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It is my commitment to explain in short detail how to unmask the secrets for costs of service. I wanted to take the opportunity to answer a few of these questions. These conversations have inevitably turned to pricing. I have spoken with a few property and facility managers, since the release of this article. I spoke on the subject of procurement for security services, in the last article that I wrote.

How does a vendor price a service?

It is through this standardized approach that you will be able to evaluate that best value for your money. The next section will give you some ideas on what factors you should include in this pricing sheet. It is rare that the price sheet is detailed enough for you to fully understand all of the costs, however, this seems simple. Which all vendors are required to fill out, is to provide a detailed pricing sheet in the RFP, the way to standardize this. I suggest you demand an itemized list of costs from each security vendor when requesting services from them. Material costs are itemized and labor is broken down for each specific task, when purchasing a construction vendor. This has masked the substance of the true cost and what it means to you. The security industry standard has been to provide a pay wage range for the security officers and the monthly and yearly cost of the total contact, for a long time. You have to compare everything equally, to be effective in comparing the best value for the product. The consumer, which is not always good for you, every vendor is different.

What line items are included in an hourly bill rate?

Demanding the cost of each of these line items will assist you in breaking down proposals equally and efficiently. They are a direct reflection on the how a vendor cares for its employees, along with medical benefits, and holiday pay because, vacation pay, other variables to include are sick pay. These costs have a direct relation with the vendor's management structure. Corporate overhead should include the management of your contract from the vendor's executive staff, moving on. Asking that question of each vendor will guarantee a better understanding of how they value their employees; however, there is no industry standard for what a security company needs to offer their employees for medical insurance. Profit and corporate overhead will comprise the biggest discrepancies between vendors, medical insurance. Accelerated rates in these areas may be a very good barometer of how the vendor manages its company. And unemployment insurance will differ from each vendor to vendor based on claims against their company, worker compensation, liability insurance. These costs will not differ from vendor to vendor, if each company is paying the same base wages, however. The first two items are base wages and FICA/Medicare.

What should I consider a reasonable markup to be?

You should ask the same of the low bidder, just like a vendor having to justify a higher markup. This could be a red flag. Does not necessarily mean they are the company for you, a vendor that comes in at a very low markup for the same wages, one caution about markup. You again have to understand the cost and compare that with the value of the service to you. A higher markup would not necessarily be bad for you do to the fact that one company may offer better benefits for their employees meaning better higher caliber of security officer and lower turnover or better executive management response to your contract, in these areas. The example of two line items that would affect a higher markup are medical insurance and corporate overhead. Some of these costs will vary from vendor to vendor, as you now know from the last section. Remember that each of the factors mentioned in the last section figure into the markup after the base wage is determined. This markup can be anywhere between 1.4% and 1.7% depending on the company. The markup is the total yearly amount divided by the yearly base wage. I can only explain how it is a mark up is figured. There is no right answer to this question.

The worst thing that could happen is I would have to write another article. Please call me, if you have any question. You will be able to answer your own questions about markup and set the standard for pricing comparatively, by doing this correctly. Understand the cost to you by itemizing each line item to provide you with a clear understanding how that affects you. I will leave you with this, in short.