Contracting Management ERP for the Middle East & India
Run every job from BOQ to final account in one system. Shyphan sets up contracting ERP on Zoho and Odoo for builders and subcontractors across Saudi Arabia, the UAE, India, Lebanon and the wider Gulf. You get progress billing, retention, job costing and tax that stays right with ZATCA, VAT and GST.

What's inside
Everything a project team runs on.
Contracting ERP at a glance
A quick look at the kind of dashboard and workflow your team gets. Every screen is configured to your business, in Arabic or English.
What is contracting management ERP?
Contracting ERP pulls project control, the bill of quantities (BOQ), budgets, procurement, subcontractors, progress billing, retention, payroll and finance into one system made for construction firms. Instead of a spreadsheet per project, your project managers, QS, buyers and accountants read from the same live figures. Everyone sees the committed cost, the actual cost and the real margin on each job.
Shyphan builds contracting ERP on Zoho and Odoo. You might be a main contractor in Riyadh, an MEP subcontractor in Dubai, an infrastructure firm in Chennai or a group running jobs across the Gulf and Lebanon. Either way, we shape the system around how your projects actually work, with BOQ-driven budgets, interim payment certificates and retention that stay in line with ZATCA e-invoicing in Saudi Arabia, VAT in the UAE, GST in India and the tax rules across the region.
In contracting, the money leaks in the small things. An unbilled variation, a retention release nobody chased, a subcontractor certified for more than they did; any one of them can quietly eat a job's profit. Because every commitment and certificate traces back to the BOQ, your PMs and QS get an early look at cost overruns and cash gaps, and management sees the whole portfolio in a single position. Win more jobs or add more entities and the same system carries them, with no re-implementation.
The pieces your projects actually need
Pick the modules that fit, from a single site to a business running dozens of jobs at once.
Project & BOQ Control
BOQ-driven budgets, work breakdown structures, cost codes and baselines that track every project from award to handover.
Subcontractors & LPOs
Subcontract agreements, back-to-back billing, work packages, LPOs and variation orders in one controlled flow.
Progress & Milestone Billing
Interim payment certificates (IPCs), percentage-complete and milestone invoices with retention withholding and release.
Cost Control & Margins
Committed versus actual cost, budget-to-completion and real-time project profitability dashboards.
Equipment & Materials
Machinery and equipment allocation, hire costs, site stores and material requests tied to each project.
Finance & Compliant Tax
Project accounting, WIP recognition and ZATCA/VAT/GST-compliant progress invoicing and reporting.
Built for how projects actually run
- Variation & change orders tracked against the original BOQ
- Retention withheld, aged and released on schedule
- Advance & mobilisation payments and their recovery
- Material requests and site procurement tied to each project
- Subcontractor valuations and back-to-back certification
Compliance & visibility, built in
- ZATCA Phase 2 (Fatoora) e-invoicing for Saudi Arabia
- 5% VAT for the UAE and GCC, GST for India
- Arabic + English interfaces and documents
- Live dashboards for cost, cash flow and project margin
- Role-based access across projects, teams and geographies
Every module your projects run on
A closer look at what each part of your contracting ERP actually does, from award to final account.
Project & BOQ Control
Turn the contract into a live, trackable plan.
- BOQ import & cost-code structure
- Work breakdown structure (WBS)
- Budget baselines & revisions
- Programme & milestone tracking
Subcontractors & Procurement
Control every commitment and package.
- Subcontract agreements & scopes
- LPOs, RFQs & vendor comparison
- Back-to-back subcontractor billing
- Material requests & site stores
Progress & Milestone Billing
Certify and invoice exactly what's done.
- Interim payment certificates (IPCs)
- Percentage-complete & milestone invoices
- Advance & mobilisation recovery
- Variation & change-order billing
Retention Management
Never lose track of money held back.
- Automatic retention withholding
- Retention ageing & release schedules
- Client & subcontractor retention
- First & second release tracking
Cost Control & Margins
Know each project's true position, live.
- Committed vs actual vs budget cost
- Cost-to-complete & forecast final cost
- Project profitability dashboards
- Cash-flow & receivables tracking
Finance & Compliant Tax
Project accounting that stays compliant.
- WIP & revenue recognition
- Equipment & plant hire costing
- ZATCA / VAT / GST invoicing
- Consolidated multi-project P&L
Contracting sectors we serve
Your implementation in 5 clear steps
A fixed-scope rollout with little risk. Most single-company projects go live in 6 to 12 weeks.
Discovery
We map your projects, BOQ structure, billing cycles and pain points in a free workshop, then scope a fixed quote.
Design & configure
Cost codes, budgets, retention rules, IPC templates and tax are configured to your business on Zoho or Odoo.
Data & integrations
We migrate live projects, BOQs and opening balances and connect your existing accounting and payroll tools.
Train & pilot
PMs, QS and finance teams are trained; we pilot a real IPC and cost report before cut-over.
Go-live & support
We stabilise the go-live and back you with SLA-bound support from India and the GCC.
Connects with your whole stack
The ERP has to talk to the rest of your tools, so we connect it to what your business already uses.
Contracting ERP across the Middle East & India
Local compliance, Arabic support and on-site plus remote delivery in every market we serve.
Riyadh, Jeddah & Dammam
ZATCA Phase 2 (Fatoora) e-invoicing, GOSI and WPS payroll, Qiwa, and Vision 2030 and NEOM ready.
Dubai, Abu Dhabi & Sharjah
5% VAT, UAE corporate tax and WPS payroll configured from day one.
Doha
VAT-ready, WPS payroll and bilingual Arabic and English across the business.
Kuwait City
PACI, PIFSS payroll and Arabic-first workflows for Kuwaiti operations.
Manama
NBR VAT, SIO and GOSI payroll and fully bilingual reporting.
Muscat
VAT, PASI payroll and Omanisation tracking built in.
Amman
ISTD sales tax, Social Security Corporation payroll and Arabic support.
Baghdad & Erbil
Local tax, payroll and Arabic-first setup for federal Iraq and Kurdistan.
Beirut
USD and LBP pricing side by side, with VAT and NSSF handled together.
Istanbul & Ankara
e-Fatura and e-Arşiv, KDV VAT and SGK payroll for Turkish entities.
Noida, Mumbai & Bengaluru
GST, e-invoicing (IRN), e-way bills and PF, ESI and TDS payroll.
An implementation partner, not just a licence reseller
Authorised Zoho & Odoo partner
Certified consultants who pick the right platform for your business and budget.
Regional expertise
Live compliance for ZATCA, GCC VAT and Indian GST, with Arabic support.
Delivery from start to finish
Discovery, configuration, data migration, integrations, training and AMC support.
SLA-bound support
Post-go-live support desks in India and the GCC so your projects never stall.
Contracting ERP questions
What is contracting management ERP?
Does the contracting ERP handle BOQ, progress billing and retention?
Do you implement contracting ERP on Zoho or Odoo?
Is the contracting ERP ZATCA and VAT compliant?
How long does a contracting ERP implementation take?
How does the ERP track committed cost versus actual cost per project?
Can it manage subcontractors, variations and back-to-back billing?
Request your free Contracting ERP consultation
Tell us about your projects. A senior Shyphan consultant, a real person and not a bot, gets back to you within 24 hours with scope, a timeline and a fixed quote. The first 30-minute call is free, with no obligation.
- Free 30-minute discovery call
- Fixed-quote SOW, no surprises
- Zoho & Odoo implementation & migration
- ZATCA / VAT / GST compliance built in
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Ready to take control of your projects?
Talk to Shyphan about a contracting ERP shaped around your projects, your compliance and your region. The first 30-minute consultation is free, with no commitment.