[stuart bloomsbury]

Could anyone please help me. I am tendering for a contract (never done this before) and the client obviously expects the tender to include a quote. The problem is that the current contractor has refused to supply details of the current contract terms with his staff, so I do not know how much they are paid. Am I correct that under the TUPE I am obliged to pay their staff the same wage that they are currently on? I think that perhaps they are paid more than my staff. How can I draw up a quote without knowing this information?

I know that later on down the line, the current contractor has to supply me with the details by law, but at this proposal stage what am I supposed to do if he isn't supplying it? How can I get the figures to accurately reflect what it might cost?

[chloejayne]

I have had the same, made their jobs unavalible in the end, but went for help first just in case, CAB were not much help!

Try speaking to the employees first and let them sort it.

good luck

[Pristine Clean NI]

Could you not quote a price that is conditional on current staff wages being less than £x?

[Fox]

When quoting do as you normally would and add a section saying that the quote is without provision for TUPE.  This means that if you get the job and the terms & conditions are way out then they will have to renegotiate.

Fox