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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{A contract is a written, verbal or implied offer with agreement to provide a good or service in return for some kind of benefit.} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Benefit is known as 'consideration'} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Both parties must receive consideration for a contract to be binding} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Client receives as consideration some type of product or service} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Vendor's consideration often represents some form of payment} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Within Australian contract law, a contract is only valid where there is an {\bf{offer}} and {\bf{agreement}} and the contract incorporates {\bf{consideration}} for both parties.} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{When consideration takes the form of a monetary payment the type of payment agreement maybe 'fixed price', 'cost plus percentage' or 'cost plus fixed fee'.} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Payment amount to the vendor is an agreed upon percentage of the overall project costs.} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{The cost of the project and the amount payed to the vendor are separated, removing a common conflict of interest} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{This time the vendor has no incentive to offer only the most expensive software on the market} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Vendor is more likely to recommend software which best suits the needs of the client} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Rather than focusing on augmenting their profit margin the vendor may choose instead to focus on reputation and work to keep the client as happy as possible} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Protects the vendor from costs incurred through accidental underestimation, and protects the client from unnecessarily augmented costs when a cost plus percentage type contract is negotiated} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{An obvious disadvantage of 'cost plus' contracts is reduced understanding at the beginning of the project of what the final cost may be.} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Vendor is incentivised to keep his costs as low as possible to increase the margin on the project, this encourages cutting corners to produce the product as quickly and cheaply as possible, which is exactly the opposite of what most clients would hope for.} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Quality of the project output long term may be undermined by use of this contract type.} \tn 
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