Freelance Contract and Scope of Work Pack for India with Retainer Option

Indian freelancers who start work on a chat message end up with scope creep, unused retainer hours and no paper trail when a client pushes back. This pack gives you a signed agreement, a scope-of-work template and a change request form that work together, plus a guide with clause-by-clause notes and a change request form for every new project or retainer.

What's inside

• Freelance-Services-Agreement-v1.0.docx: a 23-clause agreement with a page-1 "How to use this draft" box and Schedule 1 (Fees and Payment). Choose Option A (a project with milestone fees) or Option B (a monthly retainer, fixed scope or against an hour bank with rollover, expiry and overage).
• Scope-of-Work-Template-v1.0.docx: deliverables and services tables, exclusions, client inputs, milestones, revision rounds, an acceptance procedure with an optional deemed-acceptance rule, and hand-over formats.
• Change-Request-Form-v1.0.docx: the form the agreement's change-control clause requires before any scope, fee or timeline change is billable, with a running change log.
• Freelance-Contract-Pack-Guide.pdf: 15 pages covering how to choose between Option A and B, a 22-item decision checklist mapped to clause numbers, a field table, clause-by-clause notes with every one-sided option labelled, a worked 4-month hour-bank example (Sample, with one overage month and one expiry event), scoping tips, working with foreign clients, and execution notes on stamp duty, e-signing and witnesses.

How to use it

1. Read the guide's decision checklist and choose Option A or B, and Option 1 (IP assignment) or Option 2 (licence).
2. Fill every bracketed field in the Agreement and Schedule 1 using the guide's field table, and delete whichever Option does not apply.
3. Fill in the Scope of Work for the specific project, then have both parties sign both documents.
4. Use the Change Request Form every time scope, fees or the timeline need to move after signing.

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