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Flexible Engagement And Split Payment Contract Terms

A flexible Engagement and Split Payment Terms template that helps structure project billing, resource allocation, and vendor management while keeping client commitments clear and transparent.
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What This Template Does

This Flexible Engagement and Split Payment Contract Terms template is designed for businesses that bill clients based on blocks of hours and time-and-expense engagements. It lays out clear terms for payments, refunds, travel expenses, and billing schedules—ensuring both parties stay aligned on scope and costs.

The template covers essential details such as split invoicing (50/50 structure), billable engagement categories, administrative access requirements, vendor involvement rules, and ownership of work after final payment. It also includes provisions for client responsiveness and handling delays, making it easier to manage expectations while protecting your business from scope creep or stalled projects.

Ideal for agencies, consultants, or service providers, this template creates transparency, secures payment commitments, and ensures clients understand how flexible blocks of hours and additional requests will be handled.

How to Update

How to Update Your Flexible Engagement and Split Payment Contract Terms Template

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for customizing your Flexible Engagement and Split Payment Terms with the correct client details, payment structure, and billing rates.

Important: After completing these updates, carefully review the document and consider having a legal professional review your customized terms before use.

Step 1: Update Parties
  1. Replace "Awesome Business, LLC" with your company’s legal name if different.
  2. Replace "[CLIENT]" with the client’s full legal name.
Step 2: Update Effective Date
  1. Confirm the agreement is effective on the date of the last signature.
  2. If you prefer a fixed date, replace with the actual date you want the agreement to begin.
Step 3: Review Refund Policy
  1. Confirm the no refunds after initiation policy matches your business practices.
  2. Edit this section if you allow refunds or credits in specific cases.
Step 4: Update Travel Terms
  1. Confirm the clause that states no travel is included unless requested by the client.
  2. Adjust reimbursable expenses (mileage, hotels, flights, meals) to match your policies.
  3. Ensure billing for travel time is consistent with how you charge for hours.
Step 5: Customize Billing & Payment
  1. Confirm the billing split: 50% upfront, 50% after 45 days or when 75% of hours are used (whichever comes first).
  2. Edit if you prefer a different schedule (e.g., 30/30/40 split or milestone-based).
  3. Confirm inclusion of a 3% service charge for credit card payments or adjust the fee percentage.
Step 6: Update Billable Engagement Categories
  1. Review the listed categories:
    • Communications (email, chat, calls, texts)
    • Virtual meetings
    • Engagement production (planning, building, documenting, testing)
  2. Edit if you want to add or remove categories based on your work style.
Step 7: Update Hourly Rates
  1. Replace "$100 per hour" with your actual locked-in rate for additional hours.
  2. Confirm that tasks requiring both consultants are billed at 2x rate or modify if not applicable.
Step 8: Confirm Access Requirements
  1. Ensure the clause about requiring administrative access to platforms, accounts, and assets is correct.
  2. Adjust if you need more specific wording about client security, data, or confidentiality.
Step 9: Vendor and Engagement Management
  1. Confirm that you want exclusivity as engagement manager.
  2. Edit if you allow third-party vendor involvement without your direct approval.
Step 10: Ownership of Work
  1. Confirm the clause that ownership transfers to the client after full payment is received.
  2. Edit if you retain ownership of specific intellectual property, tools, or templates.
Quick Reference
Key placeholders to replace
  1. Awesome Business, LLC → Your company’s name
  2. [CLIENT] → Client’s legal name
  3. $100 per hour → Your actual locked-in hourly rate
  4. 50% / 50% billing split → Adjust if you use a different structure
  5. 3% service charge → Update if you use a different payment fee or remove if not used

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Flexible Engagement And Split Payment Contract Terms

FLEXIBLE ENGAGEMENT AND SPLIT PAYMENT CONTRACT TERMS

Engagement + Payment Terms

The Statement of Work, by and between the Awesome Business, LLC (“the Provider”) and [CLIENT] (“the Client”), is effective as of the date of the last signature hereto and is subject to the Payment Schedule, Fee Rates, Terms in this section.

This Flexible Statement of Work + Blocks of Hours is a time and expense engagement. The Client will pay for time worked and authorized expenses as outlined throughout the Statement of Work and Master Agreement. The Provider shall only invoice and be compensated for time spent communicating and completing the engagement with the Client.

Refunds

Upon initiation of the engagement and payment processing, the Provider cannot issue refunds in the event of cancellation, regardless of progress. This policy enables us to allocate our resources and plan our workload efficiently.

Travel Expenses

There is no travel outlined in the Statement of Work; as such, the Provider will not invoice the Client for time spent traveling to and from engagement location(s) unless the Client requests the Provider to travel and the Provider agrees to travel. The Client will incur all travel (mileage, gas, hotel(s), flight, rentals) + food costs for any member representing the Provider in a work capacity during a trip, subject to fees outside the fees outlined in the Statement of Work. Travel expenses will be itemized with receipts and invoiced on the first of the month for the prior month’s travel expenses.

Additionally, travel time (commuting) and time spent with the Client during a trip will be billed against the available hours in the purchased block of hours. If there are no available hours remaining or the trip will incur more hours than available, the Provider will invoice the Client for those hours with the itemized expenses on the first of the month for the prior month’s travel expenses.

Billing & Payment

The Provider will bill the Client in two stages for the agreed-upon hours. The first invoice will be issued initially, covering 50% of the total cost. The second invoice for the remaining 50% will be issued 45 days after the first payment is received or when 75% of allocated hours are used, whichever comes first. The Client will be notified when these conditions are met and will receive the invoice for the second payment at that time.

If the second installment remains unpaid after the full utilization of the initially invoiced hours, the Provider will pause all services. This suspension will continue until the outstanding balance is fully paid. Our goal is to maintain a smooth and continuous workflow, and timely payments are crucial for this purpose.

100% of the 1st invoice for the Statement of Work must be paid in full by the Client before initiating the Statement of Work by the Provider. The Client agrees to the 3% service charge fee for paying by a credit card.

Billable Engagement Categories

  • Communications [Email/Chat Correspondence, Phone Calls/Text Message] (with the Client); includes non-related project scoping and Out of Scope requests.
  • Virtual Meetings (with the Client + the Client selected contractors or consultants)
  • Engagement Production, including internal meetings, planning, building, documenting, implementing, and testing.

Services provided under the Statement of Work shall be based on Boisterous Lab’s hourly consulting rates listed below. Meetings and production tasks where both consultants are present are billed at a 2x rate / or as 2-hour increments.

While the Statement of Work operates on a flexible block engagement, adherence to the tasks and deliverables specified in the Statement of Work is critical for completing the work within the contracted block of hours. Any additional tasks or changes to the scope requested by the Client will be accommodated by deducting from the existing hour block or, if necessary, purchasing additional hours. To ensure cost predictability, any extra hours required throughout 2024 are available at a locked-in rate of $100 per hour. This rate applies irrespective of the additional hours needed, whether 5, 10, or 20+.

Requirement for Administrative Access

The Provider requires the appropriate administrative access to all relevant platforms, accounts, and assets. Granting the appropriate level of access ensures that our team can perform tasks as outlined in the Statement of Work to the designated engagement timeline to prevent additional costs per the Client Responsiveness and Delayed Launch section in the terms. We adhere to the highest standards of security and confidentiality when accessing and handling your platforms, accounts, and materials.

Vendor and Engagement Management

The Provider will be an exclusive engagement manager of the Statement of Work. Additional vendors may not be added to the Statement of Work without approval from the Provider. This ensures a unified approach to the project and prevents any potential overlap or conflict with the established engagement goals.

In specific cases where additional vendor involvement is deemed necessary to complete the Statement of Work by the Provider, we will evaluate and integrate such vendors. The Client will be consulted as needed during this process. This approach ensures streamlined project management and adherence to the engagement goals, with additional vendor involvement being an exception, managed directly by the Provider.

Ownership of Work

Upon the conclusion of our engagement and after receiving full payment, the Client will gain ownership of all accounts, files, and digital assets developed and used during the engagement. This transfer includes all associated intellectual property rights, such as copyrights, trademarks, and patents related to the campaign materials. The Provider will ensure a smooth transition by transferring all necessary access credentials and digital files to the Client's team, guaranteeing complete control and ownership of these assets for future use.

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