Professional Consulting Agreement
Agreement made _____________, 2005,
between _____________________________, a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
State/Province of _________________________________, with its principal
place of business at
______________________________________________, herein
referred to as Corporation, and Dayton Associates, a sole
proprietorship, with its principal place of business at
477 123rd Place NE, Bellevue, Washington, herein referred
to as Consultant.
- Corporation
desires Consultant to perform technical and/or
marketing communications consulting.
- Consultant agrees to perform
these services for Corporation under the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement.
It is understood that Consultant's
services will be rendered largely in Bellevue,
Washington, but that Consultant will, on request, come to
the Corporation's address or to such other places as
designated by the Corporation to meet with their
representatives.
The number of hours Consultant is to
work will be approved in advance by Corporation and
mutually agreed to by Consultant. The hours Consultant is
to work on any given day will be entirely within
Consultant's control and Corporation will rely upon
Consultant to put in such number of hours as are
reasonably necessary to fulfill the spirit and purpose of
this Agreement.
- Corporation agrees to retain
Consultant for a minimum of two days, or for
additional hours/days as mutually agreed by
Corporation and Consultant.
- Corporation will pay Consultant
$_________.00 (US) per day, or $______.00 (US) per
hour, of Consultant's time used in the performance of
services under this agreement.
- Travel time will be billed at
one-half of Consultant's daily/hourly consulting
rate. Travel time will be considered billable time if
Consultant is required to travel more than 20 miles
from Bellevue, Washington. Air travel will be billed
directly (when possible) to Corporation. The
responsibility to provide consulting services will be
accepted and work will begin when Consultant receives
a non-refundable retainer of $ _________.00 (US).
Once this initial advance has been exhausted,
Corporation agrees to pay Consultant the total
balance due pursuant to the Consultants
invoice.
- Corporation will pay invoices
for consulting services within fifteen days of
receipt of Consultant's invoice. Overdue invoices
will be charged a 5% late fee and 1.5% per month
interest.
Each party acknowledges and agrees that
any and all information concerning the other's business
is "Confidential and Proprietary Information",
and each party agrees that it will not permit the
duplication, use or disclosure of any such
"Confidential and Proprietary Information" to
any person (other than its own employee, agent or
representative who must have such information for the
performance of its obligations hereunder), unless such
duplication, use or disclosure is specifically authorized
by the other party. "Confidential and Proprietary
Information" is not meant to include any information
which, at the time of disclosure, is generally known by
the public or any competitors of the parties to this
Agreement.
The Corporation does hereby indemnify
and shall hold harmless (including reasonable attorney's
fees) the Consultant against all liability to third
parties (other than liability solely the fault of the
Consultant) arising from the performance of consulting
services under this Agreement. Corporation's obligation
to indemnify Consultant will survive the expiration or
termination of this Agreement by either party for any
reason. Corporation may, at its option, conduct the
defense in any such third party action arising as
described herein and Consultant promises to cooperate
fully with such defense.
Consultant's nonperformance shall be
excused if caused by equipment failure, acts of God,
strikes, equipment or facilities shortages, or other
causes beyond Consultant's reasonable control. In
addition, Consultant's liability, if any, for any
mistake, omission, interruption, delay, error, defect or
other failure in its recommendations or delivery of
service or equipment, whether in contract, tort, strict
liability or otherwise, shall in no event exceed the
amount of Consultant's contract. In no event shall
Consultant be liable to Corporation and/or users, for any
amount arising out of or connected with this agreement
(except as specifically set out in the previous sentence)
or for any costs, delays, special, incidental or
consequential damages.
- Either party to this Agreement
may terminate this Agreement by giving 10 days notice
to the other party.
- Any modifications or addendum to
this contract shall only be made in writing.
- If either Corporation or
Consultant employs attorneys to enforce any rights
arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the
prevailing party shall be entitled to recover
attorney's fees and any costs of collection.
- This Agreement shall be governed
by the laws of the state of Washington.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties
hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and
year first above written.
CORPORATION
BY:
_________________________________________________
TITLE:
_______________________________________________
CONSULTANT
BY:
_________________________________________________
FOR: DAYTON ASSOCIATES
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