<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: cost per hour. was Re: Maintenance Costs</title></head><body> <div>Wim,</div> <div><br></div> <div>What you mention below had already finally dawned on me.</div> <div>When all of you mentioned hourly rates, I just had in my</div> <div>mind "outside" hourly rates. Then when I re-read Ken's</div> <div>post about "Multiply this figure by your current hourly</div> <div>rate and add 20% for benefits", the light bulb finally</div> <div>went off! :-)</div> <div><br></div> <div>Thanks to all of you for your help. Maybe now I can come</div> <div>up with something reasonably intelligent!</div> <div><br></div> <div>Avery</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">I think you should figure this on what you're cost would be to them, as Ken pointed out. Never mind what an outsider would charge. That's their problem. They want to know what it is costing the university to have you do the work. If they think they can get the same quality of workmanship as you are providing for less money, they might opt for that. (I doubt that they will, but I think that is what they are looking at.)</font><br> <font face="Arial" size="-1"></font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Wim</font></blockquote> </body> </html>