Sixty-eight lines, eleven packages, every line traced
The Unpriced Bill of Quantities is the measured schedule the supply chain prices: 68 line items across eleven packages, each with a quantity, a unit and a specification reference, so every priced return traces back to a clause and forward to an order.
- Client
- Cushman Workplace
- Revision
- Rev 1
- Lines
- 68 · 11 packages
- Floors
- L4 to L6
- Prepared by
- R. Ashby, BuiltAI
- Reference
- NG-UPB-001
Illustrative example: fictional project and parties.
Sixty-eight lines, eleven packages
The Unpriced Bill of Quantities is the measured schedule the supply chain prices: 68 line items across eleven packages, each with a quantity, a unit and a specification reference. Because the line count is fixed, a priced return is checked against a schedule, not a supplier's own measure, and every line traces back to a clause and forward to an order.
| WP | Work package | Lines | Spec ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| WP-01 | Strip-out and demolition | 4 | SPC-A1 |
| WP-02 | Internal partitions and doors | 8 | SPC-A2 |
| WP-03 | Glazed partitions | 5 | SPC-A2 |
| WP-04 | Suspended ceilings and acoustics | 5 | SPC-A3 |
| WP-05 | Joinery, meeting suites and tea points | 8 | SPC-A4 |
| WP-06 | L6 reception joinery, PS | 3 | SPC-A7 |
| WP-07 | Floor finishes | 6 | SPC-A5 |
| WP-08 | Wall finishes and decoration | 5 | SPC-A6 |
| WP-09 | Mechanical services | 9 | SPC-M1 |
| WP-10 | Electrical, lighting and data | 12 | SPC-M2 |
| WP-11 | Workplace AV, PS | 3 | SPC-X1 |
| Eleven packages | 68 | ||
The measure is weighted to the services packages, as a Cat-B fit-out is: WP-09 and WP-10 carry twenty-one of the sixty-eight lines between them, reflecting the mechanical and electrical density behind the ceilings. The two provisional-sum packages, WP-06 and WP-11, carry their lines as provisional quantities pending the tenant's reception and AV decisions.
Because the line count is fixed at sixty-eight, every priced return is read against the same schedule. A bidder cannot quietly re-measure the work to a lower quantity, and a line a bidder leaves blank is a compliance flag before it is a price, which is exactly what makes the four returns comparable.
Inside the measure
A sample of the measured lines shows the level of definition supplied to the supply chain. Quantities are firm, units are stated, and each line carries its specification reference so a query resolves to a clause rather than a conversation.
| Item | Description | Qty | Unit | Spec |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02.01 | Acoustic stud partition, Rw 42 dB | 380 | sq m | A2.01 |
| 03.01 | Aluminium-framed glazed partition, Rw 42 dB | 96 | sq m | A2.06 |
| 04.01 | Acoustic tile ceiling, concealed grid | 1,420 | sq m | A3.01 |
| 05.01 | Meeting-suite feature walls, fluted oak veneer | 96 | sq m | A4.01 |
| 07.01 | Carpet tile to open plan, all floors | 1,280 | sq m | A5.01 |
| 09.01 | Fan coil units, supply | 21 | nr | M1.01 |
| 09.03 | FCU installation, ceiling void | 22 | nr | M1.01 |
| 10.01 | Sub-mains and floor distribution boards | 3 | floor | M2.01 |
| 01.01 | Soft strip and removal, all floors | 3 | floor | A1.01 |
| 02.03 | Single-leaf acoustic doorset, Rw 42 dB | 24 | nr | A2.03 |
| 05.03 | Tea-point joinery run, solid-surface top | 6 | nr | A4.03 |
| 08.01 | Emulsion to walls, two coats | 4,600 | sq m | A6.01 |
| 09.07 | Grilles and diffusers, supply and install | 44 | nr | M1.03 |
| 10.05 | Recessed luminaires, 420 lux design | 168 | nr | M2.03 |
Every line traces both ways
The Bill sits in the middle of a chain, not at the end of one. Upstream, each line references the specification clause that defines it; downstream, each line resolves to an order once priced. That two-way trace is what lets the Ledger reconcile every commitment to a measured line, and the Green Light gate confirm that no order exists without one.
The traceability rule is absolute: every specification clause resolves to a Bill line, every Bill line to an order, and every order back to a package. A commitment with no measured line behind it is flagged at the gate, not discovered on site.
The fourteen lines shown are a sample; the full schedule runs to sixty-eight, and the same discipline applies to every one. A firm quantity, a stated unit and a specification reference on each line is what turns a Bill from a wish list into a contract document the supply chain can be held to.