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B/ESTIMATING AND QUANTITIES

Tender estimation, priced before the bid closes.

Send the tender documents and the closing date. We take off the quantities, price them on the schedule of rates or rate basis the tender uses, and return the estimate with its workings and a list of clarifications, so your team can decide the bid with time to spare.
Fastest delivery so far
Same day
State schedules on file
15
Traced to a drawing
Every line
Agreed up front
Fixed fee
B-01/WHAT YOU SEND, WHAT YOU GETSAMPLE
YOU SEND

The tender documents, the drawings and the closing date.

PDFTender documents and addendaDWGDrawingsXLSBOQ format, if the tender gives one
WE PREPARE

Our AI does the first pass and marks anything it isn’t sure of. An engineer resolves every marked item and signs the work off.

YOU GET

A priced estimate in the tender's own format, with rate build-ups, assumptions, exclusions and clarifications, signed off by an engineer.

TENDER ESTIMATE · ABSTRACT OF COSTSIGNED OFF
ITEMDESCRIPTIONUNITAMOUNT
1Earthwork in excavationm³18.4 L
2RCC M30 in substructurem³1.92 Cr
3Reinforcement, Fe 500Dt1.36 Cr
C-04Liner depth not statedClarify

ILLUSTRATIVE SAMPLE

B-02/WHAT'S INCLUDED04 PARTS
01

Quantities from the drawings

Every item measured from the tender drawings to the method of measurement the tender specifies, with the working for each.

02

Priced on the right schedule

Rates from the schedule of rates or data book the tender names, at the edition and cost index in force, with item numbers and page references.

03

Rate analysis where needed

Items the schedule doesn't cover built up from materials, labour and machinery, so non-schedule items are priced on a stated basis.

04

Clarifications with cost effects

Gaps and conflicts in the drawings listed with what each one does to the price, ready to raise at the pre-bid meeting or price as a risk.

B-03/HOW WE DO IT
  1. 01Read the tenderThe scope, the BOQ format, the measurement rules and the conditions that move price, such as material escalation, lead distances and who bears which risk.
  2. 02Take off the quantitiesEach item measured from the drawings, with the drawing and dimension it came from.
  3. 03Price on the scheduleEach item mapped to the exact schedule item, not a near match, and priced at the current edition.
  4. 04Check before it goesDrawing values re-read, rates and item mapping checked, and quantities recomputed. An engineer signs it off.
B-04/STANDARDS AND FORMATS
Schedules of ratesCPWD DSR, state PWD and irrigation schedules, water board and railway schedules
Data booksMoRTH Standard Data Book, CPWD Analysis of Rates
MeasurementIS 1200, MoRTH Section 100 and the measurement clauses of each specification
SpecificationsMoRTH Specifications for Road and Bridge Works, IRC codes, CPWD specifications

Working to something else? Tell us what your project uses and we’ll confirm it before we start.

B-05/FROM OUR WORKCASE STUDY
General arrangement drawing, longitudinal elevation of a six-span bridge on bored pilesA 150 m river bridge, estimated from one drawingA 150 m bridge priced on a Public Works Department schedule from one drawing, the same day, with 23 clarifications.Read the case study
B-06/QUESTIONS05

Questions about tender estimation

Send a project

It depends on the size of the package and the state of the drawings. Our fastest so far was a bridge estimate from one drawing on the same day. Tell us the closing date when you send the documents and we'll confirm whether we can meet it.

Yes. We price on the schedule of rates or data book the tender names, at the edition in force, and build up a rate analysis for anything the schedule doesn't cover.

Yes. If the tender gives a BOQ template, the estimate is delivered in it, with our workings and rate build-ups alongside.

No. We give you the priced estimate and its basis. Your team decides the margin, the discount and whether to bid.

Yes. We're happy to sign one before you share the tender documents.
B-07/ALSO IN ESTIMATING