A subcontractor - contractor agreement is used when a contractor hires someone else (known as a subcontractor) to help with a specific task on a project. For example, an HVAC expert may be brought in ...

Recently, clients have asked if they or a vendor or supplier are a “subcontractor” under a federal government contract. Sometimes the answer is easy—e.g., you are a subcontractor when a prime ...

It’s alarming how often subcontractor agreements are disregarded by companies that subcontract work to vendors. The biggest exposure tends to be for contractors who subcontract work regularly. However ...

For federal government projects, when a payment dispute arises between a contractor and the agency, the contractor typically submits a request for equitable adjustment to the contract price. If the ...

Nearly every form of service agreement contains a provision restricting the ability of one or both parties to subcontract their obligations. A typical provision (with a standard quick and dirty markup ...

Unless a contract specifically provides otherwise, an owner is not a third-party beneficiary of a standard contract between a general contractor and a subcontractor. This principle is illustrated in ...

Most small business owners need assistance in performing their company's daily operations. The terms of your working relationships with the individuals you hire to help out will determine whether you ...

Q: Our agency has several government contractor clients with lots of employees who travel abroad to carry out their work. The Department of Government Efficiency seems to be ordering the cancellation ...

As a general principle, a contractor cannot sub-contract performance of any part of the contract scope of work without the consent of the employer, unless the contract expressly states otherwise. This ...

Subcontractors provide valuable services, insights and support to businesses in need of temporary staff or specific skill sets that regular employees do not have. Subcontractors typically work for ...

One critical misconception is that a subcontractor’s bankruptcy means that it is going out of business. A bankruptcy by a subcontractor may actually be the method by which the subcontractor continues ...