BOQ ki ebong keno lage?
What is BOQ
Bill of Quantities (BOQ) hocche tender-er financial heart. Procuring entity specifies a list of items (line items) — each with description, unit (cu.m, kg, piece, etc.), and quantity. Bidder unit-er rate fill koren — system or evaluator total calculate kore (unit × quantity).
BOQ standardised format-e likha hoy procuring entity-r STD (Standard Tender Document)-e. Apni BOQ template change korte paren na — exact format follow korte hobe. Public Procurement Rules 2008
BOQ format kothay paben?
Where to get
1. Tender ZIP — most common
Apni jokhon eGP portal theke tender ZIP download koren, oitar moddhe procuring entity-r exact BOQ attached thake (Excel or PDF format)। Sheta-i fill korben — onnoTemplate use korben na।
2. CPTU STD library
cptu.gov.bd-te Standard Tender Documents library — Goods, Works, Consulting Services-er jonno separate STDs। Esob-e generic BOQ template thake — tobe procuring-entity-specific BOQ tender ZIP-e thake।
3. TenderPulse auto-extraction
Apni jodi tender ZIP TenderPulse-e upload koren — amra Textract OCR diye BOQ extract kore Excel-e structured table generate kori। Manual copy-paste korar dorkar nei।
BOQ filling best practices
৭টি best practice
- Formula-driven calculation — Excel-e
= unit_price * quantityformula use korun. Manual math-e error-e bid evaluated price wrong hoy। - Every page signed — authorised signatory-r signature + firm seal, prati page-e। Strict evaluators reject korbe nahole।
- Read footnotes carefully— “rate inclusive of VAT”, “rate exclusive of mobilisation cost” — eshob 10–15% price flip kore।
- BDT only — multi-currency bid most works tender-e disallowed। ITB explicit-ly allow korle multi- currency dao।
- Round-off carefully — BOQ-er total mis koroto tender-er Rule 80 onuyaee unit price prevails। Apnar arithmetic correct rakhte hobe।
- No blank cells— quantity 0 hole “0” ই dey, blank chere debe na। Blank means “not quoted” — substantially non-responsive।
- Submission format = ITB exact — Excel hole Excel, PDF hole PDF। Mismatch holey upload silently fail।
৭টি common BOQ mistake
Common mistakes
- Unit confusion — cubic metre vs square metre, kg vs ton। Specially aggregate, concrete-e common.
- Decimal misplace — BDT 1,500 vs BDT 15,000 — onek-bar happen hoy। Excel-e number formatting use korun.
- Summation error — sum formula manually calculate korle wrong; BOQ row miss-e total off hoy।
- VAT inclusion confusion— “rate inclusive of VAT” specified hole apni VAT add koren na, ITB tar opposite holey karen.
- Preliminaries omission — site set-up, insurance, mobilisation cost-er line items often missed। Reject hote pare।
- Quantity verification skip — procuring entity-r BOQ-er quantity figure-e error-eo thakte pare। Pre-bid clarification chaite paren।
- Currency mix — BDT-e quote kortei chai-chilen, kintu kichu line item-e USD/EUR slip-e dichchen।
TenderPulse-e BOQ workflow
TenderPulse BOQ
TenderPulse-er BOQ extraction engine procuring entity-r ZIP theke 4 ranger output dey:
- Structured Excel BOQ — apni rate fill korben
- Procuring entity’s estimated cost (where present)
- Footnote inventory — VAT inclusion, mobilisation, etc. flagged
- Comparable BOQ from past similar tenders (your firm’s history)