Vendor Business Registration

INDEPENDENT VENDOR TERMS (summary; the signed work order or subcontract controls if it conflicts).
1. Independent business. Vendor is an independent business, not an employee, partner, or agent of Reddy Construction. Vendor controls the means, methods, hours, and sequence of its work. Reddy Construction specifies only the result, the schedule window, and site rules.
2. Price. Work is performed for a fixed price per written work order, invoiced by Vendor under Vendor's business name.
3. Tools and materials. Vendor supplies its own tools, equipment, and transportation unless a work order states otherwise.
4. Helpers. Vendor hires, directs, pays, and insures its own workers and helpers. Vendor is solely responsible for their wages, taxes, and workers' compensation. Every Vendor worker must register in the Reddy Construction portal before entering the site.
5. Insurance. Before starting and at all times while working, Vendor will keep: (a) commercial general liability insurance with limits required by the work order, naming Reddy Construction and the property owner as additional insureds; and (b) workers' compensation insurance as required by Illinois law, or, if Vendor has no employees, an occupational accident policy or written acknowledgment that Vendor is responsible for its own injuries. Vendor will upload a current certificate before each policy expires.
5A. Insurance Cost Charge. Reddy Construction's insurers charge Reddy Construction additional premium for work performed by vendors who do not carry their own insurance. For any period in which Vendor has not provided a current certificate accepted by Reddy Construction, the price of each work order is reduced by an Insurance Cost Charge, withheld from each payment: 10% of the payment if Vendor has no current workers' compensation policy (an occupational accident policy does not qualify), and 3% if Vendor has no current general liability certificate. The charge stops for payments made after Vendor's current certificate is accepted. It is not refundable. The charge is not insurance for Vendor, does not make Vendor or its workers employees or insureds of Reddy Construction, and does not reduce Vendor's obligations under sections 4, 5, and 6.
6. Indemnity. To the extent permitted by law, Vendor will defend and indemnify Reddy Construction and the owner against claims arising from Vendor's work or the acts of Vendor's workers.
7. Licenses. Vendor holds and pays for every license and permit its work requires.
8. Non-exclusive. Vendor is free to work for others at any time.
9. Warranty. Vendor corrects defective work at its own cost.
10. Taxes. Vendor provides a completed IRS Form W-9 and is responsible for its own taxes.
11. Site rules. Vendor and its workers follow the project site access and safety rules. Unregistered presence on site is a material breach.