Guide to Using the RIBA Professional Services Contracts 2018 - Other - Page 110
Completing an Agreement
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Letter confirming agreement to proceed
On completion of any preliminary services or at the outset, the purpose of this letter
is to confirm agreement to proceed to a full appointment. This is a useful holding
mechanism until the formal agreement can be properly completed and signed, and
to outline any details to be included in the contract not previously covered.
Figure 5.4.5
Letter confirming agreement to proceed
Dear ……………
Re: PROJECT TITLE
Thank you for your letter dated
enclosing the signed copy letter
instructing us to proceed with the services in accordance with our fee proposal
dated
. We are delighted to be working with you on this project.
Following the completion of the preliminary services, we thank you for your letter
dated
confirming
which we prepared on your
behalf and which establishes
.
. We are delighted to continue working with you on this project.
We acknowledge your instructions to start developing the design in conjunction
with the Consultants appointed by you and your intention to complete the
appointment formally using the RIBA
Professional
Services Contract 2018. We are assembling the components of the Contract
using the details set out in our initial proposal and will send you a copy as a basis
for discussion with you in the near future, before signature. We will arrange a
meeting shortly.
We are proceeding on the basis of our initial proposal and recent discussions
concerning the additional details for the services, i.e.:
Once again may I say how delighted we are to be working with you on this project.
Yours
,
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