Hi Guys,

I have been asked to provide a quote for a fully comprehensive service contract for a chain of large cash and carry stores. Its early stages and I have not even surveyed the sites yet but I know one of the sites has approx. 40 display cases as well as walk in chillers and freezers. The other stores will be a similar size I would imagine... So, a fair bit of kit to look after. I'm quite happy putting a price together for the maintenance as we look after businesses of this size already, however this is the first time I have been asked for a fully comp contract.

I know that the company I used to work for priced their fully comp stuff on total HP for each store... but that is as much as I know... If anyone has any advice at all on how I go about pricing this, it would be much appreciated. Obviously the initial surveys are crucial and price will depend on general condition but is there any rule of thumb or indeed exact science for how much I allow per HP or Kw??

Many thanks in advance