MP Project Management (Pty) LtdLocal delivery partner · George, Garden Route
Prepared for Company Name (Pty) Ltd
Re: Tender GRDM/2026/—
Proposal · Local project & account management

You won the tender. Now someone has to run it from 400 km away.

Congratulations on the award. This page does one simple thing: it lets you cost, line by line, what remote delivery on the Garden Route actually takes — flights, nights away, a PM's lost days, office overhead, and the margin that leaks when local subcontractors run unsupervised. Then it puts that number next to ours.

Three ways distance quietly eats an awarded contract

Travel

The monthly commute

Flights to George, car hire, accommodation, and two to three of your PM's most productive days lost in transit — every single visit, for the life of the contract.

Overhead

The satellite office trap

Setting up even a small local presence means rental, fit-out, connectivity and a body in the chair — fixed costs that outlive the contract that justified them.

Margin

Subcontractor drift

Unmanaged local subs mean rework, missed municipal sign-offs, idle plant and slipped milestones. Even 2% of monthly contract value leaks more than most firms notice — until close-out.

The distance cost worksheet

Adjust the figures to match your own numbers — everything recalculates live. Defaults are conservative, based on typical JHB/CPT-to-George delivery patterns.

Bill of distance costs — monthlyItem 1–6 · ZAR
1.0
Site visits per monthHow often someone senior must be on the ground
×2
1.1
Flights & car hire, per visitReturn flight to George + rental. JHB ±R4 500 · CPT ±R2 800
R
R 11 000
1.2
Accommodation & subsistenceNights per visit × rate per night
nights × R
R 5 600
1.3
PM's lost delivery daysTravel + on-site days your PM isn't doing their real job
days × R /day
R 26 000
2.0
Local office overheadOnly if you'd otherwise open a satellite office: rental, connectivity, admin body — setup amortised over 12 months
R 0
3.0
Subcontractor & coordination leakageRework, idle time, missed sign-offs — as a % of monthly contract value
R /mo × %
R 30 000
Σ
Your monthly cost of distanceExcluding programme-delay penalties and client-relationship damage
R 72 600

Against a dedicated local delivery partner

Doing it remotelyyour worksheet total
R 72 600
Entrylocal ops coordination
R 10 000
Lightoversight & reporting
R 18 000
Standardactive management
R 36 000
Intensiveembedded delivery
R 54 000
Email me these numbersOpens an email to MP Project Management with your worksheet figures attached — we reply with a firmed-up comparison and tier fit.

Engagement tiers

One local, senior point of accountability in George — scaled to how much of the delivery burden you want off your desk. Three months to prove it, then we commit for the life of your tender.

Recommended for you

Entry

R 10 000
per month, excl. VAT
  • A coordinator on the floor — local ops only
  • Subcontractor scheduling, deliveries & site access coordination
  • Site presence checks with photo confirmation
  • Weekly one-page ops update to your PM
Fits: you run the project yourself — you just need dependable local hands on the ground.
Recommended for you

Light

R 18 000
per month, excl. VAT
  • Weekly site walk-through with photo & progress report
  • Attendance at site and municipal meetings on your behalf
  • Local supplier & subcontractor introductions
  • Monthly delivery report to your head office
Fits: smaller contracts, strong existing site team, you mainly need eyes and ears.
Recommended for you

Standard

R 36 000
per month, excl. VAT
  • Everything in Light
  • Active subcontractor coordination & quality checks
  • Municipal liaison: permits, inspections, sign-offs chased to done
  • Fortnightly programme & cost variance tracking
  • Issue escalation within 24 hours, with proposed fix
Fits: most awarded tenders — you keep the contract, we run the ground game.
Recommended for you

Intensive

R 54 000
per month, excl. VAT
  • Everything in Standard
  • Embedded account manager, on site 4–5 days a week
  • Full stakeholder & client-relationship management
  • Claims, variation & close-out documentation support
  • Direct line to your exec team, weekly steering call
Fits: high-value or reputationally critical contracts, tight penalty clauses, no local footprint at all.

Special Projects

Quoted per scope
no retainer · fixed deliverable
For a defined, once-off requirement rather than ongoing support: a site or subcontractor audit, a stalled municipal sign-off, close-out and final-account support, snag-list management, or cover while your PM is unavailable. We agree the output, the deadline and the price up front — quoted, delivered, signed off. Probation, retainer and annual escalation don't apply.
Also the fastest way to test us before a retainer

Custom Retainer

Built to scope — or to budget
monthly retainer · defined after scoping
When the standard tiers don't map cleanly onto your contract — or you've already ring-fenced a budget for local support — we build the retainer around it. A scoping session defines the outputs, cadence and municipal touchpoints, and you get a fixed monthly figure. If you come to us with a number, we'll tell you honestly what it buys — and what it doesn't.
Standard commercial terms apply: probation, retainer, KPIs

Commercial terms

Structured so the risk sits with us first, and the commitment grows as the trust does.

Phase 1 · Months 1–3

Probation

The first three months are a probation period. We prove the value on the ground before you commit to anything longer.

Phase 2 · From month 4

12-month minimum retainer

Once probation is passed, the retainer runs for a minimum of one year — a stable local team, a locked reporting rhythm, no re-onboarding.

Phase 3 · Year 2 onwards

Life of the tender

After year one, the agreement extends for the full duration of the tender, reviewed annually against the agreed KPIs — through to close-out, retention and final account.

Escalation

Annual adjustment

The retainer adjusts by a minimum of 12% per year from the start of year two — benchmarked against CPI plus the growth in scope that a maturing contract brings, and agreed in writing before each anniversary.

Measurement

Output, not hours

KPIs are agreed jointly at handover and aligned to the KPIs the municipality has set for your contract — one scoreboard for you, us, and the client. MP Project Management is measured on delivered outputs, not timesheets. Shared value, shared accountability.

How an engagement starts

Week 0

Handover briefing

Two to three calls with the PM or company representative who owns this project: contract scope, programme, subcontractor list, known risks.

Week 1

Ground audit

Site visit, municipal contact mapping, subcontractor readiness check. You get a written baseline.

Week 2+

Steady rhythm

Agreed reporting cadence begins. Your team travels only when it genuinely adds value.

Day 90

Review & commit

Probation review against the agreed KPIs — right-size the tier, then the 12-month retainer takes effect.

Put a local number next to your remote number.

A 20-minute call is enough to confirm the fit and firm up the worksheet with your real figures.

MP Project Management (Pty) Ltd · George · mpheifferprojects@gmail.com · 082 000 0000
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