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TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. Definitions
(a) For the purpose of this Agreement, the terms set forth hereunder
(either in singular or plural form) is defined to mean, unless the
context requires otherwise, as follows.
(b) "The Agency" shall mean "company name here"
(c) "Client" shall mean the customer named on the order
form overleaf
(d) "Project" shall mean each project performed by the
Agency for the Client pursuant to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, including all Services and Deliverables to be provided
by the Agency under each specific Project Brief.
(e) "Project Brief" shall mean written scope of work agreed
to between the Agency and the Client as to each Project to be undertaken
by the Agency, which references this Agreement and defines the work
to be completed by the Agency for each Project, including acceptance
criteria, fees and payment schedule, and any modifications to this
Agreement. Each Project Brief shall be signed by both parties and
shall be incorporated in and made part of this Agreement. In the
event of a conflict with respect to a specific Project, the scope,
Services, Deliverables, The Agencies responsibilities, the Client
responsibilities, between a Project Brief and this Agreement, the
Project Brief shall prevail. Any changes to a Project Brief must
be in writing and signed by the Client and the Agency.
(f) "Deliverables" are the outputs of Services to be supplied
under any Project Brief, and shall include but are not limited to,
all software and written material, including programs, tapes, listings,
and other programming documentation.
(g) "Confidential Information" hereunder includes all
information which is considered proprietary to the Agency, the Client
or its customers, as the case may be, including but not limited
to information or materials related to the business affairs of the
respective party, customer information, designs and documentation
of systems and software, and the Services and Deliverables developed
as part of this Agreement.
(h) "Effective Date" of this Agreement shall mean the
date on which the order form was placed by the Client.
(i) "Representatives" shall mean either as individuals
or collectively, employees, officers, directors, agents and consultants
of the Agency and the Client, as the case may be.
(j) "Records" shall mean such notes, sketches, drawings,
photocopies or other written or photographic records of or relating
to each Project.
(k) "Proprietary Rights" shall mean all patents, copyrights,
trademarks and trade secrets in any Services or Deliverables.
(l) "Pricing" shall mean the fees paid by the Client to
the Agency as set forth on the Agencies website, written quotation
and/or the Project Brief.
(m) "Services" shall mean all work performed by the Agency
for the Client on each Project.
2. Payment Terms
Full payment for all projects shall be made in advance to the Agency
for every project on submission of the Project Brief, unless otherwise
agreed in writing or provided in the Project Brief.
3. Variation of Charges, Services And Terms
The Agency reserve the right to increase or decrease charges and/or
introduce new charges and/or add or remove or change the services
provided by the Agency to the Client from time to time. In the event
of any such changes, 14 days prior notice will be given to the Client
by the Agency.
4. Ownership of Services and Deliverables
The Client agrees that the Agency shall retain Proprietary Rights
with respect to any Services or Deliverables provided to the Client
by the Agency.
5. Warranties
(a) The Agency warrants that any Services provided shall be done
in a workmanlike manner by competent personnel, knowledgeable in
the Services and Deliverables thereunder.
(b) The Agency makes no other warranties of any kind or nature,
whether express or implied, including but not limited to warranties
of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or use or
warranties of uninterrupted or error free performance of computer
systems, hardware, software, application or equipment.
6. Damages
It is expressly agreed between the Client and the Agency that the
liability for any damages arising out of provision of the services
under this agreement to the Client by the Agency whether caused
by negligence of the Agency, it's employees, agents and subcontractors
or otherwise is limited to actual damages, but shall in no event
exceed £100.00. The Client and the Agency hereby acknowledge
that damages would be difficult to ascertain and quantify and agree
that this provision liquidates the damages and is not a penalty.
7. Confidentiality
(a) The Agency shall, cause each of the Representatives working
on the projects, to keep all Confidential Information of the Client
or the Clients customers confidential, not to disclose it to any
third party without the prior written consent of the Client or the
Clients customers, and not to use it for any purpose other than
that for which it was provided to the Agency.
(b) The Agency shall only disclose Confidential Information to those
Representatives who need to know the same for legitimate business
purposes.
(c) The Client and its Representatives similarly agree to maintain
information regarding The Agencies processes, tools, methodologies
and any other Confidential Information of the Agency strictly confidential,
and the foregoing paragraphs shall apply equally to the Clients
obligations to the Agency.
(d) Notwithstanding the above, Confidential Information shall not
include any information which
(i) is available to the public, or becomes available to the public
other than as a result of an improper disclosure hereunder,
(ii) was previously known to the party obligated hereunder, or
(iii) becomes available to the obligated party on a non-confidential
basis from a source other than the disclosing party, provided the
source is not known by the obligated party to be in violation of
a confidentiality obligation to the disclosing party.
8. Standard of Quality
(a) The respective Project Brief shall provide a list of the measures
to be taken and the quality criteria to be applied in the execution
of a Project.
(b) Services provided by the Agency shall be tested by the Client.
Successful testing of the designs based on the above provided criteria
will signify the completeness of the Services delivered and the
fulfilment of the acceptance criteria.
9. Independent Contractor Status
(a) The Agency and the Client agree and understand that the Agency
is performing under this Agreement as an independent contractor
for the Client, and neither the Agency nor any of its employees,
agents or subcontractors are employees or agents of the Client.
(b) The Agency, its employees, agents and subcontractors have no
authority to make any contract or create any obligation or liability
whatsoever on behalf of the Client.
(c) Nothing contained herein shall be construed as reserving to
the Client any right to control the Agency with respect to The Agencies
conduct in the performance of this Agreement or the manner in which
the Services under this Agreement are performed.
10. Force Majeure
Neither party shall be liable to the other party for any failure
to perform or delay in performance of any of its obligations or
duties or the terms of the provision of this Agreement, if any,
to the extend such failure or delay is caused by or are attributable
to any event of force majeure, to the extend the event is not within
the control of that party whose performance under this Agreement
is effected thereby.
11. Validity
(a) This agreement shall come into force on the Effective Date of
this Agreement and shall be valid for a period of 12 months. Thereafter
the agreement may be extended by a further 12 month period. Renewal
of this Agreement shall be taken up one month prior to the expiry
of this Agreement.
(b) This Agreement may be terminated by the Client in writing.
(c) Either party may terminate a specific Project Brief, with notice,
should any of the following occur:
(i) any material breach of the provisions of this Agreement by the
other party;
(ii) theft or fraud by the other party;
(d) In the event that a Project or Project Brief is cancelled before
its completion, the Client shall pay the Agency for its Services
and Deliverables provided (whether or not complete) until the date
of cancellation plus any reasonable a wind-down cost of £100.
Expenses incurred by the Agency thereafter (including, without limitation,
any reasonable expenses incurred in reallocating employees of the
Agency to other projects).
12. Other Provisions
(a) The terms and provisions of this Agreement or any Project Brief
cannot be altered or modified without a written instrument duly
signed by both parties.
(b) By executing a Project Brief with respect to a Project, the
Agency and the Client acknowledge that there are no agreements or
understandings written or oral, between them with respect to the
Project other than as set forth herein or in the Project Brief and
that this Agreement and such Project Brief contain the entire agreement
between the Agency and the Client with respect to such Project.
(c) In the event that the Agency provides Services or Deliverables
to the Client without a Project Brief being executed with respect
thereto, all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall
apply with respect to the provision of such Services or Deliverables
to the extent that they are not in conflict with any other written
agreement governing the provision of such Services and Deliverables.
(d) No omission or delay by the Agency or the Client at any time
to enforce any right or remedy reserved to it, or to require performance
of any other terms, covenants or provisions hereof or of a Project
Brief shall be a waiver of any such right or remedy.
(e) All notices, requests, demands, waivers and other communications
required or permitted to be given under this Agreement or Project
Brief shall be given in writing and shall only be deemed received
upon actual receipt by the Agency or the Client, as the case may
be. Telecopy, email and courier services are permissible non-exclusive
means of delivery. It shall be sent to the person and to the address
or fax number for such party set forth on the orderform overleaf
or to such changed person, address or fax number as may be subsequently
submitted by written notice of either party. (name, address, email,
fax number & telephone number).
13. Severability
In the event any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement
and/or Project Brief shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforcable,
the remaining provisions of this Agreement and/or Project Brief
shall be unimpaired and the Agreement and/or Project Brief shall
not be void for this reason alone. Such invalid, illegal or unenforcable
provision shall be replaced by a mutually acceptable valid, legal
and enforceable provision which comes closest to the intention of
the parties underlying the invalid, illegal or unenforcable provision.
14. Jurisdiction
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed
for all purposes by the laws of England and Wales.
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