Blank priced breakdown template
The document that accompanies a lump-sum bid, with its numbering and computed amounts.
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What the file contains
- A numbering column, to name a line unambiguously.
- Per-line computed amount and grand total, formulas included.
- A wide description column, sized for a full sentence.
A priced breakdown details a price already settled. Its role is not to discover the amount but to make it readable: to show the client how the lump sum splits, and to serve as the basis for a variation if the brief changes. Hence the numbering, which lets a line be named unambiguously in a letter.
The quantities are indicative since the price is firm, but they commit your analysis: a variation will be argued on them, and an obviously wrong quantity weakens the whole document. Better to hold them from a traceable takeoff than to round them by eye.
Frequently asked questions
Priced breakdown or estimated schedule, which to attach?
It depends on the contract form: lump sum means a priced breakdown; unit rates with call-off orders mean a schedule of rates plus an estimated schedule. The tender rules state it, and getting it wrong is grounds for rejection.
Should you break down to supply and installation?
Only if the tender asks for it. Breaking down more than needed exposes your margins to line-by-line negotiation; breaking down less than asked gets the bid rejected. Read the rules before choosing your granularity.
And where do the quantities come from?
That is the column the template cannot fill for you. FloorScan pulls it from the PDF plan and exports it into a workbook of the same shape.