The questions centres actually ask.

No. It is a business-to-business outsourcing placement with a registered company that has an operating floor and can employ eighteen people across two shifts.

Because the hiring profile is harder, the shift runs to 21:00 with a Sunday half-desk, the training is eight days, and the conversations are unscripted B2B. The rate reflects a more expensive floor, not a better deal.

No. It is a fixed rate per certified productive seat against a minimum performance standard, gated on adherence and quality from day 60. It can be reduced to 90% or 75%, or held for joint review.

They are set in Schedule A at award, against qualified site visits attended, tenders submitted and projects awarded. Award bounties can lag a quarter. Treat all of it as upside and budget on the fixed leg only.

It helps and it scores, but it is not mandatory. What is mandatory is the ability to hold an unscripted business conversation. The eight-day induction covers the domain; nothing covers a weak hiring profile.

No. The four-desk structure — five, three, four and three — does not exist below fifteen, and the tender desk cannot be covered part-time.

A four-seat half-desk, yes. Owners visit sites on Sundays, and a site visit that cannot be confirmed on a Sunday frequently does not happen on Monday.

The ₹50,000 performance deposit is refundable at a clean exit after lock-in or adjusted against your final invoice. The remaining ₹7,00,000 pays for onboarding, technology, tender data, training and documentation and is not refundable once consumed.

The first cycle is inside the setup investment. Renewals are handled under Schedule A — the arrangement is confirmed in writing at award so there is no surprise in month seven.

Never. Estimation prices every job. The desk collects requirements, coordinates the proposal and follows up. Quoting a rate is a fatal error on the quality scorecard.

Tamil and English fluently on every seat. Telugu, Malayalam or Kannada on part of the desk scores well for territory expansion.

Month closes, seats are jointly reconciled in working days 1–3, you invoice on day 4, and payment follows within 15 working days of a clean invoice. Plan for roughly a 55-day gap before your first receipt.

Yes, on separate seats and logins with data segregation maintained, provided it is not a competing construction, real estate or contracting business.

You get 60 days' written notice with a transition plan, and first refusal on Akontec's next comparable domestic placement. A replacement project is not guaranteed.

Seventy-five out of 100. Note that B2B experience and manpower quality carry 45 points, so a strong floor with a weak hiring track record will not clear it.

Yes. Ask during qualification and we will arrange a call with a delivery manager and, subject to their consent, an existing service provider.