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Asset tagging and asset register services

Most organisations that call us do not have an asset problem. They have a register problem: a spreadsheet that has not matched reality since 2021, an auditor asking questions, or a new finance system that needs clean opening balances. Tags are the easy part.

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Asset tagging and asset register services, Nicetags Solutions, Nairobi
Nicetags Solutions

Asset tagging and asset register services

Most organisations that call us do not have an asset problem. They have a register problem: a spreadsheet that has not matched reality since 2021, an auditor asking questions, or a new finance system that needs clean opening balances. Tags are the easy part.

Our service teams handle the part that takes time. We verify what physically exists, tag every asset with a durable identifier suited to its surface and environment, capture the data in the same pass, and hand back a register that reconciles line by line to what is on site.

Everything is priced per asset rather than per day, so you know the cost of the exercise before we start. For sites outside Nairobi we itemise travel in full and confirm it in writing before any work begins.

Lead time confirmed with every quote, from artwork approval
Detail

Four services, one field team

Most engagements combine two or three of these. Each page sets out scope, deliverables and how the work is priced.

On-site asset tagging

Scoping visit, tag production in our Nairobi workshop, physical tagging with data capture in the same pass, reconciliation and handover with training. Priced from KSh 60 per asset across all 47 counties.

Asset verification and reconciliation

A physical count against your existing register, with a verification report, exceptions schedule, condition assessment, write-off recommendations and photographic evidence. The usual answer to an audit query about assets that cannot be traced.

Fixed asset register development

Building or rebuilding a register that reconciles to your general ledger, supports depreciation and survives staff changes, structured to IPSAS, IFRS or a donor-specific reporting framework.

Asset data capture

Field data capture and barcode scanning delivered in your system's import format rather than a PDF, so the data loads into your existing finance or asset system instead of being retyped.

Detail

Two priced tiers

The same field team and the same tags on both tiers. The difference is how much accounting detail we capture and how the register is structured.

Basic register, KSh 60 per asset (excl. VAT)

Every asset tagged, scanned and logged with description, location, custodian and tag number. A working inventory you can verify against at any time.

Comprehensive register, KSh 150 per asset (excl. VAT)

Everything in the basic tier plus acquisition cost, funding source, depreciation method and rate, accumulated depreciation, net book value and condition, structured to IPSAS or IFRS classes and ready to reconcile to the ledger.

Detail

Free scanner on projects of 500 assets or more

Any on-site tagging project of 500 assets or more includes a free barcode or QR scanner, on both the basic and the comprehensive tier. It is the same scanner your staff use to keep the register current after we leave. Tags are quoted separately from the per-asset service rate.

Detail

Travel outside Nairobi

For sites outside Nairobi, transport, accommodation and subsistence are charged at cost. We confirm an exact, itemised figure before any work begins, with no percentage mark-up and no open-ended travel line on the final invoice.

Buyer questions

Questions about asset tagging and asset register services

Which service do we actually need if our register is a mess?

Start with verification, not tagging. A verification exercise establishes what physically exists before anything is labelled, so you are not tagging against a list that is already wrong. Tagging and register development then follow in the same mobilisation. Where no reliable register exists at all, we usually combine verification and comprehensive tagging into one engagement so the count and the record are produced together.

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How much does a full service engagement cost end to end?

The service is KSh 60 per asset for a basic register or KSh 150 per asset for a comprehensive one, excluding VAT, with tags quoted separately by material and size. A 1,000-asset comprehensive exercise is therefore KSh 150,000 for the service plus the tag cost and any itemised travel. Published tag prices let you build the full figure yourself.

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Is there a minimum project size for on-site work?

There is no formal minimum inside Nairobi, but below roughly 150 assets the mobilisation cost starts to dominate the per-asset rate, and it is often cheaper for you to buy pre-numbered tags and apply them with your own staff. We will say so rather than sell you a site visit you do not need. Outside Nairobi the travel cost makes small jobs poor value.

Can your team work outside normal office hours?

Yes. Hospitals, hotels, banks and manufacturing sites usually need at least part of the work done outside operating hours, and we plan shifts around clinical lists, guest occupancy, branch hours or production schedules. Out-of-hours work does not change the per-asset rate, though it can extend the calendar duration of the exercise.

What do we have to provide during the exercise?

A named contact per site, access to locked rooms and stores, any existing register or purchase records, and a decision-maker for numbering conventions. Most delays on our projects come from access rather than fieldwork: a locked server room, a department head on leave, or an off-site store nobody mentioned during scoping.

How long does a project take?

A single Nairobi site of 1,000 assets typically takes three to five field days plus data work, and tag production runs to published lead times from artwork approval. Multi-site county or branch networks are scheduled in waves. We give you a written schedule at quotation stage rather than a general estimate.

Will you integrate the register into our existing finance system?

We deliver data in your system's import format, including field mapping and code structures agreed in advance, and we test a sample load before handover. We do not write custom integrations into third-party finance software or act as your system implementer. Where you want an asset system, we can supply one.

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Can you guarantee our audit finding will be cleared?

No, and treat any supplier promising that carefully. We can guarantee every asset we handle is uniquely identified and reconciled with documented exceptions. Whether that clears a specific finding depends on your valuation basis, accounting policies and how the accounting officer presents the record, which are not ours to control.

Do you take over ongoing asset management afterwards?

No. We build the register, train your staff and leave you the tools to maintain it, including a scanner on qualifying projects. Some clients bring us back annually for a verification sweep before year end, which is usually far cheaper than the first exercise because the identification layer is already in place.

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