Time and Materials Pricing

E 9. Cruz’s Home Remodeling Service specializes in refurbishing older homes. Last week Cruz was asked to bid on a remodeling job for the town’s mayor. His list of materials and labor needed to complete the job is as follows:

Materials

Labor

Lumber

$ 6,500

Carpenter

$2,000

Nails/bolts

160

Floor specialist

1,300

Paint

1,420

Painter

1,500

Glass

2,890

Supervisor

1,420

Doors

730

Helpers

1,680

Hardware

600

Total

$7,900

Supplies

400

Total

$12,700

The company uses an overhead markup percentage for materials (60 percent) and for labor (40 percent). Those markups cover all operating costs. In addition, Cruz expects to make at least a 25 percent profit on all jobs. Compute the price that Cruz should quote for the mayor’s job.