Technical Consulting Agreement

The consulting agreement is an agreement between a consultant and a client who wishes to retain certain specified services of the consultant for a specified time at a specified rate of compensation.

Consultant agreements are important because they outline what work will be done, as well as the terms of the agreement between the client and the consultant. A consultant agreement should be detailed and include compensation terms, contract termination, intellectual property ownership and confidentiality agreements.

The market rate is the average price and range of pricing a typical customer will pay for your type of consulting service. If the average business consultant charges and receives $100 per hour, than the market rate is likely between $50 to $150 per hour.

Protect yourself: Put your guidelines in writing -- and stick by them. Have a very clear discussion laying out your professional boundaries and ask your client to do the same. Come to an understanding about working hours and response times and agree on how you will schedule calls, meetings, and Skype sessions.

Full names and titles of the people with whom you're doing business. Be sure they're all spelled correctly. Project objectives. Detailed description of the project. List of responsibilities. Fees. Timeline. Page numbers.

Full names and titles of the people with whom you're doing business. Be sure they're all spelled correctly. Project objectives. Detailed description of the project. List of responsibilities. Fees. Timeline. Page numbers.

What is the difference between a Consultant and a Contractor? The short answer is that the Consultants role is evaluate a client's needs and provide expert advice and opinion on what needs to be done while the Contractors role is generally to evaluate the client's needs and actually perform the work.