Moneysworth was keen to show his administrative abilities. He decided not to involve the production people as they were always too busy and, anyway, that would only delay progress. So,not one for wasting time (on planning) Moneysworth immediately invited Expert Industrial Developers to quote on the planned expansion. He reasoned that this contractor's prominence on the industrial estate and their knowledge of industrial work would result in a lower total project cost.
Meanwhile, Kim Cashman developed a monthly cash flow chart as follows. First he set aside one million for contingencies. Then he last months, with an intervening ten months at 1.4 million. He carefully locked the chart away in his drawer for the future reference. All actual costs associated with the project would be recorded as part of the company's normal book-keeping.
Upon Moneysworth's insistence, EID submitted a fixed-price quotation. It amounted to 20 million and an eighteen month schedule. After Moneysworth recovered from the shock, he persuaded Woody's management that the price and schedule were excessive . (For their part, EID believed that Woody's would need considerable help with their project planning and allowed foe number of uncertainties). Further negotiations follows in which EID offered to undertake the work based on a fully reimbursable contract.
Moneysworth started inquiries elsewhere but EID countered with an offer to do their own work on cost plus but solicit fixed price quotations for all sub-trade work. Under this arrangement EID would be paid an hourly rate covering direct wages or salaries, payroll burden, head-office overhead and profit. This rate would extend to all engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning for which EID would employ Schemers and Plotters for the building and industrial design work. Moneysworth felt that the proposed hourly rate was reasonable and that the hours could be monitored effectively. He persuaded Woody's directors to proceed accordingly.