Construction Tender Pricing Guide South Africa
A disciplined tender-pricing process for South African contractors covering scope, quantities, direct cost, statutory cost, preliminaries, risk, cash flow and review.
Resolve scope before pricing
Read drawings, specifications, schedules, conditions and clarifications together. Record assumptions and exclusions, and raise contradictions through the prescribed process.
Build transparent direct costs
Price labour productivity, materials, waste, plant, transport and subcontract work using traceable quotations and realistic production assumptions.
Include the cost of running the project
Supervision, temporary facilities, security, safety, quality, testing, insurances, guarantees, programme obligations and close-out requirements can materially affect price.
Price statutory and commercial exposure
Account for applicable wage obligations, contributions, taxes, payment delay, retention, escalation rules, financing and contract risk. Obtain professional advice where required.
Complete an independent review
Check quantities, rates, arithmetic, exclusions, subcontract comparisons, cash flow and returnables. Challenge unusually low rates before approval.
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