Priced bill of quantities
A priced BOQ workbook. Built around your format.
Every trade. Every quantity. Every rate. Returned as an editable Excel workbook structured the way you already work. NSW · VIC · QLD.
Your structure, your codes
Two-tier cost codes, supply/install split, prelims separated, contingency + overhead + margin rolled up the way you tender. We adopt your conventions.
Real supplier rates
Sourced from the current AU residential supplier landscape, refreshed quarterly. Not template figures from a stale database.
Editable Excel — no lock-in
Open in Excel, override any rate, change any quantity, swap any supplier. Your spreadsheet, your control.
What you actually get
A two-sheet Excel workbook — BOQ worksheet plus prelims ledger — structured to drop into your existing tendering workflow as a continuation of your own builder-side spreadsheets.
- Trade-organised line items across 14+ cost categories
- Per-line cost code, description, notes, quantity, rate, total
- Supplier identity + quote reference per line, where applicable
- Status flags: priced / fixed / provisional sum / estimation only / PC sum
- Roll-up methodology you control — Trade subtotal → Contingency % → Overhead % → Profit % → Total Ex GST
- Mirrored prelim sheet with rate × duration calculations
- Cost-per-dwelling derivation for multi-unit projects
How it works
Step 01
Send your plans + format example
DA-stage plans, plus one of your existing BOQ workbooks if you want us to mirror the format exactly.
Step 02
We measure + price
Every quantity from drawings, every rate from current supplier data. Audit trail per line.
Step 03
You receive an editable BOQ workbook
Excel format, ready for tendering or client conversations. Override anything you want.
Frequently asked questions
Can you reproduce my exact BOQ format?
Yes. Send us a sample of your current format and we calibrate the pipeline to match it — your column structure, your cost codes, your roll-up methodology, your prelim conventions.
Where do the rates come from?
Current AU residential supplier landscape — sourced from real quotes, refreshed quarterly. For named-customer engagements, your own supplier corpus can be loaded as the canonical rate set for every job we run for you.
Is the BOQ priced ex-GST or inc-GST?
Ex-GST throughout, with GST applied at the contract roll-up stage. Standard AU residential tendering convention.
What about provisional sums and prime cost items?
Each line carries a status flag — "PS", "PC Sum", "Estimation only", "Priced/fixed". You can see at a glance what is commitment-grade vs what still needs final selection.
Can I change rates after I receive it?
Yes — it is an editable Excel workbook. Every cell is unlocked. Override any rate, add any line, swap any supplier.
How does this compare to a traditional QS pricing exercise?
Same structural output as a senior QS firm would produce, returned in hours instead of weeks, at a fraction of the cost. The trade-off: this is a digital estimating service, not a licensed QS opinion.
Don’t get caught out by missed scope.
We’ll run a past job for free so you can compare the BOQ side-by-side with what you already priced internally.
David Hanna · 0468 078 917 · david@estiflow.com.au
EstiFlow provides automated construction cost estimates from supplied documents. We are a digital estimating service, not a licensed Quantity Surveyor firm.