How to get plumbing contracts is mostly a paperwork question, and the paperwork is where a small contractor beats a larger one. The commercial buyer, the property manager and the landlord award contracts to the firm whose proposal answered their questions before they asked, whose service agreement made the term easy to sign, and whose record of the last job made the next one a formality. The proposal template and the service agreement tool on this site print both documents from your figures with no account.
The proposal answers the buyer's questions
Scope in plain language, the exclusions named, the price with its basis, the schedule, the warranty, the insurance and license details, and how variations are priced. A property manager comparing three proposals picks the one they do not have to phone about. The proposal template on this site prints that shape from your job's figures.
The service agreement makes it a contract
A single job becomes a contract when there is a term: an annual inspection, a response time, a rate for call-outs, a renewal date. The service agreement tool on this site prices the term from the visits and the rates, and prints the document. Landlords and facilities managers buy the certainty of a rate more readily than a one-off price.
The record wins the repeat
The firm that knows the property, the equipment on site and what was done last time is the firm that gets called back without a tender. That is the customer and property record, and it is what a CRM built for plumbers holds. The customer record guide on this site is what it needs to contain.
Where contracts come from
Property managers, landlords with portfolios, small commercial premises with a kitchen or a boiler, and builders who need a plumbing sub on a term. Each buys on the same three documents. Being the firm whose paperwork arrives first and complete is the marketing that costs nothing.
Questions people ask about how to get plumbing contracts
Do I need a licence and insurance to bid?
The buyer will ask for both on the proposal, so they go on the proposal whether asked or not.
How do I price a term contract?
From the visits per year, the rate per visit and the call-out rate, with the price book on this site as the source of every rate.
Are the templates free?
Yes: the proposal template and the service agreement tool print their documents without an account.