UAE FREELANCE RETAINER SCOPE WORKSHEET

Use this worksheet before sending a monthly retainer quote.
This is an educational pricing aid, not legal, tax, or financial advice.

1. Client and service
- Client:
- Service category:
- Main monthly outcome:
- Start date:
- Review date:

2. Monthly delivery scope
- Deliverable 1:
- Deliverable 2:
- Deliverable 3:
- Expected delivery hours per month:
- Included calls per month:
- Included reports or updates:
- Included revision rounds:

3. Response and availability rules
- Normal working days:
- Normal working hours:
- Standard response target:
- Urgent response target, if offered:
- Channels included:
- Channels excluded:

4. Pricing inputs
- Baseline hourly rate:
- Expected monthly delivery hours:
- Raw delivery value:
- Buffer for meetings/admin/reporting:
- Buffer for priority access or reserved availability:
- Proposed monthly retainer:
- Minimum commitment period:
- Payment due date:

5. Out-of-scope rules
- Extra hourly or day rate:
- What counts as urgent work:
- What counts as a new project:
- What needs a separate quote:
- Unused-hour policy:
- Rollover limit, if any:

6. Client responsibilities
- Assets or access the client must provide:
- Approval deadline:
- Feedback deadline:
- Named decision-maker:
- What happens if client feedback is late:

7. Quote sanity check
- Does the retainer cover real delivery hours?
- Does it charge for reserved availability?
- Are revisions limited?
- Is extra work priced?
- Is payment timing clear?
- Is there a review date before the scope drifts?