Pricing policy
We have vast experience with the fixed bid pricing model, in fact most of our valuable relationships started out with this model but eventually have grown into Time & Material pricing model (where we bill by hours spent on your project). A fixed price is rarely a good solution for both sides, because:
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it usually takes extra time to come up with an estimation (a fixed bid), and that extra time can be used to work on a project in T&M pricing model
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it usually turns out to be more expensive to the customer, because we have to account for risks that we take if our estimation will be slightly wrong
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it is inappropriate for research and code maintenance projects where the outcome is unpredictable
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it has the consequence of pitting the client's management team against supplier's management team to argue about scope changes that inevitably occur in any project.
The latter effect is undesirable in a business environment because Vilesse is about avoiding conflicts with our clients, as we believe that good relationship with customers is the key to success.
With that in mind, we still provide our clients with fixed bid on small or easily predictable projects.
We always provide our clients with detailed estimates on all stages of project and complete weekly statistics on used resources, so you know what your money is doing to progress your project. It's very important for us to make the cost of the project completely transparent for clients on every stage, allowing them control of the cost.