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Security services contract template (US)
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Security Services Agreement
This Security Services Agreement is made on Agreement Date between Security Company Name, a Company Entity Type and State, at Company Address ("Contractor"), and Client Name, at Client Address ("Client").
1. Licenses
Contractor holds the private security license required by the state where the services are performed, license no. Security License Number. Each officer assigned will hold any guard registration and training the law requires.
2. Sites and Coverage
Contractor will provide security services at: Site Addresses.
| Post | Officers | Armed or Unarmed | Days | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| First Post | First Post Officers | First Post Armed or Unarmed | First Post Days | First Post Hours |
| Second Post | Second Post Officers | Second Post Armed or Unarmed | Second Post Days | Second Post Hours |
3. Duties
Officers will: Duties, such as access control, patrols, alarm response and incident reports. Post orders agreed with Client will set out the details. Officers will observe and report, and will use force or detain anyone only as state law allows. Officers are not police officers.
4. Personnel
Contractor is the employer of all officers. It is solely responsible for their hiring, background checks, wages, overtime, payroll taxes, workers' compensation and supervision. Client may ask Contractor to remove an officer from its site for any lawful reason.
5. Rates and Payment
Client will pay $Hourly Rate per officer hour, and $Holiday or Overtime Rate for hours on these holidays or extra hours Client requests: Holidays. Contractor will invoice Invoice Frequency, and Client will pay within Payment Days days.
6. Service Failures
If a post is left uncovered for reasons within Contractor's control, Client will not pay for the uncovered hours, and Contractor will give a credit of $Service Credit for each uncovered shift.
7. Insurance
Contractor will carry general liability insurance of at least $General Liability Amount per occurrence, workers' compensation as the law requires, and Other Insurance, and will name Client as an additional insured on request.
8. Indemnity
Each party will defend and indemnify the other against third-party claims caused by its own negligence or willful misconduct, or that of its employees.
9. Non-Solicitation
During this Agreement and for Non-Solicitation Months months after, Client will not directly hire an officer assigned to its site without paying a placement fee of $Placement Fee, to the extent the law allows.
10. Term and Termination
This Agreement runs from Start Date to End Date. Either party may end it on Termination Notice Days days' written notice, or at once for an uncured material breach.
General Terms
Governing law. This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Governing State, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Any lawsuit will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Venue County and State.
Entire agreement. This Agreement is the parties' complete agreement on its subject and replaces all earlier discussions. It may be changed only in a writing signed by both parties.
Severability. If a court finds any part of this Agreement unenforceable, that part will be enforced to the extent the law allows, and the rest stays in effect.
Assignment. Neither party may assign this Agreement without the other's written consent, except to a successor to its whole business.
Notices. Notices must be in writing and sent to the addresses above by personal delivery, certified mail or a nationally recognized courier.
Counterparts and e-signatures. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts and by electronic signature, which has the same effect as an original.
| Contractor | Client |
| --- | --- |
| Signature: Contractor Signature | Signature: Client Signature |
| Name: Contractor Printed Name | Name: Client Printed Name |
| Date: Contractor Signing Date | Date: Client Signing Date |