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title: Change order
description: A written change to an existing agreement: what is changing, how the cost and time were worked out, and the new total and finish date.
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# Change order

A written change to an existing agreement: what is changing, how the cost and time were worked out, and the new total and finish date.

## Who signs

- Provider
- Client

## Fields

- Provider: Project name (text)
- Provider: Date of this change order (text)
- Provider: Provider (text)
- Client: Client (text)
- Provider: Date of the original agreement (text)
- Provider: Change order number (text)
- Provider: Describe what is changing (text)
- Provider: Reason for the change (choice)
- Provider: Price before (text)
- Provider: Change in cost, with currency (text)
- Provider: Price after (text)
- Provider: Finish date before (text)
- Provider: New finish date (text)
- Provider: Explain how the extra cost or time was worked out (text)
- Provider: When it is invoiced (choice)
- Provider: Other effects, such as changes to staffing, materials or dependencies (text, optional)
- Provider: Printed name (text)
- Provider: Title or capacity (text)
- Provider: Provider signature (signature)
- Provider: Provider date signed (date signed)
- Client: Printed name (text)
- Client: Title or capacity (text)
- Client: Client signature (signature)
- Client: Client date signed (date signed)

## The document

Change Order
____ (Project name)
This change order is made on ____ (Date of this change order) between ____ (Provider) (the “Provider”) and ____ (Client) (the “Client”). It changes the agreement between them dated ____ (Date of the original agreement) (the “Agreement”). Change order number: ____ (Change order number).

Section 1: What is changing
1.1 ____ (Describe what is changing)
1.2 The reason for the change is: ____ (Reason for the change).
1.3 Work that is not described in this change order remains as described in the Agreement.

Section 2: Cost and time
   Before this change   Change   After this change
Price (US dollars)   ____ (Price before)   ____ (Change in cost, with currency)   ____ (Price after)
Finish date   ____ (Finish date before)      ____ (New finish date)
2.1 How the extra cost or time was worked out: ____ (Explain how the extra cost or time was worked out)
2.2 The extra amount will be invoiced ____ (When it is invoiced) and is payable on the same terms as the Agreement.

Section 3: Other effects of the change
3.1 The change affects the following parts of the project, apart from price and time: ____ (Other effects, such as changes to staffing, materials or dependencies)
3.2 The Provider will update any plans, specifications or schedules that are affected, and will send the updated versions to the Client within five business days of both sides signing.

Section 4: Approval and payment
4.1 The Client confirms that the person signing for it has authority to approve this change and its cost. The Provider will send an invoice for the extra amount as set out above, and the Client will pay it on the payment terms of the Agreement.
4.2 If the Client does not sign within fourteen days of the date of this change order, the offer in it lapses, and the Provider is not obliged to carry out the change or to keep the price and dates shown.

Section 5: Effect on the rest of the Agreement
5.1 Every other term of the Agreement stays the same. This change order is part of the Agreement, and if the two disagree about the subject of this change, this change order applies.
5.2 The Provider will not start work on the change until both sides have signed this change order. Work done before signing at the Client’s written request will be paid for at the rates in the Agreement.
5.3 Any later change needs a further written change order signed by both sides.

Section 6: Signing
6.1 This change order may be signed in separate copies and electronically, and each is as effective as a handwritten original.

Signatures
By signing below, each party agrees to this document and confirms that the person signing has the authority to do so.
Provider

____ (Printed name)
Printed name

____ (Title or capacity)
Title or capacity

____ (Provider signature)
Signature

____ (Provider date signed)
Date
   Client

____ (Printed name)
Printed name

____ (Title or capacity)
Title or capacity

____ (Client signature)
Signature

____ (Client date signed)
Date

## Use it

Sign up free and this template opens in your workspace with the fields already placed: /signup?starter=change-order

A starting point in plain words, not legal advice. Change anything that does not fit before you send it.