21+ Simple Service Agreements – Word, PDF
If you are hiring or offering professional service, you’re going to need a service agreement form as part of standard operational procedure. Sample Agreement templates contracts are one of those things that may be a pain to draft but may actually save yourself a lot of inconvenience in the future.
Agreement Template Bundle
Consulting Services Agreement Template
Service Level Agreement Contract Template
Restaurant Delivery Service Agreement Template
Agreement with Provider of Restaurant Network Services Template
Agreement Templates and samples for such contracts are even better because they cover all the basic ground-level thinking in this regard for you. To make it even simpler, here is a collection of free sample contracts you can download as PDF and Word documents that might practically draft your contract for you.
Outsourcing Services Agreement Template
Terms of Service Agreement Template
Network Services Provider Agreement Template
Administrative Services Agreement Template
Website Design, Hosting and Commercial Services Agreement Template
Inter-Company Services Agreement Sample
Master Professional Services Agreement Template
Letter of Agreement Master Professional Services Agreement Template
Maintenance Service Agreement Template
Shared Service Agreement Template
Security Services Contract Agreement
Professional Service Agreement Template
Recruitment Agency Service Agreement
How to Draft a Service Agreement
A service agreement is merely a contract for the purchase of a service, and a good service agreement will keep all parties involved in the transaction legally bound to their responsibilities, as stated in the contract.
This applies to any kind of service agreement, whether the service is the commodity itself (see Consulting Agreement Template), or the service in turn provides you with another service or material good (see Vendor Agreement Template).
As you can see from these samples, service agreements are most often used by
- contractors,
- freelancers, and
- consulting agencies.
Whatever the service, from catering to consulting to security, they will generally detail
- description of the service to be performed—including the where and how, i.e., under what scope and circumstance to be determined as successful;
- the whos of the agreement—who is the contractor, who is the contractee, their names, contact details, and signatures; and
- then whens of the agreement—when the agreement was signed, when the service will be performed, when it will be completed, when the full payment is due.
These free samples come in various formats but will always include these details in some explicit manner.
Service Delivery Agreement Template
Marketing Service Agreement
Consulting Master Services Agreement
Sample Management Services Agreement
Director’s Service Agreement Template
How to Use These Samples
Download any of these samples as references for the different layouts of an official service agreement. You might even find a sample that’s close enough to your circumstances that you can simply alter the sample to use as a template.
To try and serve a wide audience, we have provided service agreements for
- maintenance service,
- shared service,
- security services,
- recruitment agency service,
- delivery/courier service,
- marketing and consultancy services,
- management and director services (you’ll be surprised what can be outsourced these days), and
other general professional services you can adapt to your situation.
Note: As with any Legal Agreement Template you can find on Template.net’s archives, there will always be a counter-form to end these agreements. As you use these samples as guidelines to drafting your own service agreements, make sure to also look into drafting a service contract termination, just in case the terms of your agreement were not met.
Naturally, both parties will have to sign this termination agreement for it to be valid. If that doesn’t work out, consider looking into small claims court.