Building Cost Information Service

RICS eTendering

Download the full 2009 BCIS e-tendering Survey Report:

PDF2009 BCIS e-tendering Survey Report


Want to cut your tendering costs by over 30% and provide a sustainable, environmentally responsible service to your clients?

  • RICS eTendering is light on technology - access it via the web from your office or home
  • Manage tender clarifications securely and alert contractors automatically
  • Involve your stakeholders online
  • Free one-off registration, education, and ongoing support for contractors
  • Flexibility of pay per tender and yearly subscription models

Why switch to RICS eTendering?

  • Reduce your tendering costs by over 30%*
  • Reduce your tendering process time by 29%**
  • Reduce your paper consumption***

What our clients say 

Open Speech BlkeTendering is a positive move for the construction industry as a whole. It provides many benefits with regards to time, cost and quality as well as green issues and can be applied to all projects large or small. It results in the tendering process improving for clients and contractors alike and should become the preferred tendering procurement option.Close Speech Blk
- Alistair Howden, Project Surveyor, Davis Langdon

Open Speech BlkCB Richard Ellis encourages the usage of the RICS eTendering system and is committed to its ongoing development. This is a facility that we are keen to offer to our clients in the future.Close Speech Blk
- Mark Rahim, Associate Director - Quantity Surveying, CB Richard Ellis

Flexible packages

One electronic tender- £500 + VAT at 17.5% per tender = £587.50 per tender

Package A
One-year subscription for usage of up to 10 electronic tenders - £4,250 + VAT at 17.5% per package = £499.38 per tender

Package B
One-year subscription for usage of up to 20 electronic tenders £7,500 + VAT at 17.5% per package = £440.63 per tender

Package C
One-year subscription for usage of up to 50 electronic tenders £17,500 + VAT at 17.5% per package = £411.25 per tender

Package D
One-year subscription for usage of up to 100 electronic tenders £32,500 + VAT at 17.5% per package = £381.88 per tender


* BCIS eTendering survey - based on the production of nine tender bundles (one client, one in-house, average five contractors, two design team for a traditional procurement)

** From preparation of tender bundles, publishing, opening, evaluation to client reporting. An average across 600 procurement samples, including construction management, design & build, simple commercial and residential contracts.

*** 4000 trees already saved under the OGCBS managed service framework

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