What to hand over with a tender schedule
7 October 2026
A resource-loaded tender schedule is a file, a histogram, and an assumption log. It is not a price.
A tender schedule is the programme you are prepared to stand behind if you win the work. It is not the estimate, and it is not a slide.
Ask for three things back.
The file. A Primavera file, usually a .xer, with calendars, logic, and coding that another planner can open. Activities that match the way the job will be built, not a single bar from award to finish.
The histogram. Crews and productivities only where you have given quantities, or where the assumption log says what was assumed. A histogram with no basis is a picture.
The assumption log. What was taken as given: access dates, long-lead items, shift patterns, and interfaces you do not control. If the log is empty, the schedule is pretending to know more than the tender did.
We do not price the bid. The planner's job is the file you can defend. The estimator's job is the number.