Agency Want The Following...

[themistry]

Hi all,

my brother just secured his first contract. Waiting for his paperwork to come through.

The Agency (Modis) however have asked for the following information:

Information required:
Certificate of Incorporation
VAT Certificate
Public Indemnity & Public Liability Insurance £500k minimum for each
Copy of passport photo page
2 references (email and telephone)

Some if it seems questionable to me. Especially the bit about references. What should he do?

Further, the email also contains the following text:

Formal contracts are in the process of being released to you but the details are as follows: The contract will commence on <date> and is scheduled to run initially for x months / x weeks, it will be reviewed during this time and it is possible that it will be extended beyond this date.

The rates, as agreed, are £x per day subject to Limited Company status totalling £x (+ VAT) for a standard working week of 5 days per week. Modis pay monthly and your Limited Company account will be credited within 3 working days of receipt of invoice.

Please reply upon receipt to confirm your acceptance of the above terms, subject to contract. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your commitment during this process and we look forward to a long and successful partnership with you.

Is he ok to reply to this? I dont like the whole "confirm acceptance" business in case they are trying to tie hiw down into something,

Thanks for any advice,
TM

[BrilloPad]

Hi all,

my brother just secured his first contract. Waiting for his paperwork to come through.

The Agency (Modis) however have asked for the following information:

Information required:
Certificate of Incorporation
VAT Certificate
Public Indemnity & Public Liability Insurance £500k minimum for each
Copy of passport photo page
2 references (email and telephone)

Some if it seems questionable to me. Especially the bit about references. What should he do?

Further, the email also contains the following text:

Formal contracts are in the process of being released to you but the details are as follows: The contract will commence on <date> and is scheduled to run initially for x months / x weeks, it will be reviewed during this time and it is possible that it will be extended beyond this date.

The rates, as agreed, are £x per day subject to Limited Company status totalling £x (+ VAT) for a standard working week of 5 days per week. Modis pay monthly and your Limited Company account will be credited within 3 working days of receipt of invoice.

Please reply upon receipt to confirm your acceptance of the above terms, subject to contract. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your commitment during this process and we look forward to a long and successful partnership with you.

Is he ok to reply to this? I dont like the whole "confirm acceptance" business in case they are trying to tie hiw down into something,

Thanks for any advice,
TM

Personally :-
Certificate of Incorporation - fine if limited(I use umbrella)
VAT Certificate - fine if limited(I use umbrella)
Public Indemnity & Public Liability Insurance - why do they need it?
Copy of passport photo page - why do they need it?
2 references (email and telephone) - not a chance in hell

"confirm acceptance" - sounds like they are trying to agree the basic terms so any mistakes can be corrected asap. I would reply in a wooly way.

[NotAllThere]

Modis pay monthly and your Limited Company account will be credited within 3 working days of receipt of invoice

Sounds good to me.

[smiff]

Everything seems OK to me, apart from the reference fishing. Copy of photo page in passport is becoming quite common it seems.

[DodgyAgent]

If the contract has been landed then these are all legit requests

[themistry]

Thanks for all the replies guys,

much appreciated.

TM

[themistry]

Hi all, update:

Modis replied with the following:

References will be taken by Modis as part of our agreement with <client>, please supply relevant details.

Is it worth calling the client to ask? I dont want to piss anyone off.

TM

[gingerjedi]

Personally :-
Certificate of Incorporation - fine if limited(I use umbrella)
VAT Certificate - fine if limited(I use umbrella)
Public Indemnity & Public Liability Insurance - why do they need it?
Copy of passport photo page - why do they need it?
2 references (email and telephone) - not a chance in hell

"confirm acceptance" - sounds like they are trying to agree the basic terms so any mistakes can be corrected asap. I would reply in a wooly way.

Because the client requires it, pretty standard these days.

I spent 3 years on contracts from Modis and I found them to be nothing but professional in every aspect, bought me lunch on quite a few occasions too!

[minstrel]

Hi all, update:

Modis replied with the following:

References will be taken by Modis as part of our agreement with <client>, please supply relevant details.

Is it worth calling the client to ask? I dont want to piss anyone off.

TM

Just get a couple of mates who you've worked with before to give references.

I've given a few before and it's normally a call that last a couple of minutes asking where you worked, a couple of quick 1-5 rating questions and then on to the "does your company have any contractor needs over the next 3-6 months that our agency could help you with".

[themistry]

Just get a couple of mates who you've worked with before to give references.

I've given a few before and it's normally a call that last a couple of minutes asking where you worked, a couple of quick 1-5 rating questions and then on to the "does your company have any contractor needs over the next 3-6 months that our agency could help you with".

Thanks for the advice,

seeing as thought he was permie before this, I was thinking it would probably be fine for him to give 2 actual references.

TM