Budget & Tender

Know your numbers before you win.

Build project budgets and tender packages that give you complete financial visibility from day one. Track budget vs actual vs committed in real time as the project progresses.

3-way

Budget vs committed vs actual — live

Live

Budget position updated on every PO and variation

0

Budget lines without full visibility

What's included

Line-item budget editor

Spreadsheet-style budget entry with cost element categories matching your company cost types.

Budget vs actual vs committed

Three-way comparison across every budget line — original budget, committed costs, and actuals.

Tender management

Build tender packages with trade line items, subcontractor details, and revision tracking.

Tender revisions

Maintain a full history of tender updates with revision notes and value changes.

Award flow

Award the tender to convert a tendering project to active and lock in the contract value.

Tender pack distribution

Assemble and email tender documents to approvers and subcontractors directly from Vector.

See it in action

app.getvector.com.au

Brisbane Airport Terminal B

45% utilised
Cost ElementBudgetCommitted
Labour
$1,240,000$580,000
Materials
$2,800,000$1,050,000
Plant & Equipment
$640,000$280,000
Subcontractors
$3,200,000$1,560,000
Preliminaries
$820,000$340,000

The bottom line

"Winning work on bad numbers is worse than not winning it at all. Vector gives you a budget you can trust from day one."

How it works

Simple by design.

Try it free
1

Build your budget

Enter line items by cost element category — labour, materials, plant, subcontractor, and more.

2

Track as costs are committed

POs and variations automatically roll up against your budget lines for a live comparison.

3

Award and start tracking

Award the tender to lock the contract value and begin tracking actuals against the original budget.

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