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by b_caisse 1 view

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OK, this sounds kind of weird but a have a potential client that wants me to give them a quote to do a quote. They want to pay me for a design of a large WAN/LAN project design. Is it me or does this sound odd.

I lke the idea of them paying me to say yes I will give them a quote. But it is bothering me that they want to know how much it would cost to put it in writing.

Should I make it worth my while to get paid for the design or just do the design for free and hope I get the job of doing the work.

What should I charge or should I charge?

Scope of job is to design the network of a development of high-end apartments (864 apartments in 36 building) using gigibit fiber between building and cat5 to each apartment.

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by road-dog

If you want the job, tell tham that you don't "bill to bid", Quotes are a CODB (cost of doing business).

This will get you remembered.

There is an outside chance that they might want you to help them with an RFP, or request for proposal. If you do, I hope that it will not disqualify you from bidding the job.

If the buildings are large, look at LRE, long reach ethernet. It will allow you to run over telephony copper like DSL. Further, you could set up the complex to charge for high speed enet as a stand alone ISP.

THe cost savings on cable might make your bid stand out.

by djent

A quote is bid to comply with the buyers specs. A detailed design is deserving of consulting fees. Deliver the quote for free but retain the design and details until you are awarded the contract or consulting fees.

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