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SUBCONTRACTOR AGREEMENT

This Subcontractor Agreement is made on [Effective date] between [Contractor name], [Contractor address] (the "Contractor"), and [Subcontractor name], [Subcontractor address] (the "Subcontractor").

1. Background

The Contractor has agreed to provide services to [End client name] (the "Client") and engages the Subcontractor to perform part of that work.

2. Services

The Subcontractor will provide the following (the "Services"):

The Subcontractor will perform the Services with reasonable skill and care, on time, and to any standards the Contractor gives it in writing. The Contractor has shared the parts of its contract with the Client that apply to the Services, and the Subcontractor will comply with them as if it were the Contractor.

3. Fees and payment

The Contractor will pay the Subcontractor a fixed fee of [Fixed fee] for the Services.The Contractor will pay the Subcontractor [Hourly rate] per hour, up to [Max hours] hours unless the Contractor agrees to more in writing.

The Subcontractor will invoice the Contractor [Invoice frequency]. The Contractor will pay each undisputed invoice within [Payment days] days of receiving it. If the Client has not yet paid the Contractor for the related work, the Contractor may delay payment until [Days after client payment] days after the Client pays, but never more than [Longstop days] days after the invoice date.

The Contractor will reimburse reasonable expenses that it approved in advance, supported by receipts.

4. Independent contractor

The Subcontractor is an independent business, not an employee, partner or agent of the Contractor. It decides how to perform the Services, provides its own equipment, and is responsible for its own taxes and insurance. It may not pass the Services to anyone else without the Contractor's written consent.

5. The Client relationship

The Subcontractor will work as part of the Contractor's team, will not contact the Client about the project unless the Contractor agrees, and will pass any Client enquiries to the Contractor.

During this Agreement and for [Non solicit months] months after it ends, the Subcontractor will not solicit the Client for, or accept from the Client, work similar to the Services without the Contractor's written consent.

6. Ownership of the work

Once the Contractor has paid for it, all work the Subcontractor creates for the Services belongs to the Contractor, so that the Contractor can pass it to the Client, and the Subcontractor assigns all rights in it to the Contractor. The Subcontractor may show the work in its portfolio once the Client has made it public, unless the Contractor says otherwise.The Subcontractor will not show or publish the work.

7. Confidentiality

The Subcontractor will keep the Contractor's and the Client's non-public information confidential and use it only to perform the Services, during this Agreement and for [Confidentiality years] years afterwards.

The Subcontractor will hold [Insurance type] insurance with cover of at least [Insurance amount] while it performs the Services, and will show proof on request.

8. Ending this Agreement

Either party may end this Agreement with [Notice days] days' written notice. If the Client ends or reduces its project with the Contractor, the Contractor may end or reduce this Agreement to match by written notice. In every case the Contractor pays for Services properly performed up to the end date.

9. Governing law

This Agreement is governed by the laws of [Governing law].

[Contractor name]: ____________________________

[Subcontractor name]: ____________________________