HPLC

Dovebid is a company that offers asset disposition and redeployment solutions to numerous government agencies, financial institutions and corporations around the world. These services maximize the companies’ capital assets value by sometimes millions of dollars. Highly specialized equipment, such as High Performance Liquid Chromatographs (HPLC), would have to be sold through industry specific auctions. Dovebid therefore provides the platform for these types of auctions to be held, and also provides many other value-added services to both buyers and sellers.

Many companies have their assets tied up in idle or surplus capital assets. These assets lower the value of the company by not being used, and also take up valuable warehouse space in some organizations. DoveBid’s redeployment service with technology called Assetzone identifies these idle and surplus assets. This asset deployment resource facilitates the use of an idle asset elsewhere in the organization where it is of value. An unused HPLC, for example, will not be providing value to a company.

If, however, the HPLC is visible throughout the organization, it may be identified as being needed in other operations within the company. This kind of asset management not only adds value to the company but could also save the company from purchasing equipment that it already has. Surplus or unneeded assets can then be transferred to another system or onto DoveBid’s public system to be marketed externally.

Dovebid offers sellers a complete asset preparation process that includes evaluating and cataloguing the items. An HPLC on auction could be digitally photographed for on-line auctions or for remote buyers to view online. Extensive marketing is also carried out. This is done through email and the Internet, as well as through print media such as newspapers, brochures and post cards.

Buyers who have specified that they are looking for specialized equipment such as an HPLC will receive email alerts when such items are up for sale or on auction. Webcast technology allows international buyers to bid on both in-line and on-location sites. Dovebid provides the value-added service of trained and experienced inspectors for those buyers who are unable to personally view the assets.

Another service offered by Dovebid is Auctionlease. This service is currently only available to US buyers and assets. Auctionlease assists buyers with the financing of assets that they wish to purchase. A buyer wishing to purchase or bid on an HPLC would benefit from Auctionlease in that it covers the total cost of the purchase, including sales tax and any other premium. Little or no down payment is required, which frees up the buyers existing credit options such that further acquisitions can be made. Auctionlease also increases buying power, increasing the chances of the buyer winning the bid on the equipment wanted.