Statement of Work
Effective date: [Date]
This Statement of Work is entered into by and between [Customer legal name], [address and entity details] (“Customer”), and [Service Provider legal name], [address and entity details] (“Service Provider”), together the “Parties.”
1. Parties and Order of Precedence
[Master agreement reference, SOW number, parties, effective dates, precedence, and contacts.]
2. Objectives and Scope
[Business outcome, in-scope capabilities, out-of-scope items, constraints, and success metric.]
3. Work Packages and Deliverables
[Work-package ID, activity, owner, artifact, format, review window, and acceptance test.]
4. Milestones and Acceptance Tests
[Baseline schedule, critical path, test evidence, approver, deemed acceptance rule, and rework.]
5. Roles, Dependencies, and Customer Inputs
[RACI, access, data, environments, decisions, customer staffing, and dependency dates.]
6. Change Control and Assumptions
[Assumption register, impact of change, estimate method, authorization, and emergency change path.]
7. Fees, Invoicing, and Expenses
[Rate card or fixed fee, milestones, invoice evidence, taxes, travel, currency, and payment days.]
8. Security, Data, and Environment
[Data classification, security controls, access removal, incident contact, and subcontractor rules.]
9. Risks, Escalation, and Reporting
[Risk log, status cadence, escalation threshold, issue owner, and executive decision route.]
10. Term, Exit, and Signatures
[Completion criteria, transition support, termination, records, and authorized signatures.]
Signatures
Customer
Name: [Name]
Title: [Title or capacity]
Signature: ____________________
Date: [Date]
Service Provider
Name: [Name]
Title: [Title or capacity]
Signature: ____________________
Date: [Date]
Legal notice: A SOW must be reconciled with the governing MSA, procurement terms, data-processing addendum, and applicable law before signature.