 |
 |
 |
|
|
 |
|
|
Terms and Conditions
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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).
- 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.
- Jurisdiction
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and
governed for all purposes by the laws of England and Wales.
|
|
|
 |