TYPICAL AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES (NOT FOR USE IN ACTUAL AGREEMENT)
Client XYZ Company
Address 789 Main Street, Anytown USA
Email:_____________________________
Ph:____________________________Fax_____________________
Contact Name_______________________
1. Retention and Description of Services. During the term of this Agreement, SC Echols-Consulting, herein after called the Consultant, will furnish estimating consulting services and reports as specifically requested by the client, XYZ Company , hereafter called the Client. The estimating services and reports will relate to work being done or planned by the Client in the following SAMPLE project named AAA Multifamily Units , and will be within the area of the Consultants technical competence and will specifically include the following reports only: as discussed prior to this agreement.
2. Term of Agreement. The Consultants estimating services shall be available to the Client from 01/01/xx to 01/15/xx.
3. Place of Work. It is understood that the Estimating Consultants services will be rendered at the Consultants facilities in Orange County, Texas.
4. Consulting Hours. In the performance of the estimating services, the hours the Consultant is to work on any given day is entirely within the Consultants control and the Client will rely upon the Consultant to put in such number of hours as may be reasonably necessary to fulfill the spirit and purpose of this agreement.
5. Compensation. The Client will pay the Consultant an estimating fee of $ XX.00 per hour or up to a maximum total sum not to exceed $X,XXX.00 for work performed by the estimating Consultant under this agreement. The Consultant will invoice the Client for the entire amount due upon completion of the estimate report by the Consultant. The Client agrees to render payment of the full amount due at this time. The report will be delivered to the Client after full payment has been rendered to the Consultant. The Consultant provides intellectual property and reports based on estimating experience, therefore the Consultant does not refund any payments.
6. Consultant as an Independent Contractor. The Consultant will furnish his services as an independent contractor and not as an employee of the Client or of any company affiliated with the Client. The Consultant has no power or authority to act for, represent, or bind the Client or any company affiliated with the Client in any manner.
7. Consultant Not to Engage in Conflicting Activities. During the time of this Agreement the Consultant will not enter into any activity, employment, or business arrangement which conflicts with the Clients interests or the Consultants obligations under this Agreement.
8. Trade Secrets and Inventions. The Consultant will treat as proprietary any information belonging to the Client, its affiliated companies, or any third parties, disclosed to the Consultant in the course of the Consultants estimating services. The Consultant assigns and agrees to assign to the Client or its nominee all rights in inventions or other proprietary information conceived by the Consultant during the term of this Agreement with respect to any work which the Consultant performs under this Agreement.
9. Termination of Agreement by Notice. Either party may terminate this Agreement upon 24 hours notice by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the other party. If this agreement is terminated by either party, the Client shall only be liable for payment of consulting fees earned as a result of work actually performed prior to the effective date of the termination. The Consultant will maintain a tally of actual hours of work performed by the estimating Consultant in the case of a lump sum Agreement and the Client agrees to compensate the Consultant for all actual hours performed by the Consultant at a rate of $XX.00 per hour.
10. Governing Law. This Agreement is subject to and shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas. The Venue shall be in the County of Orange.
11. Hold Harmless. The Client shall hold harmless as to any damages as pertaining to this Agreement and shall perform their due deligency in using the information provided by Consultant. If any information was not available and delivered to Consultant prior to finished reports then Client shall deem this information as been excluded to the reports delivered.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. The Parties have Agreed and Executed this Agreement on January 1, 20__
Consultants Signature________________________________________ Dated_______
Client Duly Authorized by Print Name below:
by_______________________________________
Client Signature____________________________________Dated______