our approval or disapproval of that supplier. Currently, we do not charge a fee to evaluate an alternative supplier, but we reserve the right to charge a fee in the future, which will not exceed $200 per request. We reserve the right to require you to reimburse us for our costs and expenses in connection with evaluating the supplier. We may revoke our approval of any supplier with 30 days' p
Source: Item 8 — RESTRICTIONS ON SOURCES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (FDD pages 27–29)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bumble Roofing's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, currently, there is no fee to evaluate an alternative supplier. However, Bumble Roofing reserves the right to charge a fee in the future, which will not exceed $200 per request. Bumble Roofing also reserves the right to require franchisees to reimburse them for costs and expenses in connection with evaluating the supplier.
If a Bumble Roofing franchisee wants to purchase a product from a supplier that is not on Bumble Roofing's designated supplier list or use a product that is not on the approved-product list, the franchisee must furnish Bumble Roofing with samples of the product from the supplier. The franchisee must also provide as much information as possible about the product's composition, properties, intended uses, the results of lab and field tests on its use, the manufacturer's location, years in business, quality control standards, and warranty policies, and any other information Bumble Roofing requests.
Bumble Roofing will evaluate designated suppliers based on price, service, quality, warranty, delivery terms, and other commercially reasonable benchmarks. Bumble Roofing will notify the franchisee within 90 days of the request to evaluate an alternative supplier of its approval or disapproval of that supplier. Bumble Roofing may revoke its approval of any supplier with 30 days' prior written notice to the franchisee.