INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATE BREAKDOWN

Col 1 Item.  Description of materials required, work to be done, special equipment needed, etc.  Breakdown should be in sufficient detail to permit itemizing of all direct costs.

Col 2 Units of Measure.  Description of the unit in which each item is to be estimated (examples - square yards - SY, cubic yards - CY, square feet - SF, linear feet - LF, board feet - BF, each - EA, pound - LB).

Col 3 Quantity.  Contractor's estimate of quantity required in terms of unit of measure (column 2).  Items and units of measure will be furnished by the Government.  Quantity estimates will be furnished by the Government only when it is anticipated that a unit price contract will be issued.  Otherwise, the contractor is responsible for determining quantity estimates.

Col 4 and 5 Material Costs.  Enter unit cost (Col 4) of the material to be supplied and total cost (col 5); for item listed in column 1.

Col 6, 7 and 8 Labor Costs.  Enter in col 6 the estimated number of manhours or mandays needed to perform the work listed in column 1.

Col 9 Other Direct Costs.  Enter estimated costs of special equipment and other items (listed in column 1) which are special to the contract and of significant dollar value.

Col 10 Line Total.  Self-explanatory.

NOTE:  In addition to other totals derived on various pages, the grand total of column 10, plus overhead and profit will be shown on the last page as follows