This White Label SaaS Agreement (the “Agreement”) is effective [DATE] (“Effective Date”),
BETWEEN: [COMPANY NAME] (the "Company"), a company organized and existing under the laws of the [State/Province] of [STATE/PROVINCE] with its head office located at:
[YOUR COMPLETE ADDRESS]
AND: [SECOND PARTY NAME] (the "Customer "), a company organized and existing under the laws of the [State/Province] of [STATE/PROVINCE], with its head office located at:
[COMPLETE ADDRESS]
WHEREAS the Company has developed a software which provides [EXPLAIN PURPOSE] for the Customer and is providing a subscription to the software, subject to certain consideration (hereinafter referred as “the Service”);
WHEREAS the Customer wishes to subscribe to the Services for the Customer or third-party Clients of the Customer in accordance with the terms and conditions herein;
WHEREAS the Parties wish to evidence their contract in writing;
WHEREAS the Parties are duly authorized and have the capacity to enter into and perform this Agreement;
WHEREAS both the Parties affirm to understand all the provisions contained in this Agreement, and in case either Party requires clarification as to one or more of the provisions contained herein, either Party has requested clarification or otherwise sought legal guidance.
The Company and the Customer shall individually be referred to as “Party” and collectively as “Parties”.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
DEFINITIONS
“Client(s)” means individuals or entities to which Customer has resold
the
software
.
“Confidential Information” shall mean information that is proprietary or confidential and is either clearly labelled as such or identified as Confidential Information in
clause
5
of this
A
greement.
“Documentation” shall mean the document made available to the Client, authorized users by the Company
regarding
the
S
oftware
,
which sets out a description of the Services and the user instructions for the Services.
“Software” shall mean online software application
s
provided as a part of the
S
ervices.
“Order Form" means the documents for placing orders pursuant to this Agreement that are entered into between
the
C
ompany
and
the
Customer
from time to time, including addenda and supplements thereto.
GRANT OF LICENSE
Conditioned on the provisions in this section and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement and payment of the applicable Fees,
the
Company hereby appoints
the
Customer, and
the
Customer hereby accepts, for the Term
(unless terminated as provided in this Agreement), a non
-
exclusive, non-transferable,
n
on-sublicensable license to promote and sell the
Services
to
its
third-party
Cl
ients and potential buyers
, at its own expense and using its own efforts with its own sales force
.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in no event shall
the
Customer have the right to
sub-license or provide access to the
Service
or any services contained therein to any third parties (including
C
lients of
the
Customer) unless the
Service
is resold to
C
lients of
the
Customer in accordance with the terms and conditions of
the
Agreement
below.
All Platform
s
created pursuant to this Agreement
shall be branded under the name of
the
Customer or its
C
lients and shall be accessible to the public under a
name
designated by
the
Customer or its
C
lients. The name, trademark, trade name, trade dress, designs and logos of
t
he Company (the “Marks”) shall not appear on the
Software
, unless mutually agreed by the
P
arties in advance in a separate signed written authorization. No license, express or implied, is granted to
the
Customer for any of the Marks under this Agreement.
SERVICE DESCRIPTION
Responsibilities of
t
he Company
The Company
shall provide
the
Customer with the
Service
s
for the purpose of resale to C
lient
s.
The Services shall be made available by
the Company
subject to any unavailability caused by circumstances beyond
the Company’s
reasonable control, including any force majeure events
,
as contemplated in
Section 1
1
.1
,
and
any computer, communications, Internet service or hosting facility failures or delays involving hardware, software,
power or other systems not within
the Company’s
possession or
r
easonable control, and denial of service attacks.
The Services may be temporarily limited,
interrupted,
or curtailed due to maintenance, repair, modifications, upgrades or relocation. T
he Company
shall attempt to notify
the
Customer of scheduled and unscheduled network outages that are expected to last more than four (4) hours and
that may affect the Services.
The Company
shall be entitled to change the Services during the Term
,
provided that
the Company
will not materially reduce the capabilities provided by
the Services.
The Company shall ensure that the Services will be performed substantially in accordance with the
D
ocumentation and with reasonable skill and care.
The
provisions of this
clause
shall not apply to the extent of any non-conformance which is caused by use of the Services contrary to the Company’s instructions, or modification or alteration of the Services by any party other than the Company or the Company's duly
a
uthorized contractors or agents. If the Services do not conform with the foregoing undertaking,
the
Company will, at its expense, use all reasonable commercial
endeavours
to correct any such non-conformance promptly, or provide the
C
lient with an alternative means of accomplishing the desired performance. Such correction or substitution constitutes the Customer's sole and exclusive remedy for any breach of the undertaking
set out in this clause.
T
he Company
does not warrant that the
Customer
's
use of the Services will be uninterrupted or error-free; nor that the Services, Documentation and/or the information obtained by the
Customer t
hrough the Services will meet the
Customer
's requirements; and is not responsible for any delays, delivery failures, or any other loss or damage resulting from the transfer of data over communications networks and facilities, including the
I
nternet, and the
Customer
acknowledges that the Services and Documentation may be subject to limitations, delays and other problems inherent in the use of such communications facilities
.
This
A
greement shall not prevent the Company from entering into similar
a
greements with third parties, or from independently developing, using, selling or licensing documentation, products and/or services which are similar to those provided under this Agreement.
The Company warrants that it has and will maintain all necessary licenses, consents, and permissions necessary for the performance of its obligations under this Agreement.
The Company warrants that it is hosted on
a
secure and well-maintained cloud platform
.
The Company performs automated database backups overnight.
Responsibilities of
t
he Customer
The
Customer
shall maintain marketing and customer service standards that are appropriate
to
maintain high-quality Services and to reflect
favourably
on
the
Customer’s and
the
Company’s reputation.
The
Customer shall provide C
lients
with prompt, courteous, and efficient service, shall take every reasonable precaution not to disclose any
Company
information, other than as permitted by any
applicable privacy or personal health information legislation, and shall deal with
Clients
honestly
and fairly
.
The
Customer shall be responsible for all activities of its Clients and
the
Customer shall
:
(i) use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized access to or use of the Services and shall notify
the
Company promptly of any such unauthorized access or use; and (ii) comply with all applicable local, state, provincial, federal and foreign laws in respect to the promotion and re-sale of the Services.
The Customer shall
provide the Company with all necessary co-operation in relation to this Agreement
.
The C
ustomer
shall
provide the Company with all necessary information as may be required by the Compan
y.
The C
ustomer
shall
comply and ensure that the Clients comply with all applicable laws and regulations with respect to its activities under this Agreement
.
The C
ustomer
shall
carry out all other Customer responsibilities set out in this Agreement in a timely and efficient manner. In the event of any delays in the Customer's provision of such assistance as agreed by the
P
arties, the Company may adjust any agreed timetable or delivery schedule as reasonably necessary
.
The C
ustomer
shall
ensure that the Clients
obtain and shall maintain all necessary licenses, consents, and permissions necessary for the Company, its contractors and agents to perform their obligations under this
A
greement, including
,
without limitation
,
the Services
.
The C
ustomer
shall
ensure that its network and systems comply with the relevant specifications provided by the Company from time to time
.
The
Customer shall ensure that the
Client
s
take
reasonable steps to prevent unauthorized access to the
S
oftware, including
,
without limitation
,
by protecting its passwords and other log-in information.
The Customer
shall notify the Company immediately of any known or suspected unauthorized use of the Company
software
or breach of its security and shall use best efforts to stop said breach.
Restrictions
The
Customer
shall not (and shall not
authorize any third party to): (
i
) modify, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or create derivative works based on the Services
,
except to the
extent that enforcement of the foregoing restriction is prohibited by applicable law; (
ii
) circumvent any user limits or other timing, use or functionality restrictions built into the Services; (
ii
) remove any proprietary notices, labels, or
M
arks from the Services (except to the extent
the
Customer is so permitted to for the purposes of re-branding the Services); (
iv
) frame or mirror any content forming part of the Services; or (
v
) access the Services in order to build a competitive product or service, or copy any ideas, features, functions or graphics of the Services.
FEE AND PAYMENT
F
ees,
rates,
or charges charged by the Customer to the Client for the Services shall be determined solely by
the
Customer.
The
Company shall have no authority or responsibility to determine such
F
ees or other amounts, and
the
Company shall have no responsibility for billing or collecting such
F
ees or any other amounts from Clients.
The
Customer is solely responsible for payment to
the
Company for all Fees for the Services resold to Clients. In connection with such activities,
the
Customer will act in all respects for its own account and will be responsible for such matters as credit verification, deposits, billing, collection, bad
debts,
and any unauthorized use of the Services by or on behalf of Clients.
The
Company is obligated only to
the
Customer, with which it is in privity of contract, and not to Clients, with whom
the
Company is not in privity of contract.
Clients
are not to be deemed third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement.
The
Customer shall pay all Fees specified in all Order Forms pursuant to this Agreement. Except as otherwise specified in this Agreement or in an Order Form, (i) Fees are based on licenses purchased for the Services and not actual usage, (ii) payment obligations are non-cancelable and Fees paid are nonrefundable, and (iii) the number of
licenses
purchased cannot be decreased during the relevant
S
ubscription
T
erm stated on the applicable Order Form. User subscription Fees are based on monthly periods that begin on the subscription start date and each monthly anniversary thereof; therefore, Fees for
u
ser subscriptions added in the middle of a monthly period will be charged for that full monthly period and the monthly periods remaining in the
S
ubscription
T
erm.
All payments under this Agreement shall be made within thirty (30) days after the receipt of the applicable invoice. All amounts are payable in
[CURRENCY]
unless specified otherwise on the Order Form or
Scope of Work
. Any amounts not paid when due shall accrue interest at the lesser of
[INTEREST AMOUNT]
per month or the maximum rate allowed by law. If
the
Customer has been delinquent in its payments,
the
Company may condition future subscription renewals and Order Forms on prepayment or payment terms shorter than those specified in this Section 4.3.
If any amount owing by
the
Customer under this or any other agreement for the Services is thirty (30) or more days overdue,
the
Company may, without limiting
the
Company’s other rights and remedies, accelerate
the
Customer’s unpaid Fee obligations under such agreements so that all such obligations become immediately due and payable, and suspend provision of the Services to
the
Customer and the Clients until such amounts are paid in full.
The
Company
will give
the
Customer at least seven (7) days
’
prior notice that its account is overdue, before suspending the Services.
Unless otherwise stated, the Fees do not include any taxes, levies, duties or similar governmental assessments of any nature, including but not limited to value-added, goods and services, harmonized sales, use or withholding taxes, assessable by any local, state, provincial, federal or foreign jurisdiction (collectively, "Taxes").
The
Customer is responsible for paying all Taxes associated with its purchases
,
pursuant to this Agreement. If
the
Company
has the legal obligation to pay or collect Taxes for which
the
Customer is responsible under this paragraph, the appropriate amount shall be invoiced to and paid by
the
Customer, unless
the
Customer provides
the
Company
with a valid tax exemption certificate authorized by the appropriate taxing authority. For clarity,
the
Company
is solely responsible for
T
axes assessable against
the
Company
,
based on its income, property and employees.
CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE
Non-Disclosure
Each
P
arty may be given access to Confidential Information from the other
P
arty in order to perform its obligations under this
A
greement.
A
P
arty's Confidential Information shall not be deemed to include information that:
(i)
is or becomes publicly known other than through any act or omission of the receiving
P
arty;
(ii)
was in the other
P
arty's lawful possession before the disclosure;
(iii)
is lawfully disclosed to the receiving
P
arty by a third party without restriction on disclosure;
(iv)
is independently developed by the receiving
P
arty, which independent development can be shown by written evidence; or
(v)
is required to be disclosed by law, by any court of competent jurisdiction or by any regulatory or administrative body.
Each
P
arty shall hold the other's Confidential Information in confidence
,
and, unless required by law, not make the other's Confidential Information available to any third
party or
use the other's Confidential Information for any purpose other than the implementation of this
A
greement.
Each
P
arty shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that the other's Confidential Information to which it has access is not disclosed or distributed by its employees or agents in violation of the terms of this
A
greement.
Neither
P
arty shall be responsible for any loss, destruction,
alteration,
or disclosure of Confidential Information caused by any third party.
The C
ustomer
acknowledges that details of the Services, and the results of any performance tests of the Services, constitute the Company's Confidential Information.
This clause
5
shall survive termination of this
A
greement.
Return of Written Materials
The Parties acknowledge that any such information will be shared for the sole purpose of determining if there is a basis for agreement between the Parties. Neither Party is hereby granting the other any right or license with respect to any shared information. If the Parties fail to reach agreement, each Party shall return to the other any written materials or information given to it (and copies made by it) or affix in writing that such materials or information has been destroyed. If agreement is not reached, any Party shall not use in any way for its benefit or any other
person’s
or entity’s benefit any such information or materials shared with it without the other Part
y’s
written consent.
TERM
AND TERMINATION
The initial
T
erm of this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date noted above and continue
thereafter for a period of __________ months (the “Initial Term”).
Thereafter, this Agreement shall automatically renew for additional periods of _________ months (the “Renewal Term(s)”) unless either Party provides written notice of termination to the other Party at least forty-five (45) days prior the end of the Initial Term or respective Renewal Term, as applicable. In the event the Company provides notice of termination or ceases operation,
the
Customer shall have the right to continue providing
s
oftware
support services to its
C
lients using its own or a third-party content management interface.
The
Company reserves the right to modify this Agreement
and
any of its other polices at any time at its sole discretion with no prior notice to the Customer.
This Agreement may be terminated as follows: (
i
) if
the
Customer fails to make any payment due hereunder within thirty (30) days after receiving written notice from
the
Company that such payment is delinquent,
the
Company may terminate this Agreement on written notice to
the
Customer at any time following the end of such period; (
ii
) if either
P
arty breaches any material term or condition of this Agreement and fails to cure such breach within thirty (30) days after receiving written notice of the breach, the non-breaching
P
arty may terminate this Agreement on written notice at any time following the end of such thirty (30) day period; (
iii
) if either
P
arty becomes insolvent (i.e., becomes unable to pay its debts in the ordinary course of business as they come due) or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, then the other
P
arty may terminate this Agreement immediately upon notice; or (
iv
) without cause, with a ninety (90) day written notice. If
the
Customer terminates this Agreement, such termination shall not affect
the
Customer’s right to provide
Clients
with
the
Customer’s own products and services that do not use or depend on the Services or any
d
eliverables.
COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARKS
The Customer acknowledges and agrees that the Company owns and shall retain all intellectual property rights in the Services and the Documentation. Except as expressly stated herein, this Agreement does not grant the
C
lient any rights to, or in, patents, copyrights, database rights, trade secrets, trade names, trademarks (whether registered or unregistered), or any other rights or licenses in respect of the Services or the Documentation.
The Company confirms that it has all the rights in relation to the Services and the Documentation that are necessary to grant all the rights it purports to grant under, and in accordance with, the terms of this
A
greement.
Except as specified herein, the Customer does not acquire any rights, express or implied, in the Subscribed Services or the
C
ompany Software, nor any right to transfer the Subscribed Services or the
C
ompany Software, in whole or in part. No license, right or Intellectual Property Right in any
of
the
C
ompany trademark, trade name or service mark is granted pursuant to this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, “Intellectual Property Rights” means, on a worldwide basis, any and all (
i
) rights associated with works of authorship, including
,
without limitation, copyrights, copyrightable rights, moral rights and mask work rights; (
ii
) trademark, service mark and trade name rights and any similar rights recognized under applicable law; (
iii
) trade secret rights and rights in
C
onfidential
I
nformation; (
iv
) patents and patentable rights; (
v
) all rights with respect to inventions, discoveries, improvements, know-how, formulas, algorithms, processes, technical information and other technology; (
vi
) all other intellectual and industrial property rights of every kind or nature, whether arising by operation of law, contract, license or otherwise; and (
vii
) all international, national, foreign, state and local registrations, applications for registration and any renewals and extensions thereof (including, without limitation, any continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, reissues, substitutions and
re-examinations
), all goodwill associated therewith, and all benefits, privileges, causes of action and remedies relating to any of the foregoing (including, without limitation, the exclusive rights to apply for and maintain all such registrations, renewals and extensions; to sue for all past, present and future infringements or other violations relating thereto; and to settle and retain all proceeds from any such actions).
SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES
The Support and Maintenance Services will be such as provided by the Company to the
Customer
and as mentioned in “Schedule
A
” attached to the present Agreement.
RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as creating any agency, legal representative, partnership, or other form of joint enterprise between the
P
arties. Neither
P
arty shall have authority to contract for or bind the other in any manner whatsoever.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES/LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
T
he Company expressly disclaims any representation or
w
arranty that the Service
s
will be error-free, timely,
secure,
or uninterrupted. No oral advice or written information given by the Company, its employees,
licensors,
or agents will create a warranty
,
nor
should the Customer
rely on any such information or advice.
Under no circumstances will the Company, or
its
a
ffiliates be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or
c
onsequential damages that result from the use of or inability to use the Service, including but not limited to reliance on
a
ny information obtained
from
the
Service; or that
r
esult from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files or email,
l
oss of or damage to data, errors, defects, viruses, delays in operation or
t
ransmission, or any failure of performance, whether or not limited to
a
ct of
G
od, communication failure, theft, destruction or unauthorized
a
ccess to the Company
r
ecords, programs or
S
ervices.
The
Customer
h
ereby acknowledge
s
that this provision will apply
whether
the Company
i
s given notice of the possibility of such damages and that
t
his provision will apply to all
S
ervices available from the Company and its affiliates.
U
nder no circumstances, under the terms of this
A
greement, shall
d
amages include loss of business, or loss of profits, whether based on
b
reach of
A
greement, breach of warranty, product liability, or otherwise,
t
o any
P
arty in privy to this
A
greement, or any third party not so situated.
T
he terms of this section shall survive the termination of this Agreement for whatever reason.
FORCE MAJEURE
If by reason of failures of telecommunications or
I
nternet service providers,
labour
disputes, riots,
inability to obtain
labour
or materials, earthquake, fire or other action of the elements, accidents, governmental restrictions
, earthquake, act of
G
od, pandemic, epidemic
or other causes beyond the control of
the Company
,
the Company
is unable to perform i
n
whole or in part its obligations as set forth in this Agreement, then
the Company
shall be relieved of those obligations to the extent it is so unable to perform
,
and such
inability to perform shall not make
t
he Compan
y
liable to the Customer or third parties.
SEVERABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION
Except as expressly provided to the contrary herein, each article, term, condition and provision of this Agreement shall be considered severable, and if, for any reason whatsoever, any such article, term, condition or provision herein is deemed to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced as being contrary to, or in conflict with any existing or future law or regulation by any court or agency having valid jurisdiction, such shall not impair the operation or have any other effect upon such other articles, terms, conditions and provisions of this
White Label SaaS
Agreement, and the latter shall continue to be given full force and effect by the
P
arties hereto, and shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable article, term, condition or provision were omitted.
All captions, titles,
headings,
and article numbers herein have been inserted and are intended solely for the convenience of the
P
arties, and none such shall be construed or deemed to affect the meaning or construction of any provisions hereof, nor to limit the scope of the provision to which they refer.
All references herein to the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders, and all references herein to the singular shall include the plural, where applicable.
NOTICES
All
notices required or submitted under this Agreement shall be given in writing and shall be personally delivered or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested, except in the event of a postal disruption, to the respective [
PARTY
NAME] at the following addresses, unless and until a different address has been designated by notice in writing to the other
P
arty:
To the Company:
[YOUR COMPANY NAME]
[YOUR COMPLETE ADDRESS]
To the Customer:
[NAME]
[COMPLETE ADDRESS]
LANGUAGE AND GOVERNING
LAW
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the
laws
of the [State/Province] of
[STATE/PROVINCE]
, which
law
shall prevail in the event of any conflict of
the
P
arties
.
The
P
arties
hereto acknowledge that they requested that this Agreement and all related documents be drafted in English, that any notice to be given hereunder be given in English, and that any proceedings between the
P
arties relating to this Agreement be drafted in English.
NON-SOLICITATION
The
Customer agrees that during the entire
T
erm of this Agreement
,
it shall not directly or indirectly, as principal, agent, owner, joint
ventures
,
investor,
or consultant, solicit or attempt to solicit or induce or encourage the departure or resignation of any of the employees or
contractors
working
for the Company.
The
Customer understands and agrees that soliciting,
inducing,
or
hiring
the
Company
employees or contractors may result in serious damages for
the
Company’s
business
,
and acknowledges that
the
Company
may hold
the
Customer liable for any damages and may seek any legal or equitable relief available to
the
Company
under applicable law.
NON-COMPETE
During the Term,
the
Customer
shall not: (
i
) directly or indirectly market, promote, or
solicit
Clients
or subscriptions for, supply, sell or resell any product or service in competition with the Services; (
ii
) have any controlling interest in any entity that markets, promotes, sells or provides any product or service in competition with the Services; (
iii
) enter into any agreements with any provider to resell, redistribute, sub-license or otherwise commercialize any product or service that competes with the Services; or (
iv
) display on its website or elsewhere any advertising or marketing materials of any provider of any product or service that compete with the Services.
The
Company
shall have the continuing right to market and sell the Services and any other products or services to any third parties, including but not limited to current,
future,
and potential C
lients
.
INDEMNIFICATION
Indemnification by the Company:
If a third party makes a claim against the Customer or
a
Client that the Services infringes any patent, copyright or trademark, or misappropriates any trade secret, or that the Company’s negligence or
wilful
misconduct has caused bodily injury or death, the Company shall defend the Customer or the Client and its directors, officers and employees against the claim at the Company’s expense
,
and the Company shall pay all losses, damages and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) finally awarded against such parties or agreed to in a written
S
ettlement
A
greement signed by the Company, to the extent arising from the claim. The Company shall have no liability for any claim based on (
i
) the
Customer
c
ontent, (
ii
) modification of the Services not authorized by the Company, or (
iii
) use of the Services other than in accordance with the Documentation and this Agreement. The Company may, at its sole option and expense, procure for the Client the right to continue use of the Services, modify the Services in a manner that does not materially impair the functionality, or terminate the Subscription Term and repay to the Client any amount paid by the Client with respect to the Subscription Term following the termination date.
Indemnification by the Customer:
The
Customer
shall defend and/or settle at its expense, any claims, actions or proceedings against
the
Company
and its
a
ffiliates and its and their officers, directors, employees and contractors to the extent arising out of or relating to (
i
) bodily injury or damage to tangible or real property, including death, caused by or arising out of any negligent act or omission of
the
Customer
or those for whom
the
Customer
is responsible for at law; (
ii
) the provision, use or failure of any product or service provided by
the
Customer
; (
iii
) any representations or warranties made by
the
Customer
in respect to the Services or any portions thereof beyond those authorized in this Agreement; (
iv
) any infringement or misappropriate of any intellectual property or other rights by any
c
lient
d
ata; (
v
) any violation of any law or regulation by
the
Customer
or any of its
a
ffiliates or any of its or their officers, directors, employees, contractors or agents; or (
vii
) real or tangible property damage or bodily injury or death caused by the negligent or
willful
acts or omissions of the
Customer
or any of its
a
ffiliates or any of its or their officers, directors, employees, contractors or agents in connection with this Agreement, and
the
Customer
shall pay all damages finally awarded by a court of competent jurisdiction to such third party against any of the
Company
, or any settlement amounts agreed by
the
Customer
in writing; subject to the conditions that,
the
Company
shall notify
the
Customer
promptly of any
claims
, permit
the
Customer
to control the defense and settlement of such
c
laims (provided that
the
Company
may participate with counsel of its own choosing, at its own expense), and assist
the
Customer
, at
the
Customer
’s expense, in defending or settling such
c
laims.
The
Customer
shall not be liable for any settlement amounts entered into by
the
Company
without
the
Customer
’s prior written approval.
WAIVER
The failure of the Company to enforce a provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver or limitation of
the
Company’s right to subsequently enforce and compel strict compliance with every provision of this Agreement.
ASSIGNMENT OF AGREEMENT
This
A
greement may not be assigned or otherwise transferred by any
P
arty in whole or in part without the express
prior written consent of the
other Party
. In the event any Party shall change its corporate name or merge with another corporation, assignment shall be mutually agreed upon by all Parties
and the surviving or new corporation and any subsidiaries
shall be
similarly subject to the rights and obligations of this Agreement.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the Agreement between the
P
arties regarding the products and services provided hereunder and super
s
edes any prior Agreements between the
P
arties with respect thereto.
COUNTERPARTS
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, both of which, when taken together, shall constitute a signed
A
greement binding upon the
P
arties. Delivery of a signed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile transmission, in paper copy by courier or regular mail or as an email attachment in PDF format shall constitute valid and sufficient delivery
thereof.
This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the [State/Province] of [State/PROVINCE].
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
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SCHEDULE A
SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES
SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES
Support and Maintenance Services entitle the
Customer
to the following:
Telephone or electronic support
to
help the Client locate and correct problems with the Software.
Bug fixes and code corrections to correct Software malfunctions
to
bring such Software into substantial conformity with the operating specifications.
All extensions,
enhancements,
and other changes that the Company, at its sole discretion, makes or adds to the Software and which the Company furnishes, without charge, to all other
s
ubscribers of the SaaS Service.
Up to ____________ dedicated contacts designated by the Client in writing that will have access to support services.
Authorized and dedicated personnel of the Company who will be dedicated in providing all support services exclusively to the Client. The
F
ees for appointment of this dedicated personnel
are
a total of
________________.
RESPONSE AND RESOLUTION GOALS
“Business hours” _____________________, Monday to Friday, except holidays.
“Fix” means the repair or replacement of
a
Software component to remedy
a
Problem.
“Problem” means a defect in Software as defined in the Company’s standard Software specification that significantly degrades such Software.
“Respond” means acknowledgement of
a
Problem received containing
the
assigned support engineer name, date and time assigned, and severity
of
assignment.
“Workaround” means a change in the procedures followed or data supplied by the Client to avoid a Problem without substantially impairing the Client’s use of the Software.
PROBLEM SEVERITY |
RESPONSE GOALS |
RESOLUTION GOALS |
The production system is creating a significant impact to the Client’s business function, preventing that function from being executed. |
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The production system or application is moderately affected. There is no workaround currently available, or the workaround is cumbersome to use. |
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The production system or application issue is not critical: no data has been lost, and the system has not failed. The issue has been identified and does not hinder normal operation, or the situation may be temporarily circumvented using an available workaround. |
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Non-critical issues, general questions, enhancement requests, or the functionality does not match documented specifications. |
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ACCESSING SUPPORT
The online support center (______________________) is available 24x7 for self-service technical assistance including:
Downloading software updates and patches
Logging tickets and viewing status of previously submitted tickets
Viewing updates to supported platforms and hardware
Accessing product documentation, technical articles, and FAQs