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Contract Management and Cost Consulting in Melbourne, VIC
Cornerstone Estimating Pty Ltd
Our Pricing
Tier 1 - Commercial Foundations |
$2,000.00/Month (Excl GST) |
For subcontractors who are still running estimating and admin themselves but want professional protection against bad contracts, unclear scopes, and weak payment claims. Best suited to businesses that are early in their commercial journey and want to stop preventable mistakes before they become expensive. |
Priority Level: Standard turnaround |
INCLUDES: |
- Correspondence only with you and your team |
- Full Contract reviews (including Scopes of Works) |
- Bill of Quantities Take Offs (no rates) |
- Payment claims (SOPA Compliant) |
- Payment Schedule Review (SOPA Compliant) |
- Variation identification (Basic) |
Tier 2 - Commercial Control |
$4,000.00/Month (Excl GST) |
For subcontractors running multiple live projects who want the commercial side handled properly day-to-day, including claims, variations, notices, and direct expert correspondence with the builder. Ideal if you’re busy delivering work and want operational control without personally managing the paperwork and contractual disputes. |
Priority Level: Standard turnaround |
INCLUDES everything in Tier 1 - Commercial Foundations and: |
- Microsoft Teams screen share commercial support with you and your team. |
- Direct correspondences with your project Builders to manage post contract live jobs. |
- Tender package reviews and pricing risk flags |
- Full estimating (including rates) |
- Project tender clarifications and management |
- Variation drafting, costing and register management |
- Proactive live project support |
- Contract correspondences drafting requirements (e.g. Contract Notices) |
- Commercial positioning advice job by job (flagging disputes worth escalating, etc.) |
Tier 3 - Commercial Partner |
$7,500.00/Month (Excl GST) (limited seats) |
For subcontractors making high-value pricing and tender decisions who want strategic input on which jobs to pursue, how to price risk, and when to engage or walk away from specific projects. Designed for owners who want an embedded commercial partner to actively protect margins and guide business growth. |
Priority Level: High priority turnaround and access (limited seats) |
INCLUDES everything in Tier 2 - Commercial Control and: |
- Unlimited priority communication (e.g. on-call support for urgent issues, urgent site meetings, etc) |
- Unlimited meetings as required for internal or external matters |
- Full builder correspondences throughout from Tender to Deed of Release across all projects |
- Proactive commercial management (prioritising the “right” builders/projects, shaping negotiation postures, deprioritising certain Clients etc.) |
- Monthly commercial project review meetings and oversight of all Client contracts and tenders |
- Tender Selection Strategy and lead management (CRM) |
- Proactive Variation strategy and pursuit (strategic positioning, negotiation posture and recovery of variation entitlements) |
- Proactive pursuit of Deed of Release and Release of Retention payments |
- Full commercial dispute resolution strategy, avoidance and escalation |
- Full Security of Payment Act (SOPA), preparation, adjudication administration and management (for margin and cash flow protecion) |
Tier 4 - Enterprise |
From $17,000.00/ Month (Excl GST) (VERY limited seats) |
For subcontractors who want to fully offload commercial management, disputes, and contractual risk to an external specialist team. Built for larger businesses that want a commercial department without building one internally. |
Priority Level: FIRST Priority turnaround and access (very limited seats) |
INCLUDES everything in Tier 3 - Commercial Partner and: |
- Business level strategic and proactive involvement (e.g. pursuing the right work with the right client, prioritising Tenders and Clients with best prospects, shaping negotiation posture, pattern recognition, trade offs, focus on business growth, etc) |
- Client / project portfolio optimisation |
- All correspondences required, full variation pursuit strategy, and end-to-end dispute resolution support (up to SOPA adjudication) on Clients behalf. |
- Tender and Risk appetite strategy |
- Full and proactive commercial oversight (disputes worth escalating, where margins are being lost, how aggressive or conservative to be commercially) |