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Have you landed a nice, fat, multi-year project contract? Congratulations! Now download this Excel spreadsheet to help track the actual costs of servicing this contract over time.

Sooner or later, your company will have work with consultants and professional services providers. This sample contract can give you guidelines about the kinds of matters you must make legal provision for when outsourcing work to people and companies outside your corporation. To avoid nasty legal misunderstandings, however, we advise you to have your own legal department or lawyer review this or any contract you make between your company and an outside service provider or consultant. (Our lawyers made us say that!)

Ah, the ties that bind! A good contract will protect everyone's interests, and that includes the subcontractor's, too. Spell out all arrangements in detail, and know what both sides are getting into. Note: This contract is no substitute for legal advice.

Avoid legal pitfalls when working with contracts by referring to this quick guide--and consulting with corporate counsel.

How do you officially "borrow" the team members you need for your project if they belong to another project or department? Here's a formal contract for procuring their time.

Even if you aren't working under contract, it's wise to make sure employer and employee are on the same page. This agreement defines the terms of employment at will for any situation.

Your client will want a good ballpark estimate of how much it will cost to construct his project. This form gives you a quick way to get those costs down on paper.

A construction contract is complicated, not just in wording (leave that to the lawyers!), but in all the steps it (and you) must go through to turn the wishes of the client and the words on paper into a viable construction project. Use this form to help move matters along without forgetting any important steps and checkpoints.

Short, sweet and to the point, this proposal template is the way to go if you are negotiating a lump sum contract.

Large contracts pose their own set of problems, particularly when it comes to keeping track of monthly billables, receivables and variances. This spreadsheet will make life much easier.

Track maintenance costs over the life of a contract with this Excel spreadsheet.

Are you signing a contract to outsource a software development project to a vendor? Ask these questions to make sure you know what you're getting and are getting what you are paying for.

It's showtime! Use this notice to inform all parties that construction work should start per terms of the contract.

When it's necessary to turn off, lock out or deactivate a system or utility for contract work or construction purposes, it's a good idea to get permission from proper authorities and provide notification to all parties affected. Use this request form for both.

When the necessary resources (people, material or equipment) cannot be found within an organization, those resources will have to be procured from the outside. This template provides the project with a plan to capture the key information required to plan and manage the contracting process including understanding the type, quantity and quality of the resources required.

The purpose of the project acceptance form is to formally indicate that he project or phase of the project is now complete. In a summary form, it captures the key project summary information (final budget, effort and start and finish dates, a list of deliverables, and indicates closeout contracts. It becomes a primary communication vehicle to indicate that the sponsor accepted the deliverables and is formally closing the project down. It would also be used if the project were to be delayed, postponed or cancelled.

Nurture your project team members, and they'll deliver for you!

If you contract an external training service to train users in your new application, you should evaluate their performance. Use this form to review the training team's performance and leverage it against future training service needs.

There are a lot of subcontractors out there, and some are much better than others. Use this lengthy and highly detailed form to prequalify subcontractors to find the right people for your job.

Change is good, but just remember to document it, particularly since it will affect the bottom line. This template does just that in a simple and most straightforward fashion.

Check out, monitor, verify and log the quality of pile driving with this form.

Use this form to keep tabs on changes in materials over which you need to maintain strict control.

Temporary employees or contractors rarely get as full an orientation as full-time workers. Are they less likely to deviate from policy? Unlikely. Make sure they review the entire policy library with this handy guide.

This template is designed to assist the project manager plan for using an outsourced group in a project.

This Architecture Services Review Form outlines major factors to consider when contracting architecture services.