This contract is an adaptation of the open source 'Contract Killer' written by Andy Clarke in 2008. Customisations by Andris Dinsbergs & the Australian Web Industry Association Inc. The creators of the document accept no liability for any drafting errors or consequences arising from its use.
Date: XXX
Between Kev Seeley, trading as BlueBay Solutions and clientname, trading as clienttradingname
Project: XXX website
We will always do our best to fulfill your needs and meet your goals, but sometimes it is best to have a few things written down so that we know we've got the same understanding about who should do what and what happens if stuff goes wrong. In this contract you won’t find complicated legal terms or large passages of unreadable text. We want what’s best for the safety of both parties, now and in the future.
clientcompanyname (ABN/ACN XXXXXXXXXXX), herein referred to as clientabbreviation is engaging BlueBay Solutions (ABN 55600282167), trading as BlueBay Solutions (herein after called BBS) located at 18 Blue Bay Crescent, Perulpa island Qld 4184, to design and develop a website for the total price as shown in our estimate (number 0000XXX) on date.
As our customer, you have the power and authority to enter into this contract on behalf of your company or organisation. You agree to provide us with everything that we need to complete the project including text, images and other information as and when we need it, and in the format that we ask for. You agree to review our work, provide feedback and sign-off approval in a timely manner. Deadlines work two ways and you will also be bound by any dates that we agree to and set together. You also agree to abide by the payment schedule set out at the end of this contract.
BBS has the experience and ability to perform the services you need from us and will carry them out in a professional and timely manner. Along the way BBS will endeavor to meet all the deadlines set but will not be responsible for a missed launch date or a deadline if you have been late in supplying materials or have not approved or signed off our work on-time at any stage. BBS will also maintain the confidentiality of any information that you give us.
BBS will create designs for the look-and-feel, layout and functionality of your website. This contract includes one main design plus the opportunity for you to make up to two rounds of revisions. If you’re not happy with the designs at this stage, you will pay in full for all of the work produced until that point and you may either cancel this contract or continue to commission us to make further design revisions at the hourly rate set out in our most recent estimate.
If the project includes HTML markup and CSS templates, BBS will develop these using HTML5 and CSS2.1 and CSS3 for styling. The landscape of web browsers and devices changes regularly and our approach is to look forward, not back. With that in mind we will test all our markup and CSS in current versions of all major desktop browsers to ensure that we make the most from them. Users of older or less capable browsers or devices will experience a design that is appropriate to the capabilities of their software. For people using Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, this means a universal, typographically focussed design but no layout. BBS will also test that these templates perform well on Apple’s iPad.
BBS is not responsible for writing or inputting any text copy unless specified in the original estimate or as varied by written agreement. BBS will help though, and in addition to the estimate we will charge you at our hourly rate for copy writing or content input.
You will supply us photographs either in digital or printed format. If you choose to buy stock photographs BBS can suggest vendors of stock photography. Any time BBS spend searching for appropriate photographs will be charged at our standard hourly rate.
BBS knows from plenty of experience that fixed-price contracts are rarely beneficial to you, as they often limit you to your first idea about how something should look, or how it might work. We do not want to limit either your options or your opportunities to change your mind.
The estimate price at the beginning of this document is based on the number of hours that we estimate we’ll need to accomplish everything that you have told us you want to achieve and any expenses involved in doing so. If you do want to change your mind, add extra pages or templates or even add new functionality, that won’t be a problem. However, you will be charged the hourly rate set out in the estimate given to you. Along the way BBS might ask you to put requests in writing to keep track of changes.
In the first 30 days upon completion of the project and full payment, any faults or bug fixes are undertaken as fast as possible with no charge to you. BBS agrees to remain reasonably available for web site maintenance at a fee (valid until 1/2016) of $70 plus GST per hour unless otherwise arranged under one of our Support Service plans.
If you don’t manage your own web site hosting, BBS will provide web site hosting for you at our third-party professional hosting provider.
BBS is not a web site hosting company and does not offer or include technical support for web site hosting or other services relating to web site hosting. If you do require help with anything beyond the design and development of your site and simple hosting tasks like email account setups, BBS will help and charge you at our standard hourly rate.
BBS will not guarantee that the functions contained in any web page templates or in a completed web site will always be error-free and so will not be liable to you or any third party for damages, including lost profits, expenses, costs, lost savings or other incidental, consequential or special damages arising out of the operation of, or your inability to operate this web site and any other web pages, even if you have advised us of the possibilities of such damages.
If any provision of this agreement shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
You shall assume responsibility for all costs, expenses, legal fees and costs, and interest incurred by BBS arising out of any default in payment or violation of the terms of this contract.
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Either of us may terminate this contract by giving 30 days written notice to the other. If work on the project is postponed or stopped at your request, BBS shall have the right to bill pro rata for work completed thus far. This shall be payable within thirty days of your written notification to stop work. You shall also pay interest and any expenses incurred by us.
You guarantee to us that any elements of text, graphics, photos, designs, trademarks, or other artwork that you provide us for inclusion in the web site are either owned by you, or that you have permission to use them.
When we receive your final payment, copyright is automatically assigned as follows:
You shall own the graphics and other visual elements that BBS creates for you for this project. BBS will give you a copy of all files and you should store them really safely as BBS is not required to keep them or provide any native source files that we used in making them.
You shall also own text content, photographs and other data you provided, unless someone else owns them. We shall own the (X)HTML markup, CSS and other code and we license it to you for use on only this project.
We love to show off our work and share what we have learned with other people. BBS reserves the right to display and link to your completed project as part of our portfolio and to write about the project on web sites and in magazine articles about web design.
We may disclose confidential information to one another as a part of the project development. Such information shall be so identified in writing at the time of its transmittal, and shall be safeguarded and not disclosed to third parties by the receiving party.
clientabbreviation shall pay BBS 50% of the total cost on the signing of this contract and the outstanding balance on completion of the work described.
All invoices are due within 7 days of email notification that they have been sent. You agree and shall assume responsibility for any costs associated with defaulting in payment. Interest on invoices unpaid beyond the period of 30 days and compounding after every 30 days, shall be charged and is payable in accordance with the Penalty Interest Rate Act (1983).
BBS reserves the right to suspend any further development of the project if any payment has not been received by the due date shown on the invoice.
You acknowledge that your electronic submissions constitute your agreement and intent to be bound by and to pay for services provided by BBS and your intention to be bound by electronic submissions applies to all records relating to this Contract that you enter into on BBS's internet site including notices of cancellation, policies, contracts and applications. In order to access and retain your electronic records you may be required to have certain hardware and software which will be your sole responsibility.
You cannot transfer this contract to anyone else without our permission. This contract stays in place and need not be renewed. If for some reason one part of this contract becomes invalid or unenforceable, the remaining parts of it remain in place.
Although the language is simple, the intentions are serious and this contract is a legal document under exclusive jurisdiction of the laws of the State of Queensland.
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…………………………………………………………. Client signature
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…………………………………………………………. Signature on behalf of BlueBay Solutions
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Date: XXX
Everyone should sign above and keep a copy for their own records.
EXECUTED by clientcompanyname (ABN XXXXXXXXXX) in accordance with Section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)
…………………………………………. Signature of Director / Sole Director / Sole Secretary
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and
…………………………………………………………. Signature on behalf of BlueBay Solutions
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Date: XXX
Everyone should sign above and keep a copy for their own records.
If the client is a Proprietary Limited company, BBS may require one or more Directors to guarantee this agreement. Such guarantee shall be executed as set out in the Schedule below.
I, …………………………………………………. of ………………………………………………….
being a Director of clientcompany (ACN XXXXXXXXXX) hereby for myself, my executors and administrators covenant with BBS that if at any time default is made in payment of moneys owing pursuant to this Agreement I will forthwith on demand made to me by BBS pay BBS all such moneys owing. This guarantee shall be a continuing guarantee and I as Director shall not be released by neglect or forbearance by BBS in enforcing payment pursuant to this Agreement.
…………………………………………………. Signed by the Director
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and
…………………………………………………………. Signature on behalf of BlueBay Solutions
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Date: XXX
Everyone should sign above and keep a copy for their own records.
…………………………………………. Signature of CEO of Client Company
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and
…………………………………………………………. Signature on behalf of BlueBay Solutions
…………………………………………………………. Print full name
……………………………………………………….… Print usual address
Date: XXX
Everyone should sign above and keep a copy for their own records.
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