I have been doing this a while and I have never had to put that in a contract nor would I.
Hoff Professional Consulting President/Director of IT Phone- 519-348-0895 Fax - 425-732-1861 Cell - 519-276-0489 E-mail - [email protected] ________________________________ From: Rich Silva <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2011 11:23 AM Subject: Re: [EDI-L] <MISC> - To all Contractors out there Or those of you with Contracting experience… OK, any of you…. Feel free to chime in… A prospective client of mine (their lawyers anyway) have asked that I add a clause to “Exhibit A of the Contractors Agreement” (Exhibit A, in their case is basically the place where I put in my billing terms…) that goes something like “…payment is not due until testing has been approved and completed…” I have a lot of issue with this, not only because it holds up payment on the entire contract until the end (and I am in no condition to support that) but because it also leaves me no leverage if they decide to withhold payment (for any reason)… I’d have made my “deliveries” and its not like I could “remove” them… (Other than legal). Not to mention that “Now” I/we will have to negotiate and agree on “Acceptance Criteria” which so far has been loosely “make it work”… (For a bit of context, it’s a multi month contract… Currently labeled as a “Phase 1” (of at least three)… And both sides (myself and my contacts within the company) are hoping that this turns into a “long friendly relationship”… I was curious if any of you have seen anything like this… And if any of you have some alternative positions I might offer while I negotiate around this issue? Thanx, Rich Description: Wizard Clip Art SigRichard Silva Silva Software Services – United States Phone: (310) 387-8364 Email: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] ü Please consider the environment before printing this email. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
