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Hybrid Automation, Inc. |
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Rates... |
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| Normal Base Rates | ||
| Description | Schedule | Notes |
| Base Consulting Fee | $60 - $80 per hour | Engineering, Design, PLC and Microprocessor Based Programming, Special Projects, and Project Management. Minimum 2 hour billing. Actual rate based on project requirements. |
| Office and production work. |
$20 per hour |
Includes basic research, manuals, printing, administrative support, production work, and repair. Production work includes small circuit boards, control panels, fabrication, cabling, and component assembly. |
| Long distance calls, cell phone, and fax charges. | Billed at cost | We will estimate our actual costs for long distance calls, cell phone charges, and faxes that are directly related to project. We will submit these charges as one lump sum on each invoice. |
| Travel Time by Car | $20 per hour | Hours traveled in order to work at customer site which exceed 30 minutes one way. 15 minute increments will be billed. For travel time of more than 2 hours one way, our Field Service Rates apply. |
| Overtime Rates | No additional charge | We do not charge for overtime hours worked over eight hours per day, or weekend work. |
Field Service Rate |
1.15 X adder to base consulting fee | Field service is defined as any work completed that is more than two hours one way driving distance from our business location, work performed in an outside environment, or worked performed in an area under construction. Minimum eight hour billing. |
| Overtime Field Service | No additional charge | We do not charge for overtime hours worked over eight hours per day, or weekend work. |
| Travel by Airline for field service work | $20 per hour | When departing from our business location city, travel time starts one hour before the flight time or departure, and continues until arrival at the Hotel or customer site. When returning to our business location city, travel time starts from the time we leave the customer site or Hotel, and continues until one hour after we arrive in our business location city. No overtime is charged for travel time. |
| Travel by Car for Field Service Work | $20 per hour | When departing to or from our office, Hotel or customer site, travel time starts from departure until arriving at destination. Overtime is not charged for travel time. |
| Per Diem for Field Service Work | $40 - $80 per day, based on area | The daily Per Diem covers meals and misc. expenses. |
| Expenses for Field Service | Billed at cost | In addition to the daily Per Diem, we bill all other expenses at cost (airline tickets, hotel, rental car, taxi, laundry, etc.). |
| Add on for Field Service Outside of the Continental United States | 1.15 X adder to base consulting fee. | This increase will be applied to all field service hourly rates, including travel time hours, and Per Diem. increase does not apply to "Billed at Cost" items, or office and production work. This adder will be on top of field service rates, if they apply. |
| Terms and Conditions | ||
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NOTE, discounts and special pricing only apply if all of our standard terms and conditions are accepted. Our terms and conditions are negotiable, otherwise standard terms apply as follows: |
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| 1.) Normal billing for consulting work (and all material costs) are once per week, normally on Mondays, with the invoiced amount being due within five days from date on invoice. If invoice is received on Monday, we expect to have a check in hand by Friday of the same week. "Due" is defined as follows: We must have your payment in hand, within five days from invoice date. This generally means that when you receive our invoice, the check must be mailed within one to two days. If we do not receive payment as described, all work will go on hold, until payment is received. We accept personal and business checks. Other billing terms can be negotiated based on length of contracts, business alliances, and credit check. | ||
| 2.) Field service expenses and daily per diem will be estimated and invoiced before a service trip (except for pre-established accounts), and payment will be required before departure. Hourly field service work, travel time, per diem, and additional expenses, will be billed every seven days, or at the completion of trip, and is due within five days from date on invoice. The advance that we receive initially, will be deducted from actual expenses and labor on our final invoice. | ||
| 3.) We cannot guarantee PLC and microprocessor programs to work unless the control panel is tested with the program installed, and the control panel and program is tested in the field, after all circuits, sensors, etc., are connected and operational. If customer has the expertise to test the PLC program, and has the necessary computers, software, and trained personnel to do so, they can bare this responsibility and associated cost. We highly recommend that field service is included (by Hybrid Automation) with all PLC based systems to avoid problems and allow for a smooth start up. While we are on site, orientation, supervision of installation, and training can also be completed. We normally do not include testing and field service costs with our control system quotations, but will be glad to quote not to exceed costs, if requested. | ||
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4.)
For R&D and other projects that
require considerable "out of pocket"
costs by HAI, 60/30/10 terms
apply as follows: 60% down payment will be invoiced once we receive a signed purchase order. The down payment is due within 10 days from invoice date, or whenever you would like the project to start. Ideally the 60% payment should be enclosed with the P.O. 30% payment will be invoiced at time of shipment with 10-day payment terms from invoice date. 10% will be invoiced after delivery is received at customer site and acknowledged, or 10 days from our confirmation equipment was delivered, whichever comes first. Payment is due within 10 days from invoice date. |
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5.) We
may offer discounted payment terms
as follows, depending on the
circumstances: 5% Net 10, 2.5% Net 20, or 1.5% Net 30. |
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| 6.) If we are working with a new client, or if we received payment outside of our terms, a 100% retainer (or portion thereof), may be required, for the estimated hours anticipated to be worked within a one week period. The retainer will also include all estimated expenses (travel and otherwise) for the same one week period. At the end of one week we will return any unused portion of the retainer, or invoice for any amount over the retainer. | ||
| 7.) We are glad to quote "Not to Exceed Amounts" for any project, including Field Service. | ||
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8.)
Note, the "Client"
(or customer) referred to
in this document, is the party whom contracts
with TWR to perform consulting
services. We recognize
that contractual work by may be paid
based on payment from the Client's
customer. It
must be clear in our contract whom is
responsible for paying whom. If our
contract is with our Client, the
Client is liable for
payment of our fees, based on our
terms, regardless whether or
not the
Client receives payment
from their customer. In other words we
would prefer to avoid hearing the
statement "You get paid when we get
paid". We would appreciate
knowing this up front, and writing
specific terms in our contract to
deal with it.
Last Updated:
February 25, 2009 05:53:18 AM |
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