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Contracting Management ERP

Contracting margin is decided on site, not in the office. This module tracks budget against actual cost per project, so overruns surface while you can still act on them.

  • Overruns caught early
  • Accurate progress claims
  • Controlled site material
  • Clear project margin

What it covers

Project budgets

Budget by cost head with commitment and actual tracking.

Commitments are visible against budget from the purchase order, not from the invoice.

Subcontractors

Contracts, work orders, certifications and payment schedules.

Certified work drives payment, so subcontractor claims match what was actually done.

Material issue

Site requisitions, issues and returns against project stock.

Site issues are recorded against the project, which is where material leakage shows up.

Progress billing

Certified progress, invoicing and advance recovery.

Advance recovery is applied automatically as progress is certified.

Retentions

Retention held and released per contract, tracked to closure.

Release dates are tracked to closure, so retention is not written off by being forgotten.

Project profitability

Cost to date, cost to complete and margin per project.

Cost to complete is maintained alongside cost to date, which is what shows an overrun early.

In practice

Contracting ERP that shows project margin before the final account

Contracting is project accounting. Every tender has a budget by BOQ line; every site raises purchases and subcontracts that commit money before it is spent; every month a progress certificate is submitted with retention held and advances recovered. When those live in separate spreadsheets, the project's true position is known only at final account, which is too late. The ERP's job is to hold budget, committed cost, actual cost and certified revenue side by side, per project, every day.

We implement contracting on Odoo for companies that need full project costing with analytic accounts, site procurement with budget checks, subcontractor certificates and equipment cost allocation, and on Zoho for mid-sized contractors who need tenders, projects, timesheets, progress invoicing and site payroll without a heavy ERP programme. ERPNext fits contractors who want open-source project costing with no per-user licence for site staff.

Qatar specifics are built in: progress billing with the correct VAT treatment for certificates, retention and advances, GRSIA and WPS payroll for site labour with camp and site allowances, Qatar ID tracking for a mobile workforce, and documentation in the formats government and enterprise clients expect. Site engineers raise requisitions and daily reports from their phones in Arabic.

Straight answers

Questions we are asked

Yes. Purchase orders and subcontracts commit against the project budget before bills arrive.

Yes, with advances, retention, variations and the applicable VAT treatment.

Yes, with subcontract orders, certificates, retention and back-charges.

Yes, with allowances, GRSIA and WPS.

Yes, for requisitions, daily reports and timesheets.

Zoho for speed and simplicity; Odoo when full project costing is needed; ERPNext when licence cost per user matters.
Based in Doha, working across Qatar

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