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Pre-contract support

Tender & estimating support

Build your tender on clear quantities and costs.

Practical estimating and tender support for contractors and specialist subcontractors, from a single package to a complete submission.

Discuss your requirement

Project-based · Ad hoc · Ongoing support

Where we can help

A tender deadline can put pressure on an already busy team. MCS can support the measurement, rate build-ups, subcontract enquiries and commercial review needed to develop your price.

We work with the drawings, specifications and scope information available. Where information is incomplete or evolving, the appointment can include identifying assumptions, exclusions and points requiring clarification, so the basis of the tender is clear.

What the support can include

  • Cost plans, budgets and feasibility reviews
  • Detailed estimates, Bills of Quantities and pricing schedules
  • Tender preparation, review and commercial qualifications
  • Subcontract and supplier enquiries and tender analysis
  • Procurement strategy and scope alignment
  • Value engineering and design-to-budget support

How the appointment works

Support can cover measurement, pricing, senior review or an agreed combination. We discuss the information available and the return date, then agree the scope, deliverables, fees and availability before work begins.

See how we work

Relevant team experience

£9m

Two high-end car showrooms

The team's experience includes estimating and commercial support across the development of two high-end car showrooms, with measurement, rate build-ups, procurement support and value engineering.

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Contract experience

Team experience includes SBCC Design & Build and Without Quantities, NEC Option A and Option E, and lump-sum, schedule-of-rates and remeasurable packages. The requirements of the actual tender govern the scope of the review.

These examples describe the professional experience of the individuals supporting MCS, including roles held before MCS was established. They are not presented as projects delivered directly by Murphy Construction Services Ltd. Values relate to the projects or workstreams described.

Start a conversation

Have a tender to price?

Tell us the package or project, your return date and what drawings or scope information are available. A short outline is enough for the first conversation.

Email MCSenquiries@mcsqs.co.ukCall Kenny07857 405255

Based in North Lanarkshire. Supporting contractors and specialist subcontractors across Scotland.

Speak to the people doing the work

Start with a conversation.

Tell Kenny what needs attention and when. We can then discuss the right scope of support.

Email your project brief
enquiries@mcsqs.co.uk
Prefer to talk?07857 405255

A useful starting point

  • The project and the support you need
  • Your tender deadline or key dates
  • The drawings, scope or commercial records available

A brief outline is enough to start. Please leave confidential documents out of your initial enquiry. Privacy information