Contract or no contract

[Billy Pilgrim]

Been offered a small piece of work (10-15 days) from my old company. Went down to see them yesterday and got everything verbally sorted - scope of work, rate (time and materials) etc....when I asked whether I needed some sort of written contract he just said 'just invoice us at months end'.

The trust between MyCo and TheirCo is good- but I do feel that I need to get something written down and signed. I'm a PCG member and have access to their draft contracts so quickly knocking something together won't be a problem

Should I be looking to get something down in writing ?

What are the IR35 implications of signing / non signing a (carefully worded) contract / statement of work ???

Ta

[MrsGoof]

get a purchase order from them

[ASB]

The trust between MyCo and TheirCo is good- but I do feel that I need to get something written down and signed.

In your position I did some work on the nod. Took over a year to get paid and a couple of k in legals.

The written agreement is for when things go wrong.

As MrsGoof says, at least get a purchase order. If it's just for a deliverable that is good from IR35 too.

[Billy Pilgrim]

Sorry for being thick - but can you expand on this purchase order thingy ??

[malvolio]

It's just a formal recognition of what they want delivered, when and for how much. If needs be, write one yourself and put your commercial terms on the back and get your client to sign it.

And sorry for being thick myself, but I'm genuinely interested - if you are a PCG member, why not ask this question on their forums? Nothing against the guys here of course, but why not use the highly expert resources you're paying for?

[Billy Pilgrim]

It's just a formal recognition of what they want delivered, when and for how much. If needs be, write one yourself and put your commercial terms on the back and get your client to sign it.

And sorry for being thick myself, but I'm genuinely interested - if you are a PCG member, why not ask this question on their forums? Nothing against the guys here of course, but why not use the highly expert resources you're paying for?

I tend to browse this one a lot more ! And I assumed it was not such a hard question that even you lot could answer it