KEN KIRSCHENBAUM, ESQ
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Contract sale / new standard form agreement: Confidentiality Agreement for Estimates and Specifications
January 8, 2021
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THE SALE RUNS THROUGH JANUARY 12, 2021.   ORDERS ARE FILLED AS RECEIVED [UP TO 6 WEEKS WAIT for sale orders - longer for update orders]  SAVE THOUSANDS DURING THIS SALE 
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NOTICE:
    The Standard Form Agreements have been updated for 2021.  If your contracts are from 2019 or earlier you need to update.  If you have a 2020 Contract the Contracts were updated throughout 2020 and you should check with our Contract Administrator, Eileen Wagda, at 516 747 6700 ext 312 to see if your forms need updating.  Contracts purchased after September 1, 2020 are already updated.  Keep in mind that updates are free for 6 months and half price for 12 months from your original order date. Requests for updates will be processed after the new orders are processed.  The sale ends January 12, 2021; the sooner you order the sooner you will get the contracts. 
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How to order: order at www.alarmcontracts.com ordering is easy - order on-line during the sale and save thousands of dollars.  Need help ordering?  Call our Contract Administrator Eileen Wagda at 516 747 6700 x 312 for assistance. Concierge Clients can call our Concierge Program Coordinator Stacy Spector, Esq for assistance at 516 747 6700 x 304. Concierge Client receive an additional 10% off the sale price.  You can join the Concierge Program before ordering to receive the discount.
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    Contract sale starts now and runs through January 12, 2021, ending at midnight EST. The discount will be applied orders received between now and January 12, 2021 by midnight*.  This will definitely be the best deal of 2021.  If you have K&K Contracts changes have been made and you should check with our Contract Administrator, Eileen Wagda, at 516 747 6700 ext 312 to see if your form needs updating.  We starting adding the updates several months ago so you may be up to date. Keep in mind that our updates are free for 6 months and half price for 12 months from date of purchase***.  Updates will be prepared and sent out after the new orders are processed.  The sale ends January 12, 2021, so please be patient.  When you place the order the full price will come up. We will apply the discount manually when we process the order.  Contracts will be delivered by email only.


Here's the deal:
    Buy 1 All in One Residential, Commercial or Fire All in One and get $100 off and $50 off Disclaimer Notice  Save up to $150.
    Buy 2 All in One forms and get $100 off first and $200 off second and $75 off Disclaimer Notice and $100 off alarm.com rider and $100 off the Honeywell rider.   Save up to $575.
    Buy 3 or more All in One forms and get same as above and $300 off the third form and $400 off the fourth form.  Save up to $1275.00 [Residential, Commercial, Fire, Home Automation]
    Commercial Mobile Surveillance Lease $1000.  Save $500
    Fire All in One with Security Rider $1250.00. Save $300.00  Add the Commercial Fire All in One and the Commercial All in One and get $200 off each.  Save $800.00
    Qualifier Agreement $1200.00   Save $300.00
    Digital Sign And Display Sales, Hosting And Service  $437.50  save 50% $437.50
    Computer Consulting and Service   $437.50  save 50% $437.50
    Nationwide DIY with monitoring.  $3500.00 Save $1000.00**
    Nationwide PERS with or without GPS tracking. $3500.00 Save $1000.00**
* Your order must be placed on line at www.alarmcontracts.com and received by our office no later than January 12, 2021 by midnight EST.  Orders must contain valid credit card payment and be processed; you will receive confirmation.  Fill out the order form; the full prices will show and we will apply the discount before processing the order.  Orders arriving after sale ends will be processed at regular published rates.  Orders will be processed in order received.  Rush orders, delivered by email within 48 hours, add 15% - call Eileen to process.
Concierge Clients will receive their Concierge Program Discount on the Sale Price.  Sign up for the Concierge Program before placing your contract order to receive the additional discount.

** Does not include consultation or modification
     What's our Guarantee policy re updates?      
Free updates within 6 months of purchase***      
Half price within 6 months to 1 year***  
*** applies to original purchase only

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new standard form agreement: Confidentiality Agreement for Estimates and Specifications
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Ken
     A few years ago we got screwed by a state agency.. They had us go out to look at a project they wanted to upgrade. We spent about a day researching the items they would need and gave them an estimate. A week later they sent the estimate out to bid to all our competitors and of course we lost the job and the time to create the estimate. Since then we always ask any state agency, if any estimates we are produce are going out to bid, because we can no longer work for free and would need to charge for the time to create those estimates.
     A few months ago, Department of Safety (911 operations) was doing a massive upgrade and asked if we could price out the costs. We again asked if this was going out to bid because it was such a large job and they said no, it was just to get the funding for the department. We spent a couple weeks calling manufacturers and checking compatibility that all the devices and locations would work together. The estimate came to about $185,000. 2 weeks ago the bid went out, they actually cut and pasted our estimate exactly, letter for letter.
     Do you have any forms or wording that I can buy that stop this and put on or include in my estimates? We do “free estimates” however, this I believe this is different, as they are using my estimate for the sole purpose to go out to bid and not pay us for our time thoughts? 
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Response
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         I suspect this is a widespread problem in the industry, though this is first time it's brought to my attention. I've created a Standard Form called Confidentiality Agreement for Estimates and Specifications which can be ordered at https://www.kirschenbaumesq.com/page/alarm-contract in the Miscellaneous category.
     This form is offered at an introductory price of $475.00. It can be used when providing estimates for free or if you want to charge for the estimate. It will prevent the estimate being used for anything other than negotiating a contract with you.
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To order up to date Standard Form Alarm /  Security / Fire and related Agreementsclick here:  www.alarmcontracts.com
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CONCIERGE LAWYER SERVICE PROGRAM FOR THE ALARM INDUSTRY
You can check out the program and sign up here: https://www.kirschenbaumesq.com/page/concierge or contact our Program Coordinator Stacy Spector, Esq at 516 747 6700 x 304.
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Ken Kirschenbaum,Esq
Kirschenbaum & Kirschenbaum PC
Attorneys at Law
200 Garden City Plaza
Garden City, NY 11530
516 747 6700 x 301
ken@kirschenbaumesq.com
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