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What To Include In A Commercial Maitenance Quote?

Posted by Cesare Harradine on July 23, 2010 at 3:39pm in Business
Apart from the basics of schedule of works, terms and conditions and a price(obviously) what else should be included in a commercial quote. For example risk assesments, proof of public/employers liability, copies of and certificates eg. PA6, methods of work. I mention that these can be supplied on request but should they be included with the quote?Some of these are time consuming to get together and you don't want a lot of sensitive information floating around other peoples offices where it could be put to misuse.On a related topic, what kind of terms and conditions do you put in. I started with the basic commonsense ones twenty years ago, but as issues have come up, Ive written them in to my T&C. It's now running to three sides of A4 in small print. I'm wondering if this could be a put off.I want to show I've got all the bases covered, but, I don't want to submit a quote the size of a telephone directory.Any thoughts?
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Tags: assesments, commercial, conditions, information, methods, quotes, risk, tender, terms
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  • Kieran Ray July 23, 2010 at 3:49pm
    I personaly would submit a price and my terms, then if asked for I would then submit what was asked for.
  • Dan Frazer Gardening July 23, 2010 at 4:02pm
    As Kieran says, don't make life more complicated than it needs to be!
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    Paul @ Ashgate Garden Care July 23, 2010 at 9:56pm
    I usually put a copy of my insurance and waste carriers licence in with the quote and if its a politically correct organisation my environmental, H & S and equal opportunity policies all of which were cut and pasted off the web.

    On the quote as well as the price I specify the work in as much detail so as to allow no 'could you just' wriggle room and state that anything over and above is chargeable.

    I've got my T & C's down to a page. I try and keep it simple. ie payment terms, right of access, cancellation, not removing any waste I did not create.

    I've never been asked for my pesticides or chainsaw certificates. I doubt most of the folks receiving the quotes know what they are anyway.
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