Prime Cost definition

Prime Cost. Is a specific type of Provisional Sum where payment is made on the production of invoices showing the cost price of the implementation or installation of the service required. Services rendered in this manner carry a cost for which a rate or a lump sum is offered at tender stage to cover all the tenderer’s handling, supervision and liability costs in providing the item or services.
Prime Cost means an item (eg. a fixture or a fitting) that either has not yet been selected or whose price is not known at the time the Contract is entered into and for the cost of supply and delivery of which the Builder must make a reasonable allowance in this Contract;
Prime Cost means the fee set out at Appendix A annexed at Part 1 of the Schedule;

Examples of Prime Cost in a sentence

  • Provided that for Prime Cost Sums only, where a percentage mark-up or lump sum mark-up is tendered, which shall exclude profit.


More Definitions of Prime Cost

Prime Cost items in the specifications are for goods to be obtained by the Contractor under such conditions as the Employer shall instruct. Such goods shall be fixed by the Contractor and shall at the settlement of the accounts be dealt with as follows: The contract sum shall be adjusted by omission of all such Prime Cost amounts, and the addition of the sums actually paid by the Contractor in respect thereof, but excluding any trade discount or allowances. Where the Contractor has incurred expense for special packing or special carriage, it shall be allowed for the same as part of the sums actually paid by it, The same shall apply to provisional amounts dedicated to artists and nominated sub- contractors. The Contractor shall permit the execution of work, not provided for in the specifications, by artists, craftsmen, or other like specialists engaged by the Employer. Every such person shall be deemed to be a person for whom the Employer is responsible and not to be a nominated sub-contractor.
Prime Cost or abbreviation “P.C. Sum” means a sum for works or services to be executed by a Nominated Sub-Contractor or sums for materials or goods to be obtained from a Nominated Supplier;
Prime Cost means the estimated cost of an item (e.g. a fixture or a fitting) which, when the Authority to Proceed was signed by You, either had not been selected by You in connection with the Scope of Works or its price was not known yet. “Property” means the property on which Works are to be completed, as specified in the Scope of Works.
Prime Cost means the first net cost of materials and labour of construction and the usual decorations only estimated at the current prices as at the date of these presents and is to be exclusive of the costs of garage detached outbuildings and fencing.
Prime Cost and “Prime Cost Sum” shall mean the amount actually paid by the Contractor for an article, commodity or special work and shall include all proper charges for packing carriage and delivery to site after deduction of all trade discounts rebates and allowances and the discount obtainable for cash in so far as such discount for each exceed 2.5 percent.
Prime Cost means an item (e.g. a fixture or a fitting) that either has not yet been selected or whose price is not known at the time the Contract is entered into and for the cost of supply and delivery of which the Builder must make a reasonable allowance in this Contract;
Prime Cost means the capital expenditure to be properly incurred by Haden or the CJV, as the case may be, in implementing the relevant Authority change, together with any allowance for contingencies, risk, inflation, contribution to any additional preliminaries, site establishment, design costs2, insurances and any other reasonable costs to be properly incurred by Haden or the CJV, as the case may be, (save to the extent covered by the oncosts as defined below)