Signage tendering
Signage tendering and scope review for commercial projects
Signage is often a small line in a tender that touches many documents. QR Pack It reviews the drawings, specifications and signage schedule, carries out takeoffs and prices the works, so signage can be tendered against a scope that has actually been checked.
What we do at tender stage
Tender and scope review
Your drawings and requirements are reviewed before anything is priced. Differences between the drawings, specification and signage schedule are raised so they can be clarified.
Takeoffs
Each signage type is measured and counted from the documents, so the price reflects what the project actually needs.
Pricing
The works are priced against your specific scope and specifications, not from a catalogue.
Proposal
You receive a considered proposal for the signage scope that can be carried into your tender submission.
What to send us
The more of the following you can provide, the more precisely the scope can be reviewed and priced:
- Architectural and signage drawings, including any wayfinding or signage layout plans.
- The signage schedule, if the project has one.
- Specifications covering signage materials, finishes and requirements.
- Tender documents and the tender closing date, if applicable.
- Project name and location, with a short description of the scope of works.
Documents can be uploaded as PDFs through Submit a Project. If something is missing, tell us what you do have and we'll let you know what we need.
What scope review looks for
Signage requirements are rarely held in one place. Scope review reads the documents against each other rather than pricing from a single source, looking for:
- Signage shown on drawings but missing from the schedule, or the reverse.
- Quantities or sign types that differ between documents.
- Specification requirements for finishes, fixing, illumination or accessibility that affect price.
- Signage categories the tender includes but the project team has not yet described in detail.
Resolving these before pricing is cheaper than resolving them after award, which is the main reason to involve a signage coordinator at tender stage rather than after.
Who uses signage tender support
Builders and head contractors pricing a project, developers assembling a budget, and fitout contractors responding to a tenancy tender all need a signage figure they can rely on. Architects and design teams can also send documentation for review where the signage scope needs to be understood before it goes to tender.
When QR Pack It becomes involved
Before the tender closes, ideally as soon as the signage documentation is available. If you have a closing date, include it with your submission so the work can be planned around it.
If the project is awarded, the same package continues into commercial signage procurement and signage project management and installation coordination, so the scope that was reviewed at tender is the scope that is delivered. For an overview of the full range, see commercial signage packages.