Estimating that wins electrical contractors better work.
The Estimating Collective prices commercial and residential tenders for electrical contractors across Australia and New Zealand. Fixed fees, qualified estimators, tender-ready deliverables.
Pricing tenders properly takes days. Most contractors don't have them.
Estimating decides whether a job makes money before anyone sets foot on site. Done at 10pm after a full day on the tools, it's where good contractors quietly go backwards.
We take the whole process off your desk — from first review of the drawings to a package ready to submit — for a fee you know before you start. No meetings required.
Fixed fees, set by project value.
Estimate the total project value, select the bracket, and that's the fee — every deliverable included, paid online before work starts.
Projects under $250k
$1,500
Fixed fee, AUD
- Full quantity takeoff from your drawings
- RFIs raised and tracked
- Supplier and subcontractor pricing
- Complete estimate — materials, labour, prelims
- Tender letter, bill of materials, cost sheet
Projects $250k – $1m
$2,500
Fixed fee, AUD
- Full quantity takeoff from your drawings
- RFIs raised and tracked
- Supplier and subcontractor pricing
- Complete estimate — materials, labour, prelims
- Tender letter, bill of materials, cost sheet
Projects over $1m
From $4,000
Quoted individually
Larger and more complex projects are quoted from the drawings so the fee reflects the actual scope. Send them through and you'll have a fixed price back — no meetings, no obligation.
Request a quoteFrom drawings to a submitted tender, in four steps.
01
Select your bracket
Fees are fixed by estimated project value. If the drawings tell a different story, we contact you before any work starts.
02
Upload and pay
Drawings, specifications and scope documents go straight through the site. Payment is by card at checkout.
03
We build the estimate
Takeoff, RFIs, supplier pricing and a line-by-line estimate — handled by a qualified estimator, not a junior.
04
Receive your package
The complete package lands on your tracker — tender letter, bill of materials and priced cost sheet. Review and submit.
Estimating service
Tenders priced end-to-end by qualified estimators. Fixed fees by project size.
Start a tender
Estimating course
The full method — takeoffs, margins, rates and tender submission. Ten modules, lifetime access. $1,800.
See the course
Pricebooks & prebuilds
The pricing data we estimate with — labour calculated on every material item. $1,100.
See the pricebooks
Trade experience behind every number.
The Estimating Collective was founded by an A-grade electrician with 16 years in the trade — apprenticeship, site work, and years running his own electrical contracting business. Every tender is priced by someone who understands what the drawings don't show.
Takeoffs are completed in Groundplan by our takeoff specialist and estimates are assembled by a qualified estimator working across Australian and New Zealand markets.
Got a tender on your desk right now?
Upload the drawings, pay the fixed fee, and it's underway. Questions first? Email niall@theestimatingcollective.com.