Fill and Sign the Shredding Services Form

Document Shredding and Disposal Services Agreement Agreement made on the ___ day of __________, 20___, between _________________ of ___________________________________________________ (street address, city, county, state, zip code) , referred to herein as Customer, and ____________________________ , a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of ______________, with its principal office located at ___________________________________________________ (street address, city, county, state, zip code) , referred to herein as Contractor. Whereas, Contractor owns and operates a commercial document shredding and disposal service; and Whereas, Customer desires Contractor to supply document shredding and disposal services at Customer’s office located at __________________________________ (street address, city, state) ; Now, therefore, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants contained in this agreement, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows: 1. Services Beginning on the day of , 20 , Contractor will provide and perform for Customer at Customer’s office located at __________________________________ (street address, city, state) , commercial document shredding and disposal services. These services are more particularly described in the schedule attached to this Agreement marked Exhibit A , and initialed by each party for identification. 2. Employees, Taxes, and Insurance All personnel furnished by Contractor will be employees of Contractor . Contractor will pay all salaries and expenses of these employees, as well as all federal and state tax withholding amounts, social security, federal and state unemployment taxes, and any similar payroll taxes relating to these employees. Contractor will carry workers = compensation insurance for its employees as specified in Paragraph 4 of this Agreement. Contractor will be considered, for all purposes, an independent contractor, and will not, directly or indirectly, act as an agent, servant or employee of owner, or make any commitments or incur any liabilities on behalf of Customer without Customer’s express written consent. 3. Safeguards Contractor will provide for all proper safeguards, and shall assume all risk incurred, in performing its services under this Agreement. 4. Insurance Contractor will provide the insurance coverage set forth in this Paragraph and deliver to Customer certificates of insurance on request, as follows: a. Comprehensive liability: __________________________________ __________________________________ (here put policy limits for bodily injury and property damage coverage). b. Workers = compensation coverage: __________________________________ (here put policy limits for coverage) . 5. Responsibility for Document Shredding and Disposal Without limiting the responsibility of Contractor for the proper conduct of its personnel and the document shredding and disposal services at said office, the conduct of Contractor’s personnel is to be guided by rules and regulations as agreed upon between Customer and Contractor and any additional special written instructions as may be issued by Customer to Contractor. 6. Supervision of Personnel Contractor is responsible for the direct supervision of its personnel through its designated representatives. Contractor = s representatives will be available at all reasonable times to report and confer with the designated agents of Customer with respect to services rendered. 7. Efficiency of Employees Contractor agrees that the services to be provided under this Agreement will be performed by qualified, careful and efficient employees in strict conformity with the best practices and highest applicable standards. Contractor agrees that, on request of Customer , Contractor will remove from its services under this Agreement, any of its employees who, in the opinion of Customer , are guilty of improper conduct or are not qualified to perform the work assigned to them. 8. Hiring of Employees of Contractor During the term of this Agreement, and for days after the expiration of this agreement, Customer will not, directly or indirectly, hire any person employed by Contractor. 9. Payment for Services In exchange for performance of services, Customer shall make payment to Contractor for services rendered under this Agreement at the rate of $_______________per _________________ (e.g., month) , payable on the first business day of the _________________ (e.g., month) following the _________________ (e.g., month) , the services were performed. The consideration agreed upon is based on Contractor = s current charges for like work at other locations, and is subject to change in the event of increases in the cost of providing employees to perform the services specified in this Agreement. Contractor will give Customer at least days = notice of any price change for services rendered. Customer will notify Contractor of any changes in the use of the office covered by this Agreement. 10. Performance of Services Contractor will perform all services required under this Agreement, except when prevented by strike, lockout, act of God, accident or other circumstance beyond its control. 11. Termination of Agreement This Agreement shall continue in effect until terminated by either party. Termination shall be effected by giving days written notice by certified mail addressed to the other party at the address set forth above, or such other address as the party may advise the other party in writing from time to time. 12. Mandatory Arbitration Notwithstanding the foregoing, and anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any dispute under this Agreement shall be required to be resolved by binding arbitration of the parties hereto. If the parties cannot agree on an arbitrator, each party shall select one arbitrator and both arbitrators shall then select a third. The third arbitrator so selected shall arbitrate said dispute. The arbitration shall be governed by the rules of the American Arbitration Association then in force and effect. WITNESS our signatures as of the day and date first above stated. __________________, Inc. ________________________ By _______________________ CUSTOMER (Name and Office in Corporation)