Well basically you just want something that shows the scope of the project and let it be known that any additions to the current scope will be billed at X amount of dollars. There is so many times a client will add something new to the scope after you have already placed the bid and if nothing is in writing, you can get yourself in a mess. Another thing to keep in mind is payment methods, if you have not worked for this company before, and do not know them, I would place in your contract somewhere that you will get say 30% up front and the balance upon completion. If you do not do this, you may find you have worked 80 hours on it and then have them say that the client bailed nad that they cannot pay you. At least you covered some of your time.
Douglas Brown Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "J S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 5:56 PM Subject: Re: Contractors > Thanks for the reply. What do you mean by 'cover your ass'? What do I need to watch out for and besides the things you mentioned below, how can I make sure I have a good contract? I don't have the time and money to have a lawyer draw something up right now are there other options? > Thanks, > JS > > Douglas Brown wrote:A couple of things. > > 1. Have a good contract for yourself before you go into this. Cover your A%^ > 2. You should charge more than what you would expect as a salaried employee, > due to a higher tax bracket. I would say at least $40.00 per hour. > 3. Break the application into several parts and base your bid for the job on > each part, it is too hard to bid a project by just looking at the whole pie > so to speak. > 4. Allow yourself some room for client modifications etc...Add say 10% to > your final bid. > > > > > Douglas Brown > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J S" > To: "CF-Community" > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 3:29 PM > Subject: Contractors > > > > I am doing some contracting work for a small company that has not used > > contractors before. Since I haven't done contract work before myself I > > have a lot of questions. I'll start with this one for now, I was asked > > to give them a quote for a web site that they will give to their > > client. The job is relatively involved with a shopping cart and > > interfacing > > with another web application so the quote will require some research on > > my part. Is it common to charge the company I'm doing the work for the > > time I will to do the quote? > > > > Any other advice is welcomed too. > > > > Thanks, > > > > JS > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
