Here are the rates for typical professional services.
Service | Description | Rate |
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Business Development | Calls and meetings to arrange business agreements, develop quotations | No Charge except prearranged transportation |
Clerical | Filing, organizing, publishing, copying, operating applications, otherwise non technical tasks, associated with other tasks. Training materials and recommendation preparation | $25 per hour. 1 hour minimum |
Documentation | Technical writing for printed manuals, training materials and on-line help | $30 per hour. 1 hour minimum |
Technical | Hardware and software installation, Telephone support, Configuration, Virus Removal | $70 per hour. no minimum plus travel time to a local site from principal place of business or previous client whichever is less. |
Web Site Management | Develop and maintain a commercial web site with your domain name arranged by STS | $30 per month first year then $20 per month thereafter one year minimum or $100 one time and $20 per month thereafter no minimum. Plus $70 per hour to implement requested changes to site. |
Service Level Management | Analysis to recommend upgrades to existing systems to maintain service level agreements and technical support to manage the stable implementation of the upgrades. 97% uptime means system will be unavailable no more than 1 business day per month. To do this requires that all upgrades are concentrated into a single day per month. Failure to meet service level objectives usually results in financial penalties. See also Service Levels | $480 per month. assuring 97% uptime of a system of less than 11 computers. Minimum defined by termination clause of SLA. |
Developmental | Project management, Detail designs, Programming, test development, Unit testing, system testing, Technology /Application Training, Site Evaluation | $85 per hour. No minimum |
Architectural | Feasibility studies, Presentations, Requirements analysis, RFPs, RFP Responses, Stake holder interviews, Rapid prototyping, | $100 per hour. no minimum |
Local Travel | Daily to and from work site within 5 miles of lodging | No Charge to daily work site, $35/hour travel time for service calls |
Transportation | Travel to and from remote sites. | Subway: customary fees; Car: Rental fee + fuel cost + $35 per hour travel time; Air: reasonable and customary business class airline costs. |
Lodging | Room (business class hotel), 1 meal per day | $150 per night nominal |
Surveillance | Remotely monitor computer | $15 per month per computer |
See also Fixed Rates