Lemon Squeezee Software Ltd trading as WellTech Solutions
Terms and Conditions
1. Interpretation
The definitions and rules of interpretation in this condition apply in these terms and conditions.
1.1 Definitions:
Authorised Users: those employees, agents and independent contractors of the Customer who are authorised by the Customer to use the Services and the Documentation as further described in clause 4.2(d) (or the Hosting Services as further described in clause 7.2(b) if applicable).
Business Day: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in England when banks in London are open for business.
Contract: the Customer’s purchase order and the Supplier’s acceptance of it under clause 3.
Customer: the person, firm or company who purchases Services from the Supplier.
Customer Data: the data inputted by the Customer, Authorised Users, or the Supplier on the Customer’s behalf for the purpose of using the Subscription Services or facilitating the Customer’s use of the Subscription Services.
Customer’s Project Manager: the Customer’s manager for the Project appointed in accordance with clause 10.4(a).
Data Protection Legislation: the UK Data Protection Legislation and any other European Union legislation relating to personal data and all other legislation and regulatory requirements in force from time to time which apply to a party relating to the use of personal data (including, without limitation, the privacy of electronic communications); and the guidance and codes of practice issued by the relevant data protection or supervisory authority and applicable to a party.
Deliverables: all products and materials developed by the Supplier in relation to the Project in any media, including, without limitation, software, data, diagrams, reports and specifications (including drafts).
Documentation: the document made available to the Customer by the Supplier online via such web address notified by the Supplier to the Customer from time to time which sets out a description of the Services and the user instructions for the Services.
Effective Date: the date the contract is established pursuant to clause 3.
Hosting Services: the hosting services (if expressly included in the Contract) to be provided by the Supplier to the Customer, as described in Schedule 2.
Initial Subscription Term: 1 month from the Effective Date.
Intellectual Property Rights: patents, rights to inventions, copyright and related rights, trade marks, trade names, domain names, rights in get-up, rights in goodwill or to sue for passing off, unfair competition rights, rights in designs, rights in computer software, database rights, topography rights, moral rights, rights in confidential information (including without limitation know-how and trade secrets) and any other intellectual property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered, and including without limitation all applications for, and renewals or extensions of, such rights, and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection in any part of the world.
Normal Business Hours: 9.00 am to 5.00 pm local UK time, each Business Day.
Pre-existing Materials: materials which existed before the commencement of the Project.
Project: the project if there is one (other than Subscription Services) as described in the Project Plan.
Project Milestone: a date by which a part of the Project is estimated to be completed, as set out in the Project Plan.
Project Plan: the detailed plan describing the Project and setting out the estimated timetable (including without limitation Project Milestones) and responsibilities of each of the parties for, or in connection with, the provision of the Services by the Supplier in accordance with the Contract.
Renewal Period: the period described in clause 18.1.
Services: the services to be provided by the Supplier under the Contract.
Software: any online software applications provided by the Supplier as part of the Subscription Services.
Subscription Fees: the subscription fees payable by the Customer to the Supplier for the User Subscriptions, as notified in writing from the Supplier to the Customer before the Customer’s purchase order.
Subscription Services: any subscription services provided by the Supplier to the Customer under the Contract via the website notified to the Customer by the Supplier from time to time, as more particularly described in the Documentation.
Subscription Term: has the meaning given in clause 18.1 (being the Initial Subscription Term together with any subsequent Renewal Periods).
Supplier: Lemon Squeezee Software Ltd (trading as WellTech Solutions) registered in England and Wales with company number 11506025 whose registered office address is Unit 7 The Court Holywell Business Park, Northfield Road, Southam, Warwickshire, United Kingdom, CV47 0FS.
Supplier’s Project Manager: the Supplier’s manager for the Project, appointed in accordance with clause 4.3.
UK Data Protection Legislation: all applicable data protection and privacy legislation in force from time to time in the UK including the General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679); the Data Protection Act 2018; the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive 2002/58/EC (as updated by Directive 2009/136/EC) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/2426) as amended.
User Subscriptions: the user subscriptions purchased by the Customer pursuant to clause 9.1 which entitle Authorised Users to access and use the Services and the Documentation in accordance with this agreement.
VAT: value added tax chargeable under English law for the time being and any similar additional tax.
Virus: any thing or device (including any software, code, file or programme) which may: prevent, impair or otherwise adversely affect the operation of any computer software, hardware or network, any telecommunications service, equipment or network or any other service or device; prevent, impair or otherwise adversely affect access to or the operation of any programme or data, including the reliability of any programme or data (whether by re-arranging, altering or erasing the programme or data in whole or part or otherwise); or adversely affect the user experience, including worms, trojan horses, viruses and other similar things or devices.
1.2 Condition, Schedule and paragraph headings shall not affect the interpretation of this agreement.
1.3 A person includes a natural person, corporate or unincorporated body (whether or not having separate legal personality).
1.4 A reference to a company shall include any company, corporation or other body corporate, wherever and however incorporated or established.
1.5 Unless the context otherwise requires, words in the singular shall include the plural and in the plural include the singular.
1.6 Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to one gender shall include a reference to the other genders.
1.7 A reference to a statute or statutory provision is a reference to it as amended, extended or re-enacted from time to time.
1.8 A reference to writing or written includes faxes but not email.
1.9 References to conditions and Schedules are to the conditions and Schedules of this agreement and references to paragraphs are to paragraphs of the relevant Schedule.
2. Application of conditions
2.1 These conditions shall:
(a) apply to and be incorporated in the Contract; and
(b) prevail over any inconsistent terms or conditions contained in, or referred to in, the Customer’s purchase order, confirmation of order, or specification, or implied by law, trade custom, practice or course of dealing.
2.2 No addition to, variation of, exclusion or attempted exclusion of any term of the Contract shall be binding on the Supplier unless in writing and signed by a duly authorised representative of the Supplier.
3. Effect of purchase order
The Customer’s purchase order constitutes an offer by the Customer to purchase the Services specified in it on these conditions; accordingly, the execution and return of the acknowledgement copy of the purchase order form by the Supplier, or the Supplier’s commencement or execution of work pursuant to the purchase order, shall establish a contract for the supply and purchase of those Services on these conditions. The Customer’s standard terms and conditions (if any) attached to, enclosed with, or referred to in, the purchase order shall not govern the Contract.
4. User subscriptions
4.1 Subject to the Customer purchasing the User Subscriptions in accordance with clause 5.3 and clause 12.1, the restrictions set out in this clause 4 and the other terms and conditions of this agreement, the Supplier hereby grants to the Customer a non-exclusive, non-transferable right, without the right to grant sublicences, to permit the Authorised Users to use the Subscription Services and the Documentation during the Subscription Term solely for the Customer’s internal business operations.
4.2 In relation to the Authorised Users, the Customer undertakes that:
(a) the maximum number of Authorised Users that it authorises to access and use the Subscription Services and the Documentation shall not exceed the number of User Subscriptions it has purchased from time to time;
(b) it will not allow or suffer any User Subscription to be used by more than one individual Authorised User unless it has been reassigned in its entirety to another individual Authorised User, in which case the prior Authorised User shall no longer have any right to access or use the Subscription Services and/or Documentation;
(c) each Authorised User shall keep a secure password for his use of the Subscription Services and Documentation, that such password shall be changed as required from time to time by the Supplier and that each Authorised User shall keep his password confidential;
(d) it shall maintain a written, up to date list of current Authorised Users and provide such list to the Supplier within 5 Business Days of the Supplier’s written request at any time or times;
(e) it shall permit the Supplier or the Supplier’s designated auditor to audit the Subscription Services in order to establish the name and password of each Authorised User and the Supplier’s data processing facilities to audit compliance with this agreement. Each such audit may be conducted no more than once per quarter, at the Supplier’s expense, and this right shall be exercised with reasonable prior notice, in such a manner as not to substantially interfere with the Customer’s normal conduct of business;
(f) if any of the audits referred to in clause 4.2(e) reveal that any password has been provided to any individual who is not an Authorised User, then without prejudice to the Supplier’s other rights, the Customer shall promptly disable such passwords and the Supplier shall not issue any new passwords to any such individual; and
(g) if any of the audits referred to in clause 4.2(e) reveal that the Customer has underpaid Subscription Fees to the Supplier, then without prejudice to the Supplier’s other rights, the Customer shall pay to the Supplier an amount equal to such underpayment within 10 Business Days of the date of the relevant audit.
4.3 The Customer shall not access, store, distribute or transmit any Viruses, or any material during the course of its use of the Subscription Services that:
(a) is unlawful, harmful, threatening, defamatory, obscene, infringing, harassing or racially or ethnically offensive;
(b) facilitates illegal activity;
(c) depicts sexually explicit images;
(d) promotes unlawful violence;
(e) is discriminatory based on race, gender, colour, religious belief, sexual orientation, disability; or
(f) is otherwise illegal or causes damage or injury to any person or property;
and the Supplier reserves the right, without liability or prejudice to its other rights to the Customer, to disable the Customer’s access to any material that breaches the provisions of this clause.
4.4 The Customer shall not:
(a) except as may be allowed by any applicable law which is incapable of exclusion by agreement between the parties and except to the extent expressly permitted under this agreement:
(i) attempt to copy, modify, duplicate, create derivative works from, frame, mirror, republish, download, display, transmit, or distribute all or any portion of the Software and/or Documentation (as applicable) in any form or media or by any means; or
(ii) attempt to de-compile, reverse compile, disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise reduce to human-perceivable form all or any part of the Software; or
(b) access all or any part of the Subscription Services and Documentation in order to build a product or service which competes with the Subscription Services and/or the Documentation; or
(c) use the Subscription Services and/or Documentation to provide services to third parties; or
(d) subject to clause 24.1, license, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute, display, disclose, or otherwise commercially exploit, or otherwise make the Subscription Services and/or Documentation available to any third party except the Authorised Users, or
(e) attempt to obtain, or assist third parties in obtaining, access to the Subscription Services and/or Documentation, other than as provided under this clause 4; and
4.5 The Customer shall use all reasonable endeavours to prevent any unauthorised access to, or use of, the Subscription Services and/or the Documentation and, in the event of any such unauthorised access or use, promptly notify the Supplier.
4.6 The rights provided under this clause 4 are granted to the Customer only, and shall not be considered granted to any subsidiary or holding company of the Customer.
5. Additional user subscriptions
5.1 Subject to clause 5.2 and clause 5.3, the Customer may, from time to time during any Subscription Term, purchase additional User Subscriptions and the Supplier shall grant access to the Subscription Services and the Documentation to such additional Authorised Users in accordance with the provisions of this agreement.
5.2 If the Customer wishes to purchase additional User Subscriptions for such fees notified in writing from the Supplier to the Customer before the Customer’s purchase order, the Customer shall notify the Supplier in writing. The Supplier shall evaluate such request for additional User Subscriptions and respond to the Customer with approval or rejection of the request. Where the Supplier approves the request, the Supplier shall activate the additional User Subscriptions within 72 hours of its approval of the Customer’s request.
5.3 If the Supplier approves the Customer’s request to purchase additional User Subscriptions, the Customer shall, within 30 days of the date of the Supplier’s invoice, pay to the Supplier the amount in the Supplier’s invoice and, if such additional User Subscriptions are purchased by the Customer part way through the Initial Subscription Term or any Renewal Period (as applicable), such fees shall be pro-rated from the date of activation by the Supplier for the remainder of the Initial Subscription Term or then current Renewal Period (as applicable).
6. Subscription Services
6.1 The Supplier shall, during the Subscription Term, provide the Subscription Services and make available the Documentation to the Customer on and subject to the terms of this agreement.
6.2 The Supplier shall use commercially reasonable endeavours to make the Subscription Services available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except for maintenance outside Normal Business Hours.
6.3 The Supplier will, as part of the Subscription Services, provide the Customer with the Supplier’s standard customer support services during Normal Business Hours at the Supplier’s then current rates for standard customer support services. The Customer may purchase enhanced support services separately at the Supplier’s then current rates for enhanced support services.
6.4 The Supplier undertakes that the Subscription Services will be performed substantially in accordance with the Documentation and with reasonable skill and care.
6.5 The undertaking at clause 6.4 shall not apply to the extent of any non-conformance which is caused by use of the Subscription Services contrary to the Supplier’s instructions, or modification or alteration of the Subscription Services by any party other than the Supplier or the Supplier’s duly authorised contractors or agents. If the Subscription Services do not conform with the foregoing undertaking, Supplier will, at its expense, use all reasonable commercial endeavours to correct any such non-conformance promptly, or provide the Customer 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 clause 6.4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Supplier:
(a) does not warrant that the Customer’s use of the Subscription Services will be uninterrupted or error-free; or that the Subscription Services, Documentation and/or the information obtained by the Customer through the Subscription Services will meet the Customer’s requirements; and
(b) 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 internet, and the Customer acknowledges that the Subscription Services and Documentation may be subject to limitations, delays and other problems inherent in the use of such communications facilities.
6.6 This agreement shall not prevent the Supplier from entering into similar agreements 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.
6.7 The Supplier warrants that it has and will maintain all necessary licences, consents, and permissions necessary for the performance of its obligations under this agreement.
6.8 The Customer shall:
(a) provide the Supplier with:
(i) all necessary co-operation in relation to this agreement; and
(ii) all necessary access to such information as may be required by the Supplier;
in order to provide the Subscription Services, including but not limited to Customer Data, security access information and configuration services;
(b) without affecting its other obligations under this agreement, comply with all applicable laws and regulations with respect to its activities under this agreement;
(c) 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 parties, the Supplier may adjust any agreed timetable or delivery schedule as reasonably necessary;
(d) ensure that the Authorised Users use the Subscription Services and the Documentation in accordance with the terms and conditions of this agreement and shall be responsible for any Authorised User’s breach of this agreement;
(e) obtain and shall maintain all necessary licences, consents, and permissions necessary for the Supplier, its contractors and agents to perform their obligations under this agreement, including without limitation the Subscription Services;
(f) ensure that its network and systems comply with the relevant specifications provided by the Supplier from time to time; and
(g) be, to the extent permitted by law and except as otherwise expressly provided in this agreement, solely responsible for procuring, maintaining and securing its network connections and telecommunications links from its systems to the Supplier’s data centres, and all problems, conditions, delays, delivery failures and all other loss or damage arising from or relating to the Customer’s network connections or telecommunications links or caused by the internet.
7. Hosting Services (if applicable)
7.1 The Supplier shall perform the Hosting Services.
7.2 In relation to Authorised Users:
(a) the Customer’s access to the Hosting Services shall be limited to the number of individual Authorised Users specified in the Contract or agreed in writing from time to time by the Supplier, being employees or independent contractors of the Customer;
(b) the Customer shall maintain a written list of current Authorised Users of the relevant software, and the Customer shall provide such list to the Supplier as may be reasonably requested by the Supplier from time to time
(c) the Customer shall ensure that each Authorised User keeps a secure password for his use of the relevant software that each Authorised User keeps his password confidential;
(d) the Supplier may audit the relevant software regarding the name and password for each Authorised User. The audit may be conducted no more than once a year, at the Supplier’s expense, and shall be exercised with reasonable prior notice, in a manner so as to not substantially interfere with Customer’s normal conduct of business; and
(e) if the audit reveals that passwords have been provided to individuals who are not Authorised Users, and without prejudice to the Supplier’s other rights, the Supplier shall invoice and the Customer shall pay for such access as if the individuals had been Authorised Users.
7.3 In relation to the relevant software:
(a) the Supplier hereby grants to the Customer on and subject to the terms and conditions of this agreement a non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to allow Authorised Users to access the relevant software through the Hosting Services and to use the relevant software solely for the Customer’s business purposes;
(b) the Customer shall not store, distribute or transmit any Virus, or any material through the Hosting Services that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, defamatory, obscene, infringing, harassing or racially or ethnically offensive; facilitates illegal activity; depicts sexually explicit images; or promotes unlawful violence, discrimination based on race, gender, colour, religious belief, sexual orientation, disability, or any other illegal activities;
(c) the rights provided under this clause 7.3 are granted to the Customer only, and shall not be considered granted to any subsidiary or holding company of the Customer
(d) the Customer shall not:
(i) attempt to copy, duplicate, modify, create derivative works from or distribute all or any portion of the relevant software except to the extent expressly set out in this agreement or as may be allowed by any applicable law which is incapable of exclusion by agreement between the parties;
(ii) attempt to reverse compile, disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise reduce to human-perceivable form all or any part of the relevant software, except as may be allowed by any applicable law which is incapable of exclusion by agreement between the parties;
(iii) use the relevant software or Hosting Services to provide services to third parties;
(iv) subject to clause 24.1, transfer, temporarily or permanently, any of its rights under this agreement; or
(v) attempt to obtain, or assist third parties in obtaining, access to the relevant software, other than as provided under this Clause 7.3(d); and
(e) the Customer shall use reasonable endeavours to prevent any unauthorised access to, or use of, the relevant software and notify the Supplier promptly of any such unauthorised access or use.
8. Customer data
8.1 The Customer shall own all right, title and interest in and to all of the Customer Data that is not personal data and shall have sole responsibility for the legality, reliability, integrity, accuracy and quality of all such Customer Data.
8.2 The Supplier shall follow its archiving procedures for Customer Data as set out in its Back-Up Policy available at such website address as may be notified to the Customer from time to time, as such document may be amended by the Supplier in its sole discretion from time to time. In the event of any loss or damage to Customer Data, the Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy against the Supplier shall be for the Supplier to use reasonable commercial endeavours to restore the lost or damaged Customer Data from the latest back-up of such Customer Data maintained by the Supplier in accordance with the archiving procedure described in its Back-Up Policy. The Supplier shall not be responsible for any loss, destruction, alteration or disclosure of Customer Data caused by any third party.
8.3 The Supplier shall, in providing the Subscription Services, comply with its Privacy and Security Policy relating to the privacy and security of the Customer Data available at such website address as may be notified to the Customer from time to time, as such document may be amended from time to time by the Supplier in its sole discretion.
8.4 Both parties will comply with all applicable requirements of the Data Protection Legislation. This clause 8 is in addition to, and does not relieve, remove or replace, a party’s obligations or rights under the Data Protection Legislation.
8.5 The parties acknowledge that:
(a) if the Supplier processes any personal data on the Customer’s behalf when performing its obligations under this agreement, the Customer is the controller and the Supplier is the processor for the purposes of the Data Protection Legislation.
(b) Schedule 1 sets out the scope, nature and purpose of processing by the Supplier, the duration of the processing and the types of personal data and categories of data subject.
(c) the personal data may be transferred or stored outside the EEA or the country where the Customer and the Authorised Users are located in order to carry out the Subscription Services and the Supplier’s other obligations under this agreement.
8.6 Without prejudice to the generality of clause 8.4, the Customer will ensure that it has all necessary appropriate consents and notices in place to enable lawful transfer of the personal data to the Supplier for the duration and purposes of this agreement so that the Supplier may lawfully use, process and transfer the personal data in accordance with this agreement on the Customer’s behalf.
8.7 Without prejudice to the generality of clause 8.4, the Supplier shall, in relation to any personal data processed in connection with the performance by the Supplier of its obligations under this agreement:
(a) process that personal data only on the documented written instructions of the Customer unless the Supplier is required by the laws of any member of the European Union or by the laws of the European Union applicable to the Supplier and/or Domestic UK Law (where Domestic UK Law means the UK Data Protection Legislation and any other law that applies in the UK) to process personal data (Applicable Laws). Where the Supplier is relying on Applicable Laws as the basis for processing personal data, the Supplier shall promptly notify the Customer of this before performing the processing required by the Applicable Laws unless those Applicable Laws prohibit the Supplier from so notifying the Customer;
(b) not transfer any personal data outside of the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom unless the following conditions are fulfilled:
(i) the Customer or the Supplier has provided appropriate safeguards in relation to the transfer;
(ii) the data subject has enforceable rights and effective legal remedies;
(iii) the Supplier complies with its obligations under the Data Protection Legislation by providing an adequate level of protection to any personal data that is transferred; and
(iv) the Supplier complies with reasonable instructions notified to it in advance by the Customer with respect to the processing of the personal data;
(c) assist the Customer, at the Customer’s cost, in responding to any request from a data subject and in ensuring compliance with its obligations under the Data Protection Legislation with respect to security, breach notifications, impact assessments and consultations with supervisory authorities or regulators;
(d) notify the Customer without undue delay on becoming aware of a personal data breach;
(e) at the written direction of the Customer, delete or return personal data and copies thereof to the Customer on termination of the agreement unless required by Applicable Law to store the personal data; and
(f) maintain complete and accurate records and information to demonstrate its compliance with this clause 8 and immediately inform the Company if, in the opinion of the Supplier, an instruction infringes the Data Protection Legislation.
8.8 Each party shall ensure that it has in place appropriate technical and organisational measures, reviewed and approved by the other party, to protect against unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal data, appropriate to the harm that might result from the unauthorised or unlawful processing or accidental loss, destruction or damage and the nature of the data to be protected, having regard to the state of technological development and the cost of implementing any measures (those measures may include, where appropriate, pseudonymising and encrypting personal data, ensuring confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of its systems and services, ensuring that availability of and access to personal data can be restored in a timely manner after an incident, and regularly assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of the technical and organisational measures adopted by it).
8.9 The Customer does not consent to the Supplier appointing any third party processor of personal data under this agreement.
8.10 Either party may, at any time on not less than 30 days’ notice, revise this clause 8 by replacing it with any applicable controller to processor standard clauses or similar terms forming part of an applicable certification scheme (which shall apply when replaced by attachment to this agreement).
9. Third party providers
The Customer acknowledges that the Subscription Services may enable or assist it to access the website content of, correspond with, and purchase products and services from, third parties via third-party websites and that it does so solely at its own risk. The Supplier makes no representation, warranty or commitment and shall have no liability or obligation whatsoever in relation to the content or use of, or correspondence with, any such third-party website, or any transactions completed, and any contract entered into by the Customer, with any such third party. Any contract entered into and any transaction completed via any third-party website is between the Customer and the relevant third party, and not the Supplier. The Supplier recommends that the Customer refers to the third party’s website terms and conditions and privacy policy prior to using the relevant third-party website. The Supplier does not endorse or approve any third-party website nor the content of any of the third-party website made available via the Subscription Services.
10. Project (other than Subscription Services)
10.1 The Supplier shall use reasonable endeavours to manage and complete the Project, and to deliver the Deliverables to the Customer, in accordance in all material respects with the Project Plan.
10.2 The Supplier shall use reasonable endeavours to meet the performance dates specified in the Project Plan, but any such dates shall be estimates only and time shall not be of the essence of the Contract.
10.3 The Supplier shall appoint the Supplier’s Project Manager who shall have authority to contractually bind the Supplier on all matters relating to the Project. The Supplier shall use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the same person acts as Supplier’s Project Manager throughout the Project, but may replace him from time to time where reasonably necessary in the interests of the Supplier’s business.
10.4 The Customer shall:
(a) co-operate with the Supplier in all matters relating to the Project and appoint the Customer’s Project Manager, who shall have the authority to contractually bind the Customer on matters relating to the Project;
(b) provide in a timely manner such access to the Customer’s premises and data, and such office accommodation and other facilities, as is requested by the Supplier;
(c) provide in a timely manner such information as the Supplier may request, and ensure that such information is accurate in all material respects; and
(d) be responsible (at its own cost) for preparing the relevant premises for the supply of the Services.
10.5 If the Supplier’s performance of its obligations under the Contract is prevented or delayed by any act or omission of the Customer or the Customer’s agents, sub-contractors or employees, the Customer shall in all circumstances be liable to pay to the Supplier on demand all reasonable costs, charges or losses sustained or incurred by it (including, without limitation, any direct, indirect or consequential losses, loss of profit and loss of reputation, loss or damage to property, injury to or death of any person and loss of opportunity to deploy resources elsewhere), subject to the Supplier confirming such costs, charges and losses to the Customer in writing.
10.6 The Customer shall not, without the prior written consent of the Supplier, at any time from the date of the Contract to the expiry of six months after the completion of the Services, solicit or entice away from the Supplier or employ or attempt to employ any person who is, or has been, engaged as an employee or sub-contractor of the Supplier, except that the Customer shall not be in breach of this clause 10.6 if it hires an employee or sub-contractor of the Supplier as a result of a recruitment campaign not specifically targeted to any employees or sub-contractors of the Supplier.
10.7 Any consent given by the Supplier in accordance with clause 10.6 shall be subject to the Customer paying to the Supplier on demand a sum equivalent to 20% of the then current annual remuneration of the Supplier’s employee or sub-contractor or, if higher, 20% of the annual remuneration to be paid by the Customer to such employee or sub-contractor.
10.8 If either party wishes to change the scope of the Services, it shall submit details of the requested change to the other in writing.
10.9 If either party requests a change to the scope or execution of the Services, the Supplier shall, within a reasonable time, provide a written estimate to the Customer of:
(a) the likely time required to implement the change;
(b) any variations to the Supplier’s charges arising from the change;
(c) the likely effect of the change on the Project Plan; and
(d) any other impact of the change on the terms of the Contract.
10.10 If the Supplier requests a change to the scope of the Services, the Customer shall not unreasonably withhold or delay consent to it.
10.11 If the Customer wishes the Supplier to proceed with the change, the Supplier has no obligation to do so unless and until the parties have agreed in writing on the necessary variations to its charges, the Project Plan and any other relevant terms of the Contract to take account of the change.
11. Project Charges and Payment (other than Subscription Services)
11.1 Clause 11.2 shall apply if the Services are to be provided on a time-and-materials basis. clause 11.3 and clause 11.4 shall apply if the Services are to be provided for a fixed price. The remainder of this clause 11 shall apply in either case.
11.2 Where the Services are provided on a time-and-materials basis:
(a) the charges payable for the Services shall be calculated in accordance with the Supplier’s standard daily fee rates as amended from time to time;
(b) the Supplier’s standard daily fee rates are calculated on the basis of an eight-hour day worked between 8.00 am and 5.00 pm on weekdays (excluding weekends and public holidays);
(c) the Supplier shall be entitled to charge at an overtime rate of 150% of the normal rate for part days and for time worked by members of the project team outside the hours referred to in clause 11.2(b) on a pro-rata basis;
(d) the Supplier shall ensure that all members of the project team complete time sheets recording time spent on the Project, and the Supplier shall use such time sheets to calculate the charges covered by each monthly invoice referred to in clause 11.2(e); and
(e) the Supplier shall invoice the Customer monthly in arrears for its charges for time, expenses and materials (together with VAT where appropriate) for the month concerned, calculated as provided in this clause 11. Any expenses, materials and third party services shall be invoiced by the Supplier at cost. Each invoice shall set out the time spent by each member of the project team and provide a detailed breakdown of any expenses and materials, accompanied by the relevant receipts.
11.3 Where the Services are provided for a fixed price the total price for the Services shall be the amount set out in the Project Plan. The total price shall be paid to the Supplier in instalments as set out in the Project Plan on its achieving the corresponding Project Milestone. On achieving a Project Milestone, the Supplier shall invoice the Customer for the charges that are then payable, together with expenses and the costs of materials (and VAT, where appropriate), calculated as provided in clause 11.4.
11.4 Any fixed price contained in the Project Plan excludes:
(a) the cost of hotel, subsistence, travelling and any other ancillary expenses reasonably incurred by the project team in connection with the Services, and the cost of any materials or services reasonably and properly provided by third parties required by the Supplier for the supply of the Services. Such expenses, materials and third party services shall be invoiced by the Supplier at cost; and
(b) VAT, which the Supplier shall add to its invoices at the appropriate rate.
11.5 The Customer shall pay each invoice submitted to it by the Supplier in full, and in cleared funds, within 30 days of receipt.
11.6 Without prejudice to any other right or remedy that the Supplier may have, if the Customer fails to pay the Supplier on the due date the Supplier may:
(a) charge interest on such sum from the due date for payment at the annual rate of 4% above the base lending rate from time to time of The Bank of England, accruing on a daily basis and being compounded quarterly until payment is made, whether before or after any judgment; and
(b) suspend all Services until payment has been made in full.
11.7 Time for payment shall be of the essence of the Contract.
11.8 All payments payable to the Supplier under the Contract shall become due immediately on termination of the Contract, despite any other provision. This condition is without prejudice to any right to claim for interest under the law, or any such right under the Contract.
11.9 All amounts due under this agreement shall be paid by the Customer to the Supplier in full without any set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding (other than any deduction or withholding of tax as required by law). The Supplier may, without prejudice to any other rights it may have, set off any liability of the Customer to the Supplier against any liability of the Supplier to the Customer.
12. Subscription Services Fees
12.1 The Customer shall pay the Subscription Fees to the Supplier for the User Subscriptions in accordance with this clause 12 and the support fees in accordance with clause 6.3.
12.2 The Customer shall on the Effective Date provide to the Supplier valid, up-to-date and complete credit card details or approved purchase order information acceptable to the Supplier and any other relevant valid, up-to-date and complete contact and billing details and, if the Customer provides:
(a) its credit card details to the Supplier, the Customer hereby authorises the Supplier to bill such credit card:
(i) on the Effective Date for the Subscription Fees payable in respect of the Initial Subscription Term; and
(ii) subject to clause 18.1, on the day in the subsequent calendar month which is the same day as the day of the Effective Date (or if that day is not a Business Day then the next Business Day) for the Subscription Fees payable in respect of the next Renewal Period;
(b) its approved purchase order information to the Supplier, the Supplier shall invoice the Customer:
(i) on the Effective Date for the Subscription Fees payable in respect of the Initial Subscription Term; and
(ii) subject to clause 18.1, at least 30 days prior to the day in the subsequent calendar month which is the same day as the Effective Date (or if that day is not a Business Day then the next Business Day) for the Subscription Fees payable in respect of the next Renewal Period,
and the Customer shall pay each invoice within 30 days after the date of such invoice.
12.3 If the Supplier has not received payment within 30 days after the due date, and without prejudice to any other rights and remedies of the Supplier:
(a) the Supplier may, without liability to the Customer, disable the Customer’s password, account and access to all or part of the Subscription Services and the Supplier shall be under no obligation to provide any or all of the Subscription Services while the invoice(s) concerned remain unpaid; and
(b) interest shall accrue on a daily basis on such due amounts at an annual rate equal to 4% over the then current base lending rate of The Bank of England from time to time, commencing on the due date and continuing until fully paid, whether before or after judgment.
12.4 All amounts and fees stated or referred to in this agreement:
(a) shall be payable in pounds sterling;
(b) are, subject to clause 17.4(b), non-cancellable and non-refundable;
(c) are exclusive of value added tax, which shall be added to the Supplier’s invoice(s) at the appropriate rate.
12.5 If, at any time whilst using the Subscription Services, the Customer exceeds the amount of assessments or data allowance specified in the Contract, the Supplier shall charge the Customer, and the Customer shall pay, the Supplier’s then current additional assessment or data storage fees.
12.6 The Supplier shall be entitled to increase the Subscription Fees, the fees payable in respect of the additional User Subscriptions purchased pursuant to clause 5.3, the support fees payable pursuant to clause 6.3, the excess fees payable pursuant to clause 12.5 and/or the Hosting Fees payable pursuant to clause 7 on each anniversary of the Effective Date upon 90 days’ prior notice to the Customer.
13. Hosting Services Fees
The Customer shall pay the initial set-up services fee and monthly fees, as set out in Schedule 3, for the Hosting Services. The Hosting set-up fee specified in Paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 shall be paid at the Effective Date.
14. Intellectual Property Rights
14.1 All Intellectual Property Rights and all other rights in the Deliverables shall be owned by the Supplier. The Supplier hereby licenses all such rights to the Customer free of charge and on a non-exclusive, non-transferable and worldwide basis to such extent as is necessary to enable the Customer to make reasonable use of the Deliverables and the Services as is envisaged by the parties. If the Supplier terminates the Contract under clause 18.1, this licence will automatically terminate.
14.2 The Customer acknowledges that the Customer’s use of rights in Pre-existing Materials is conditional on the Supplier obtaining a written end-user licence (or sub-licence) of such rights from the relevant licensor or licensors on such terms as will entitle the Supplier to license such rights to the Customer.
14.3 The Customer acknowledges and agrees that the Supplier and/or its licensors own all intellectual property rights in the Subscription Services and the Documentation. Except as expressly stated herein, this agreement does not grant the Customer any rights to, under or in, any patents, copyright, database right, trade secrets, trade names, trade marks (whether registered or unregistered), or any other rights or licences in respect of the Subscription Services or the Documentation.
14.4 The Supplier confirms that it has all the rights in relation to the Subscription 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 agreement
15. Confidentiality and Supplier’s property
15.1 The Customer shall keep in strict confidence all technical or commercial know-how, specifications, inventions, processes or initiatives which are of a confidential nature and have been disclosed to the Customer by the Supplier or its agents, and any other confidential information concerning the Supplier’s business or its products which the Customer may obtain. The Customer shall restrict disclosure of such confidential material to such of its employees, agents or sub-contractors as need to know it for the purpose of discharging the Customer’s obligations to the Supplier, and shall ensure that such employees, agents or sub-contractors are subject to obligations of confidentiality corresponding to those which bind the Customer.
15.2 Each party may be given access to Confidential Information from the other party in order to perform its obligations under this agreement. A party’s Confidential Information shall not be deemed to include information that:
(a) is or becomes publicly known other than through any act or omission of the receiving party;
(b) was in the other party’s lawful possession before the disclosure;
(c) is lawfully disclosed to the receiving party by a third party without restriction on disclosure;
(d) is independently developed by the receiving party, which independent development can be shown by written evidence.
15.3 Subject to clause 15.5, each party shall hold the other’s Confidential Information in confidence and 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 agreement.
15.4 Each party 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 agreement.
15.5 A party may disclose Confidential Information to the extent such Confidential Information is required to be disclosed by law, by any governmental or other regulatory authority or by a court or other authority of competent jurisdiction, provided that, to the extent it is legally permitted to do so, it gives the other party as much notice of such disclosure as possible and, where notice of disclosure is not prohibited and is given in accordance with this clause 15.5, it takes into account the reasonable requests of the other party in relation to the content of such disclosure.
15.6 All materials, equipment and tools, drawings, specifications and data supplied by the Supplier to the Customer shall at all times be and remain the exclusive property of the Supplier, but shall be held by the Customer in safe custody at its own risk and maintained and kept in good condition by the Customer until returned to the Supplier, and shall not be disposed of or used other than in accordance with the Supplier’s written instructions or authorisation.
15.7 Neither party shall be responsible for any loss, destruction, alteration or disclosure of Confidential Information caused by any third party.
15.8 The Customer acknowledges that details of the Subscription Services, and the results of any performance tests of the Subscription Services, constitute the Supplier’s Confidential Information.
15.9 The Supplier acknowledges that the Customer Data is the Confidential Information of the Customer.
15.10 No party shall make, or permit any person to make, any public announcement concerning this agreement without the prior written consent of the other party (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), except as required by law, any governmental or regulatory authority (including, without limitation, any relevant securities exchange), any court or other authority of competent jurisdiction.
15.11 The above provisions of this clause 15 shall survive termination of the Contract, however arising.
16. Indemnity
16.1 The Customer shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Supplier against claims, actions, proceedings, losses, damages, expenses and costs (including without limitation court costs and reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in connection with the Customer’s use of the Subscription Services and/or Documentation, provided that:
(a) the Customer is given prompt notice of any such claim;
(b) the Supplier provides reasonable co-operation to the Customer in the defence and settlement of such claim, at the Customer’s expense; and
(c) the Customer is given sole authority to defend or settle the claim.
16.2 The Supplier shall defend the Customer, its officers, directors and employees against any claim that the Subscription Services or Documentation infringes any United Kingdom patent effective as of the Effective Date, copyright, trade mark, database right or right of confidentiality, and shall indemnify the Customer for any amounts awarded against the Customer in judgment or settlement of such claims, provided that:
(a) the Supplier is given prompt notice of any such claim;
(b) the Customer provides reasonable co-operation to the Supplier in the defence and settlement of such claim, at the Supplier’s expense; and
(c) the Supplier is given sole authority to defend or settle the claim.
16.3 In the defence or settlement of any claim, the Supplier may procure the right for the Customer to continue using the Subscription Services, replace or modify the Subscription Services so that they become non-infringing or, if such remedies are not reasonably available, terminate this agreement on 2 Business Days’ notice to the Customer without any additional liability or obligation to pay liquidated damages or other additional costs to the Customer.
16.4 In no event shall the Supplier, its employees, agents and sub-contractors be liable to the Customer to the extent that the alleged infringement is based on:
(a) a modification of the Subscription Services or Documentation by anyone other than the Supplier; or
(b) the Customer’s use of the Subscription Services or Documentation in a manner contrary to the instructions given to the Customer by the Supplier; or
(c) the Customer’s use of the Subscription Services or Documentation after notice of the alleged or actual infringement from the Supplier or any appropriate authority.
16.5 The foregoing and clause 17.4(b) state the Customer’s sole and exclusive rights and remedies, and the Supplier’s (including the Supplier’s employees’, agents’ and sub-contractors’) entire obligations and liability, for infringement of any patent, copyright, trade mark, database right or right of confidentiality.
17. Limitation of liability
17.1 Except as expressly and specifically provided in this agreement:
(a) the Customer assumes sole responsibility for results obtained from the use of the Subscription Services and the Documentation by the Customer, and for conclusions drawn from such use. The Supplier shall have no liability for any damage caused by errors or omissions in any information, instructions or scripts provided to the Supplier by the Customer in connection with the Subscription Services, or any actions taken by the Supplier at the Customer’s direction;
(b) all warranties, representations, conditions and all other terms of any kind whatsoever implied by statute or common law are, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, excluded from the Contract; and
(c) the Subscription Services and the Documentation are provided to the Customer on an “as is” basis.
17.2 The following provisions set out the entire financial liability of the Supplier (including without limitation any liability for the acts or omissions of its employees, agents and sub-contractors) to the Customer in respect of:
(a) any breach of the Contract howsoever arising;
(b) any use made by the Customer of the Services, the Deliverables or any part of them; and
(c) any representation, misrepresentation (whether innocent or negligent), statement or tortious act or omission (including without limitation negligence) arising under or in connection with the Contract.
17.3 Nothing in these conditions excludes the liability of the Supplier:
(a) for death or personal injury caused by the Supplier’s negligence; or
(b) for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
17.4 Subject to clause 17.2 and clause 17.3:
(a) the Supplier shall not in any circumstances be liable, whether in tort (including without limitation for negligence or breach of statutory duty howsoever arising), contract, misrepresentation (whether innocent or negligent) or otherwise for:
(i) loss of profits; or
(ii) loss of business; or
(iii) depletion of goodwill or similar losses; or
(iv) loss of anticipated savings; or
(v) loss of goods; or
(vi) loss of contract; or
(vii) loss of use; or
(viii) loss or corruption of data or information; or
(ix) any special, indirect, consequential or pure economic loss, costs, damages, charges or expenses.
(b) the Supplier’s total aggregate liability in contract (including in respect of the indemnity at clause 16.2), tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty), misrepresentation, restitution or otherwise, arising in connection with the performance or contemplated performance of this agreement shall be limited to the amount paid by the Customer under the Contract during the 12 months immediately preceding the date on which the claim arose.
18. Termination
18.1 Concerning the Subscription Services, this agreement shall, unless otherwise terminated as provided in this clause 18, commence on the Effective Date and shall continue for the Initial Subscription Term and, thereafter, this agreement shall be automatically renewed for successive periods of 1 month (each a Renewal Period), unless:
(a) either party notifies the other party of termination, in writing, at least 30 days before the end of the Initial Subscription Term or any Renewal Period, in which case this agreement shall terminate upon the expiry of the applicable Initial Subscription Term or Renewal Period; or
(b) otherwise terminated in accordance with the provisions of this agreement;
and the Initial Subscription Term together with any subsequent Renewal Periods shall constitute the Subscription Term.
18.2 Without prejudice to any other rights or remedies to which the parties may be entitled, either party may terminate the Contract without liability to the other if:
(a) the other party fails to pay any amount due under this agreement on the due date for payment and remains in default not less than seven days after being notified in writing to make such payment;
(b) the other party commits a material breach of any other term of this agreement which breach is irremediable or (if such breach is remediable) fails to remedy that breach within a period of 14 days after being notified in writing to do so;
(c) the other party repeatedly breaches any of the terms of this agreement in such a manner as to reasonably justify the opinion that its conduct is inconsistent with it having the intention or ability to give effect to the terms of this agreement;
(d) the other party suspends, or threatens to suspend, payment of its debts or is unable to pay its debts as they fall due or admits inability to pay its debts or is deemed unable to pay its debts within the meaning of section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986;
(e) the other party commences negotiations with all or any class of its creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its debts, or makes a proposal for or enters into any compromise or arrangement with its creditors other than for the sole purpose of a scheme for a solvent amalgamation of that other party with one or more other companies or the solvent reconstruction of that other party;
(f) a petition is filed, a notice is given, a resolution is passed, or an order is made, for or in connection with the winding up of that other party other than for the sole purpose of a scheme for a solvent amalgamation of that other party with one or more other companies or the solvent reconstruction of that other party;
(g) an application is made to court, or an order is made, for the appointment of an administrator, or a notice of intention to appoint an administrator is given or an administrator is appointed, over the other party;
(h) the holder of a qualifying floating charge over the assets of that other party has become entitled to appoint or has appointed an administrative receiver;
(i) a person becomes entitled to appoint a receiver over the assets of the other party or a receiver is appointed over the assets of the other party;
(j) a creditor or encumbrancer of the other party attaches or takes possession of, or a distress, execution, sequestration or other such process is levied or enforced on or sued against, the whole or any part of the other party’s assets and such attachment or process is not discharged within 14 days;
(k) any event occurs, or proceeding is taken, with respect to the other party in any jurisdiction to which it is subject that has an effect equivalent or similar to any of the events mentioned in clause 18.1(d) to clause 18.1(j) (inclusive);
(l) there is a change of control of the other party (within the meaning of section 1124 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010).
18.3 Any provision of this agreement that expressly or by implication is intended to come into or continue in force on or after termination or expiry of this agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
18.4 Termination of this agreement shall not affect any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities of the parties that have accrued up to the date of termination, including the right to claim damages in respect of any breach of the agreement which existed at or before the date of termination.
19. Force majeure
The Supplier shall not in any circumstances have any liability to the Customer under the Contract if it is prevented from, or delayed in, performing its obligations under the Contract or from carrying on its business by acts, events, omissions or accidents beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether involving the workforce of the Supplier or any other party), failure of a utility service or transport network, act of God, war, riot, civil commotion, malicious damage, compliance with any law or governmental order, rule, regulation or direction, accident, breakdown of plant or machinery, fire, flood, storm or default of suppliers or sub-contractors.
20. Waiver
No failure or delay by a party to exercise any right or remedy provided under this agreement or by law shall constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, nor shall it prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy. No single or partial exercise of such right or remedy shall prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.
21. Rights and remedies
Except as expressly provided in this agreement, the rights and remedies provided under this agreement are in addition to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies provided by law.
22. Severance
22.1 If any provision or part-provision of this agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall be deemed deleted, but that shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the rest of this agreement.
22.2 If any provision or part-provision of this agreement is deemed deleted under clause 22.1, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to amend such provision that, to the greatest extent possible, achieves the intended commercial result of the original provision.
23. Entire agreement
23.1 This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes and extinguishes all previous agreements, promises, assurances, warranties, representations and understandings between them, whether written or oral, relating to its subject matter.
23.2 Each party acknowledges that in entering into this agreement it does not rely on, and shall have no remedies in respect of, any statement, representation, assurance or warranty (whether made innocently or negligently) that is not set out in this agreement.
23.3 Each party agrees that it shall have no claim for innocent or negligent misrepresentation or negligent misstatement based on any statement in this agreement.
24. Assignment
24.1 The Customer shall not, without the prior written consent of the Supplier, assign, transfer, charge, sub-contract, delegate, declare a trust over or deal in any other manner with all or any of its rights or obligations under the Contract.
24.2 The Supplier may at any time assign, transfer, charge, sub-contract, delegate, declare a trust over or deal in any other manner with all or any of its rights or obligations under the Contract.
25. No partnership or agency
Nothing in the Contract is intended to or shall operate to create a partnership between the parties, or to authorise either party to act as agent for the other, and neither party shall have authority to act in the name or on behalf of or otherwise to bind the other in any way (including without limitation the making of any representation or warranty, the assumption of any obligation or liability and the exercise of any right or power).
26. Third party rights
This agreement does not give rise to any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this agreement.
27. Notices
27.1 Any notice or other communication given to a party under or in connection with this contract shall be in writing and shall be:
(a) delivered by hand or by pre-paid first-class post or other next working day delivery service at its registered office; or
(b) sent by email to the address notified by that party.
27.2 Any notice or communication shall be deemed to have been received:
(a) if delivered by hand, on signature of a delivery receipt or at the time the notice is left at the proper address;
(b) if sent by pre-paid first-class post or other next working day delivery service, at 9.00 am on the second Business Day after posting [or at the time recorded by the delivery service;
(c) if sent by email, on receipt of a read receipt or written confirmation.
27.3 This condition does not apply to the service of any proceedings or other documents in any legal action or, where applicable, any arbitration or other method of dispute resolution. For the purposes of this condition, “writing” shall not include email.
28. Governing law
The Contract and any disputes or claims arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation (including without limitation non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.
29. Jurisdiction
Each party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with this agreement or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims).
Processing, Personal Data and Data Subjects
1. Processing by the Supplier
1.1 Scope
1.2 Nature
1.3 Purpose of processing:
1.4 Duration of the processing
2. Types of personal data
3. Categories of data subject
Schedule 2 Hosting Services
1. Hosting set-up
The set-up phase of the Hosting Services includes those services provided by the Supplier or its contracted third parties to design, install, configure and test the Hosting Services, as well as the hosting facility and internet connectivity.
2. Installation and configuration
The Supplier shall procure, install and configure the hosting equipment to provide access to the relevant software. This includes the rack mounting of servers and related equipment, installation of system and database software components, configuration of clustering and cross-connects, installation of the relevant software, and loading of initial Customer Data.
3. Facility
The hosting equipment shall be installed in a rack-mounted configuration inside a professional hosting facility designed for such use. The facility shall be equipped with access security, climate control, fire suppression, and managed power supply with UPS and generator back-up.
4. Internet connectivity
The Supplier shall provide internet connectivity through an internet service provider at the hosting facility. The connectivity shall include multiple, diversely routed high-speed connections, a firewall for security and a load balancer for traffic management and speed optimisation. The Customer shall, and shall ensure that its Authorised Users shall, make their own arrangements for internet access in order to access the relevant software.
The Supplier shall supply burstable bandwidth connectivity services. The connectivity shall include multiple connections and a network operations centre that monitors servers, the network platform and internet access.
5. Continuing Hosting Services
The continuing Hosting Services provided by the Supplier or its contracted third parties, which allow for availability of the relevant software, include internet connectivity (as detailed in Paragraph 4 above), load distribution management, security services, monitoring, back-up, release management and change control, and administration services.
6. Load distribution management
The Supplier shall provide load-balancing services to distribute load and redundancy across application servers.
7. Security services
The Supplier shall provide security services as follows:
• facility access shall be limited to the authorised Supplier and contracted third-party personnel;
• the facility shall be monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week through closed circuit video surveillance and shall require identification for access; and
• data access security shall be provided through managed firewall services with security on all web pages, a private network path for administration and SNMP monitoring, and fully hardened servers.
8. Monitoring services
The Supplier shall provide, 24 hours a day and seven days a week, monitoring of the computing, operating and networking infrastructure to detect and correct abnormalities. This includes environmental monitoring, network monitoring, load-balancing monitoring, web server and database monitoring, firewall monitoring, and intrusion detection.
9. Back-up, archiving and recovery services
The Supplier shall develop the back-up schedule, perform scheduled back-ups, provide routine and emergency data recovery, and manage the archiving process. The back-up schedule shall include at least weekly full back-ups and daily incremental back-ups. In the event of data loss, the Supplier shall provide recovery services to try to restore the most recent back-up.
10. Release management and change control
The Supplier shall provide release management and change control services to ensure that versions of servers, network devices, storage, operating system software and utility and application software are audited and logged, and that new releases, patch releases and other new versions are implemented as deemed necessary by the Supplier to maintain the Hosting Services.
11. Administration services
These services include the installation and administration of additional hardware, operating system and other software, and other resources as necessary to maintain the Hosting Services.
Schedule 3 Hosting Services Fees
1. Hosting set-up fee
The Hosting set-up fee shall be the amount notified in writing from the Supplier to the Customer before the Customer’s purchase order expressly including Hosting Services.
2. Monthly hosting fee
The greater of the amount as notified in writing from the Supplier to the Customer before the Customer’s purchase order expressly including Hosting Services or the amounts charged by the third party service provider(s) and allocable to the Customer.