CATERING SERVICES AGREEMENT
Catering Company
Address, City, State
xxx.xxx.xxxx l Fax: xxx.xxx.xxxx l www.website.com
This Catering service Agreement(the "Agreement") made ______(Date) between Your Company Name, a professional catering firm with its principal place of business at street address, city, state, zip code (herein referred to as “the Caterer”) and ______(herein referred to as the Client”).
Services Provided
1. The Caterer shall prepare and deliver the agreed upon menu and services attached to this contract at the following specified time and location specified.
Compensation
2. The Client shall pay the Cater a sum of ______(U.S. Dollars, of which a non-refundable deposit of ______(U.S. Dollars) shall be paid on execution of this agreement to hold the dates. The remaining balance shall be paid no less than ______days prior to the event. The Client acknowledges that the date and deposit will be forfeited in the event the final payment is not made ______days prior to the event.
3. The Compensation as stated in this Agreement does not include sales tax, or other applicable duties as may be required by law. Any sales tax and duties required by law will be charged to the Customer in addition to the Compensation.
Additional Compensation
4. The Caterer understands that the Compensation as provided in this Agreement will constitute the full and exclusive monetary consideration and compensation for all services performed by the Caterer and for the performance of all the Caterer's promises and obligations under this Agreement.
Performance
5. The Parties agree to do everything necessary to ensure that the terms of this Agreement take effect.
6. All menu changes must be submitted to the Caterer by ______(Date/Time).
7. The agreed deadline to confirm the number of people is ______(Date/Time).
Confidentiality
8. Confidential information (the "Confidential Information") refers to any data or information relating to the Customer, whether business or personal, which would reasonably be considered to be private or proprietary to the Customer and that is not generally known and where the release of that Confidential Information could reasonably be expected to cause harm to the Customer.
9. The Caterer agrees that they will not disclose, divulge, reveal, report or use, for any purpose, any Confidential Information which the Caterer has obtained, except as authorized by the Client. This obligation will end on the termination of this Agreement.
Term of Agreement
10. The term of this Agreement (the "Term") will begin on the date of this Agreement and will remain in full force and effect for 2 years, subject to earlier termination as provided in this Agreement. The Term of this Agreement may be extended by mutual written agreement of the Parties.
Indemnification
11. Each Party to this Agreement will indemnify and hold harmless the other Party, as permitted by law, from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, liabilities, penalties, punitive damages, expenses, reasonable legal fees and costs of any kind or amount whatsoever to the extent that any of the foregoing is proximately caused either by the negligent or willful acts or omissions of the indemnifying Party or its agents or representatives and that are incurred or paid after the date of this Agreement and which result from or arise out of the indemnifying Party's participation in this Agreement. This indemnification will survive the termination of this Agreement.
Insurance
12. The Caterer will be required to maintain general liability insurance including coverage for bodily injury and property damage at a level that would be considered reasonable in the industry of the Caterer based on the risk associated with characteristics of this Agreement and only to the extent permitted by law. All insurance policies will remain materially unchanged for the duration of this Agreement.
Modification of Agreement
13. Any amendment or modification of this Agreement or additional obligation assumed by either Party in connection with this Agreement will only be binding if evidenced in writing signed by each Party or an authorized representative of each Party.
Governing Law
14. It is the intention of the Parties to this Agreement that this Agreement and the performance under this Agreement, and all suits and special proceedings under this Agreement, be construed in accordance with and governed, to the exclusion of the law of any other forum, by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to the jurisdiction in which any action or special proceeding may be instituted.
In WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have made this agreement on ______(date)
Caterer Representative (Signature): ______
Print Name: ______Phone #:______
Client Name (Signature): ______
Print Name: ______Phone #:______