Everything between the tender and the tipper.
Eight commercial services for groundworks and civils contractors. Take one or the whole lot, on a flexible rolling retainer or as ad-hoc support.
The full schedule of services.
Every service is available on a retainer or as a one-off job, so you only pay for the support you need.
Procurement & buying
Materials, plant and subcontract packages bought right, first time.
- Supplier enquiries and quote comparisons
- Rates negotiated and orders placed against programme
- Deliveries chased so the job keeps moving
Estimating & tender support
Accurate bids that protect your margin, so you can tender for more work with the team you have.
- Drawing checks, take-offs and master pricing templates
- Subcontract enquiries and comparisons
- Tender returns compiled on time
Sales & business development
Keeping your order book full past the next job.
- Introductions to main contractors and developers
- Framework and approved-supplier applications
- Follow-up on tenders and enquiries
Cost management & value engineering
Finding margin in the spec and making real savings.
- Alternative materials and methods
- Cost tracking against budget
- Early warning before overruns hit the valuation
Aggregates & supply chain
Type 1, 6F2, clean stone, sand and topsoil delivered by the tonne or load, from a vetted base of suppliers.
- Supplier and subcontractor vetting
- Accounts, credit and terms set up
- Relationships managed for you
Plant & tool hire
Fast, reliable kit at competitive rates.
- Excavators, dumpers, rollers and attachments
- On-hire and off-hire controlled
- No paying for idle kit
Muck away & waste
Tippers and grab hire sourced from licensed waste carriers.
- Tipper loads at a fixed rate per load
- The carrier provides the waste transfer notes
- Imported fill and aggregates supplied
Subcontract works
Tarmacing and groundworks packages placed with trusted gangs.
- Scoped and priced properly
- Placed with vetted subcontractors
- Managed through to completion
Ongoing support or one-off help. Your call.
Keep SMC on a rolling monthly retainer, or bring us in just for the jobs you need. Either way there's no long-term contract and you'll know the cost before any work starts.
Rolling retainer
Fixed monthly feeAgreed up front, based on the days you need each week or month
- A set number of days, on site or remote
- Any mix of our eight services
- Priority on buying, pricing and tender deadlines
- Scale up for a big job and down between them
- Month to month, cancel any time
Ad-hoc support
£375 a day, or fixed priceQuoted per task before we start, so there are no surprises
- A single tender, estimate or take-off
- One-off plant, muck away or materials packages
- Cover for holidays or busy spells
- No minimum commitment
- Move to a retainer whenever it suits
Tell us about the job
A quick call or email about your workload and what's slowing you down.
Pick how you work
Choose a retainer or ad-hoc, and we confirm the price in writing.
We get started
SMC slots into your team and starts buying, pricing and chasing straight away.
Review as you go
Check in monthly. Change the days, switch plans or pause at any time.
Got a job that needs buying right?
Tell us what's on your books. We'll come back to you with where SMC can save you time or money, with no obligation.