Whether you’re doing maintenance work on a customer’s house, undertaking a renovation, or working on a commercial site, a written contract provides assurances for your business of the terms agreed upon.

MPAQ has created plumbing specific contracts that have undergone extensive industry consultation and testing to ensure they are specifically suited for Plumbers in Queensland.

Purchase Contracts

Contracts Available

• Contract for Domestic Works

  Contracts for Domestic Works can be used when completing work for a homeowner. It is suitable for businesses operating in Queensland.

  To comply with specific legislative requirements for contracts, we have developed three contracts that must be used depending on the value of the works being undertaken:

  • Contract for works having a value of $3,300 or less including labour materials and GST
  • Contract for works having a value of between $3,301 and $19,999 including labour materials and GST
  • Contract for works having a value of greater than $20,000 including labour materials and GST

  This contract is available in a digital format.

• Contract for Plumbing Services

  This contract is for once-off non-domestic works and can be used when completing work for a builder or real estate, as an example. It is suitable for businesses operating in Queensland.

  • Option 1: Contract for Plumbing Services (Receive the full contract) – Schedule detailing the specifics of the works, relevant terms and conditions for the Schedule, and signature field all as one document.
  • Option 2: Terms and Conditions ONLY – This option is available to members who want to use their quote as the basis of detailing the specifics of the contract. The Terms and Conditions then support that quote as the reference of the contract. This document would be sent with the quote and ideally your quote would have signature section to confirm the customer/client has approved your quote and it forms as the contract.  

  This contract is available in a digital format. 

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• Subcontract for Plumbing and Associated Works

  This contract is for the once-off engagement of a subcontractor. It is suitable for businesses operating in Queensland.

  This contract is available in a digital format.

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• Master Contract

  This contract is for businesses supplying ongoing plumbing services for a client (multiple jobs for one client like a builder or a real estate). It comes with a contract, which gets filled out once per client, and a purchase order, which gets filled out once per job for the client you have the Master Contract in place with. This contract is suitable for businesses operating in Queensland.

  This contract is available in a digital format.

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• Master Subcontract

  This contract is for the ongoing engagement of a subcontractor. It comes with a subcontract, which gets filled out once per subcontractor, and a purchase order, which gets filled out once per job that the subcontractor you have the Master Subcontract in place with completes. This contract is suitable for businesses operating in Queensland.

  This subcontract is available in a digital format.

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A Guide on Which Contract You Need to Use

Some of the above contracts come with variation notice templates to formalise any agreed changes to the scope of work or project cost. Instructions on which template to use for each scenario are included on the templates when they are provided. 

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