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Free Pest Control Quote Template

Blank pest control contractor quote template, already carrying the line items pest control jobs use. Download it, or fill one in below and get a finished PDF in about a minute.

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A quote is a fixed price you are committing to. That is the whole difference from an estimate, and it means the exclusions and the valid until date on this one are carrying more weight than they look like they are.

Quote, estimate or bid: this is the same document

It is one form with one word changed on it, and that is deliberate. A quote is normally a fixed price you are committing to, an estimate is a considered approximation that can move with the scope, and a bid is a price submitted into a competitive process. Customers use all three interchangeably, so nobody is going to read the word at the top the way you meant it.

The longer version, including what belongs in the exclusions and why every price you send needs a valid until date, is in estimate vs quote vs bid. The pest control contractor estimate template is this same form with the other word on it, and the same pest control line items.

What a contractor quote should contain

  • Your business details and license number where required
  • The customer name and the job address
  • A quote number and the date you wrote it
  • The word quote on the document, so nobody has to guess whether the price can move
  • A valid until date, because a fixed price you wrote in March is not a fixed price in September
  • Scope in plain language, line by line, so the customer knows what is and is not included
  • What is explicitly excluded, which is what stops a fixed price turning into free work
  • A line saying scope changes are priced in writing and approved before the work is performed
  • Subtotal, tax, any deposit required to book the work, and the total

What goes on a pest control contractor quote

These are the lines a pest control job usually needs. They are already in the template and in the generator, so you edit rather than start from an empty page.

  • Initial interior and exterior treatment
  • Quarterly service, per visit
  • Termite inspection and report
  • Rodent exclusion and bait stations
  • Materials and licensed applicator

Delete what does not apply, add what does. The point is that a customer looking at an itemized pest control quote can see where the money went, which is what stops the argument before it starts.

Pest control is an initial treatment followed by a recurring service, quarterly on this template, with inspections such as a termite report priced on their own.

What to settle before the Pest Control quote goes out

Say what the recurring service covers inside and outside, and whether a callback between visits is free. That one sentence answers the call you would otherwise get the week after a treatment.

Related pages for Pest Control work

The rules that hold for every trade

These are on the contractor quote template page, with the questions people ask about the template:

  • Write an exclusions line, it wins arguments before they start
  • Put an expiry on every price you send

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