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VLD · TE ——— · TEMPLATEScope letter

Scope letter

Template · illustrative example. Nothing begins before this document is signed.

TEMPLATE · ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE
1

Object

A residential development under construction, with units sold off-plan, in the municipality of ———.

The object is described as it is, not as it is intended to be.

2

The question

Does the percentage of physical progress declared to buyers and to the lending agent match what was executed on site on the date of verification?

One question per letter. Two questions, two letters.

3

Criteria

Approved physical-financial schedule; recorded descriptive memorial; previous measurements; NBR 12721 for cost breakdown; production financing contract.

The criterion is what allows saying "yes" or "no" without opinion.

4

Coverage

All schedule items with a weight ≥ 1% (—— items, —— % of value); the rest by directed sample (—— items).

What is left out is stated here, not discovered later.

5

Planned evidence

Direct observation in a dated visit; site diary; measurements by the lending agent; material and service invoices; georeferenced photographic record.

By rung, according to the evidence hierarchy.

6

Independence boundary

Relationship: none between Valida and the developer, the builder or the lending agent. Fee: fixed, set out in this letter, independent of the conclusion. Clause: the evidence prevails over the interest of whoever commissions it.

When there is a relationship, it is written here and on the first page of the opinion.

7

Timeline and deliverables

Site visit within —— business days; evidence dossier in ——; findings matrix in ——; opinion in ——; reading meeting in ——.

Each deliverable closes a phase.

8

Confidentiality and data

Documents received over an encrypted channel; stored in Brazil; retention of —— months; deletion with a record.

9

Fee

R$ ———, fixed, —— % paid on signature and —— % on delivery of the opinion.

It does not change with the conclusion. There is no success fee.

10

Signatures

Client · Technical lead for Valida · Date.

Electronic signature field with a trail (Valida uses its own signature tool).

TEMPLATE · ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE · italicized fields are filled in per engagement