schedule of rates help

[jose]

Been asked by a company i do work for to produce a schedule of rates for them, which is a bit of a pain because a lot of the work requires a lot of traveling, plus we have a relaxed relationship were we often go out of way to help them/ advise them on tree issues which we dont get paid for.

 

Has anybody got any links to a general kind of layout for one?

Been looking around but not had much luck.

 

Many thanks

[martwizz]

I cant link it, but the SOR for a company i have worked for previously is literally a list of works specifications with a price on the right hand side. For example

 

Small fell - £50

Medium fell - £100

Large Fell - £200

Small 30% reduction - £25

Medium 30% reduction - £100

 

And so on. Obvioulsy the amount of specifications you list is up to you, you may want particularly prices for each job where brush is stacked or chipped on site, for example.

 

Or have an additional SOR price for long drags?

 

Anyway, there isnt much of a layout. The one i used also included the previous years' prices, which i assume wouldnt apply to you.

[ben lightfoot]

Schedule of rates really only work for highway works as generally the drag doesn't change. Company i used to work for based there work on dbh so 0-15 16-30 31-45 etc and then your price per tree dependant on works. Sometimes you will win and sometimes you lose though thats the problem

[likeitorlumpit]

makes me laugh really

Perhaps a sliding scale

[Paul Barton]

Been asked by a company i do work for to produce a schedule of rates for them, which is a bit of a pain because a lot of the work requires a lot of traveling, plus we have a relaxed relationship were we often go out of way to help them/ advise them on tree issues which we dont get paid for.

 

Has anybody got any links to a general kind of layout for one?

Been looking around but not had much luck.

 

Many thanks

 

You should ask them for a list of operations to assign your rates to - it's how most tenders work.

 

Be careful to ask for clarification on any ambiguous specs and perhaps add a caveat or minimum hourly/daily rate for items which aren't on the list.

[Tom D]

Scheduling rates for tree work is a nightmare... for obvious reasons, access, targets etc....

Don't aim too high, for every nightmare tree there will be 5 that will be easy peasy.

[DN22 Gardening]

we do the odd nationwide service for a transport firm who specialise in abmormal loads.

 

alot of the time its escorting a load along a route and tidying any broken branches etc.

 

we have an hourly rate per man, from the door.

a mileage figure for each truck, including extra rates for towing the chipper

chipper, inc trailer

a maximum working day, after which, if its a certain distance from base, lodgings are payable.

the list goes on and on

 

i based mine on a quote i got from a large groundworks firm whom i asked for a quote for some remedial work to the footpath.

they charged for everything down to the last nut and bolt, their day rates were frightening to look at.

a 360 driver, no machine, was £180 per 8 hrs, the machine a further £240 per 8 hrs

the best one was "hire of any specialist equipment" which boiled down to anything hired in. the charge was Speedyhire's catalogue prices plus 25% !!!!!

 

we give a list of standard kit we're sending

 

2- MS341's

2- MS200t's

1- Pole saw

2- Climbing kits

etc

 

anything above this has a day rate for hire

 

880's go out at £50 per day (but not yet needed one )

 

 

 

just make sure you list for every contingency, including cancelation fees, we forgot this one originally and after having a couple of jobs cancelled the night before they were due, we had a chat with the contracts manager who agreed a small fee. not much, but better than nowt

[jose]

thanks for the repleys guys.

 

Dont you just hate it when people start picking holes in a good relationship!

We have a good thing going, always treat the company fair, only a couple of times they questioned out prices, got another quote in only to fine on one we were 50% cheaper, the other was not far off that either!

 

Oh well.