You have certain legal responsibilities when you engage subcontractors and you should agree a contract for services that will help you to discharge those duties.
A subcontractor contract is a legally enforceable agreement between a general contractor and a subcontractor. It can cover a number of areas:
- the contractor’s/subcontractor’s responsibilities
- the objectives, scope of the work and key deliverables (goals), eg in a project schedule with milestones
- resources you must provide if the contractor/subcontractor needs access to your equipment and/or staff
- fees and a payment schedule - you may wish to consider penalty or incentive schemes for under-performance or over-performance
- a procedure for resolving disputes, eg review or termination confidentiality agreements
So if you’re carrying out a loft conversion for instance and sub-contract the window installation, then a contract will ensure that payment and workmanship and more, become the responsibility of the sub-contractor.
ContractsXpert already provides four contracts authored by the Federation of Master Builders which have been integrated into our user-friendly software package.
And the FMB have now produced a new sub-contractor contract. It will be available this autumn to new purchasers and users with active Support & Updates.
To renew your ContractsXpert Support & Updates in readiness for this update call 0845 1234 085 or click here
