A programme is not a drawing. It is a promise.
Most rejections come from the same three gaps. Float hidden in activities. No method statement. Dates nobody can check.
You ask. Lettie writes.
Example requests, and the posts Lettie wrote for them.
Win the adjudication before it starts.
The referral is not where your case is made. It is made in the notices you sent six months earlier.
Fixed price is not fixed cash.
Your margin lives in the payment cycle. Price the wait, not just the work.
Scope creep is a pricing problem.
Every “quick extra” you absorb teaches the client your time is free.
Silence can be acceptance. Under NEC4, after two weeks.
If the PM does not reply to your quotation, and you have told them, it can be treated as accepted. Diary it.
Late notice. Lost claim.
Eight weeks is not a guideline. It is a time bar.
Examples written for this page. Lettie writes yours from your own posts, stories and documents.