Legal
Change Order
- Document
- legal/change-order-template.md
- Version
- 2.1
- Approved
- 2026-10-08
- Status
- Approved
This is a template. A marked blank is filled in from the quote and the client's details when a document is prepared for signing. A small label such as If a credit applies: marks a part that is printed only then.
Template version: 2.1
| Change Order number | Filled in: Change Order number |
| Changes SOW | Filled in: number vFilled in: version, signed Filled in: date it was signed |
| Earlier Change Orders to this SOW | Filled in: earlier Change Order numbers[Otherwise:None |
| Quote | Filled in: quote number (digest Filled in: quote fingerprint) |
| Issued | Filled in: issue date |
| Offer valid through | Filled in: last day the offer is open, 11:59 p.m. Central time |
| Parties | New Age Consulting, LLC ("NAC") and Filled in: client's legal name ("Client") |
This Change Order amends the SOW above under Section 4 of the Business Services Agreement (the "Agreement"). Everything in the SOW and the Agreement that this Change Order does not change stays the same.
Nothing in this Change Order takes effect, and NAC will not start the materially changed work, until both authorized signers have signed it. An unapproved message or AI reply cannot add fees or material commitments. Routine implementation choices and target-date adjustments permitted by Agreement §4.3 do not change the SOW and do not need this document.
1. Why this change
Requested by: Filled in: requested by on Filled in: requested date
Type of change: Filled in: change type
The type is one of:
- Client request: a new or different outcome, deliverable, integration, environment or deadline;
- Changed verdict: a feasibility verdict changed after signing (Agreement §3.2);
- Client delay: a Client input was more than 7 calendar days late after a written request (Agreement §5.2(b));
- Failed assumption: an SOW assumption turned out to be wrong (SOW section 7);
- Scope reduction: Client asks to remove work.
What changed, in plain words: Filled in: change summary
2. Items affected, with feasibility verdicts
Only Buildable now work, and the buildable part of Partly buildable work, is priced.
| Item | Before | After | Verdict | Effect on price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For each item that changes: Filled in: the request, in the client's words | Filled in: as it was | Filled in: as it will be | Filled in: buildable now, partly buildable or not yet | Filled in: effect on the price |
| If there are none: No item's scope changes |
For each item now marked not yet: Not yet: Filled in: the request, in the client's words. What's missing: Filled in: what is missing. Revisit date: Filled in: date to look again. Not in scope and not priced.
3. Deliverables added or changed
Each new or changed Deliverable has the same seven Definition-of-Done fields as the SOW. A Deliverable not listed here keeps its SOW definition and acceptance tests.
For each deliverable:
Filled in: deliverable number. Filled in: deliverable title (Filled in: added or changed)
| # | Field | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artifact or behavior | Filled in: what is delivered |
| 2 | Environment and data assumptions | Filled in: where it runs |
| 3 | Acceptance tests (observable result) | [For each test:Filled in: test number: Filled in: test description |
| 4 | Reviewer and review date | Filled in: reviewer, target Filled in: review date |
| 5 | Documentation, training and handoff | Filled in: instructions and handoff |
| 6 | Exclusions | Filled in: what is not part of it |
| 7 | If Client doesn't respond | Filled in: what happens with no response |
- Client-Owned Deliverable: Filled in: what the client owns
For each deliverable removed: Removed: Filled in: deliverable number. Filled in: deliverable title. Work already performed on it: Filled in: work performed note.
New Client inputs or access: Filled in: new client inputs[Otherwise:None.
4. Effect on price
| Line | Amount |
|---|---|
| SOW amount due before this Change Order (including earlier Change Orders) | Filled in: prior amount due |
| For each price line: Filled in: price line | Filled in: amount |
| If there are none: No price line changes | |
| Net change | Filled in: net change |
| New SOW amount due | Filled in: new amount due |
- Added work is priced for this change and shown one line per component, the same way as the SOW. Any discount appears as its own line, with its reason. It does not depend on anything Client says about NAC. A discount on the SOW does not carry over to added work unless this Change Order shows it.
- Scope reductions lower the price only for work not yet performed. NAC keeps fees for properly performed work on removed items and approved non-cancellable commitments, with unearned prepaid fees accounted for under Agreement §17.5. Starting a sprint alone does not earn its entire fee.
- A Client-delay change covers NAC's reasonable cost of rescheduling and any added work. It is never a penalty.
5. Effect on payment
How the net change is paid: Filled in: how the change is paid
| Payment | Amount | Invoiced | Due |
|---|---|---|---|
| For each payment: Filled in: payment | Filled in: amount | Filled in: when it is invoiced | Filled in: when it is due |
| If there are none: No payment changes |
6. Effect on schedule
| Milestone | Old target | New target |
|---|---|---|
| For each date that moves: Filled in: milestone | Filled in: old target date | Filled in: new target date |
| If there are none: No change to dates |
Dates remain estimates unless marked as deadlines (Agreement §3.3).
7. Effect on acceptance
Filled in: acceptance effect[Otherwise:Changed and added Deliverables are accepted under Agreement §7 against the tests in section 3. Deliverables already accepted stay accepted. The 14-day Correction Period (Agreement §7.7) runs separately for each Deliverable from the date it is accepted.
8. Other terms changed
A term of the Agreement changes only if this section names the Agreement section it changes (Agreement §2.2).
- For each change to the Agreement: Agreement §Filled in: variation section: Filled in: variation text
If there are none: None.
9. Validity
This Change Order is NAC's offer. It expires at the time shown at the top unless both parties sign before then. NAC may withdraw it at any time before Client signs. Until it is signed, NAC may continue the unchanged work, or pause work the change would affect. A pause caused by a change Client requested counts as Client delay (Agreement §4.4).
Signatures
By signing, each party agrees to amend the SOW as stated above. All other terms of the SOW and the Business Services Agreement vFilled in: agreement version, including Section 8 (warranty disclaimer) and Section 9 (limitation of liability), apply to the changed work.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY NOTICE. SECTION 9 OF THE AGREEMENT LIMITS EACH PARTY'S LIABILITY TO THE OTHER, INCLUDING FOR NEGLIGENCE, TO THE FEES PAID UNDER THE SOW IN THE PRIOR 12 MONTHS, AND EXCLUDES LOST PROFITS AND OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES. THIS CHANGE ORDER DOES NOT CHANGE THAT LIMIT.
Client
Legal name: Filled in: client's legal nameBy: Filled in: client's signer nameTitle: Filled in: client's signer titleSignature: Filled in: client's signatureDate: Filled in: date signed
New Age Consulting, LLC
By: Noah HicksTitle: Member and authorized signerSignature: Filled in: NAC's signatureDate: Filled in: date signed
Signed electronically under Agreement §19. Client signs first; NAC countersigns last. The signing record's ID and this document's fingerprint are on the certificate of completion that comes with the signed copy.
Questions about this document: help@consultnewage.com · New Age Consulting, LLC, 30501 Utica Dr, Richland, MO 65556