Frequently Asked Questions

1. Why is it important to benchmark fixed price contracts?
2. Why is it important to benchmark cost/price contracts?
3. Why is it important to benchmark profit share, nil cost and commercial contracts?
4. Why do contractors claim that CPI is not a relevant price comparison?
5. Why do contractors give retrospective discounts?
6. My contractors claim that they cannot reveal their price agreements with its suppliers.
7. My contractors get very upset that their prices are being benchmarked.
8. My catering consultant states that he will benchmark purchasing. Why should I insist on using CPI?