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  Boyd Carswell June 7, 2013 at 7:47pm

  Stand by your price for the work as they will try to get you to do it as cheap as possible to increase their profit they don't care if you make a loss or not. Make sure they are covered under their insurance to employ sub contractors as if they are not it could lead to trouble if anything goes wrong.
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  Colin Hunt June 8, 2013 at 6:03am

  Dont put all of your eggs in one basket - they could drop you like a brick at any time. An old customer of mine, who was a very successful business man, gave me this advice when I gained my first large contract - 'never let one customer become more than 25% of your turnover'
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  Graham Parker June 8, 2013 at 10:40am

  Ensure you have strict payment terms in place or you could find yourself waiting months to get paid. Also ensure you have the right insurances in place to cover working as a subcontractor.
  If part of the contract involves schools or nursing homes be aware you will need to have all of your staff CRB checked.
  You may also be required to be CHAS registered and other forms of certificates.

  These all cost time and money to arrange so check on what is needed before tendering as these costs need to be built in.

  As Boyd says stick to your price there is no point in doing a job if you are not making money
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  Ramunas Barsauskas June 8, 2013 at 11:54am

  Thanks for all points we should be aware of, I am in position now where I would need support how to please this big company, and how to complete a pre-qualification questionnaire, we have only been contacted by them and still filling in all provided forms and preparing requested documentation, I need to know what are minimum needs to meet their needs and to comply for at least beginning stage to work. What licensed should we hold to start what insurances and etc. as this questionnaire covers maintenance, contraction and other very different types of services. We are only willing to work on Grounds maintenance contracts, no tree work, no construction or other services.
  Many thanks for your time and advice.
  Much appreciated!
  Ramunas
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  Brian www.mibservices.co.uk June 9, 2013 at 8:21pm

  PA1/PA6 definately, RAMS, and possibly 1-3 mil of PL. Lantra machine tickets will go in your favour too but probably not essential but they may push for them at a later stage.
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  Ramunas Barsauskas June 9, 2013 at 9:04pm

  Thanks Brian,
  This is what I am seeking at the moment. I need to know what minimum requirements to get started with them.
  Much appreciated advice from you all!!
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  Brian www.mibservices.co.uk June 9, 2013 at 9:40pm

  if you need a set of RAMS specifically for commercial grounds maintenance work pm me and i will send you a full pack for you to edit and use.
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  Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd June 9, 2013 at 9:45pm

  Brian. Would you be able to send me a copy of your RAMS? O would be happy to compare with what we have for our MOD work. Although we carry out no regular maintenance for the MOD, just remedial landscaping works.
  
  Nick.
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  Brian www.mibservices.co.uk June 9, 2013 at 10:03pm

  Hi Nick, yeah no probs. Got to send them to Stephen at SJS too so will send to all 3 members tomorrow nite when i get into office.
  
  Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd said:

  Brian. Would you be able to send me a copy of your RAMS? O would be happy to compare with what we have for our MOD work. Although we carry out no regular maintenance for the MOD, just remedial landscaping works.
  
  Nick.
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  Brian www.mibservices.co.uk June 13, 2013 at 8:16pm

  Stephen, Ramunas, Nick and Liam, I have emailed yous all over my RAMS docs.