Decimonial,
I would have been twice that price to do the job as I see it from here so that is cheap.
Joking, without knowing the details it is really impossible to say, though he travelling time to you would have been significant!
Guitarman1,
I think that is a very reasonable cost, and we are not really in a position to say are we?
What if all fittings have to be changed off a MEWP?
What if there is a 1hr overhead per day at the clients site for checks, getting on and off site etc.?
What if each light is on a different circuit and only one circuit can be de-energised at a time and it takes at least 1hr to go through the safe isolation procedure, PTW instigation and clearance?
It may then be cheap as there could be 10hrs “lost” time sorting the safe working practices out?
As has been mentioned above an 8W NM3 fitting could be bought for about £15 however, if I were fitting that for you & had bought at £15 I would be marking it up to sell on as I would be ordering the parts, etc. and then giving you a warranty on them so for it to be economically viable I would have to charge you more for the parts then I pay for them, just normal business.
There are differing qualities of product also, the cheapest is not always the best.
I got caught out on one EM light change, single 8W NM3, new fitting faulty out of the box, had to go back to wholesaler and collect another, and return to site to refit, probably will think twice about that make now.
No profit on that job, no profit = no salary = no business.
Breaking that down (approximately it works out at £93 per fitting, lets assume that the fittings are £15 cost, they could well be more, or perhaps less, as suggested above, this leaves £78.
For this the contractor has to provide, trained & qualified personnel, pay them, run at least one van, identify the correct fittings, source, procure and deliver, complete any paperwork for the site work, RA/MS etc. provide the quote in the first place, (there is a cost in this i.e. cost of sales), probably provide 2 guys on site, safe test equipment, calibrated probably, he has to run his office, his phones, his other business overheads, any high level access equipment suitably maintained for safety, PPE for his guys, undertake the relevant commissioning tests and provide the required documentation.
So no I don’t think it is a bad price really, do you when you consider the overheads?
NICEIC Approved Contractor status all in all will cost a company around £1000 per annum to keep this up alone when you consider all of the requirements, not just the “membership fees”.