1 DEFINITIONS
"Agreement" means these terms and conditions and the Proposal accepted in accordance with these terms and conditions;
"Assumptions" has the meaning given to that term in clause 4.2;
“Fees” means the fees set out in the Proposal;
“Customer” means the customer set out in the Proposal;
“Confidential Information"
means secret or confidential commercial, financial, marketing,
technical or other information, know-how, trade secrets and other
information in any form or medium whether disclosed orally or in
writing before, on or after the date of the Agreement, together with
any reproductions of such information in any form or medium or any
part(s) of this information (and "confidential" means that the
information, either in its entirety or in the precise configuration or
assembly of its components, is not publicly available);
“Deliverable” means any item(s) that Trango is to deliver as specified in the Proposal;
“Force Majeure”
means any event outside the reasonable control of either party
affecting its ability to perform any of its obligations (other than
payment) under the Agreement including Act of God, fire, flood,
lightning, war, revolution, act of terrorism, riot or civil commotion,
strikes, lock-outs or other industrial action, failure of supplies of
power, fuel, transport, equipment, raw materials or other goods or
services, failure of telecommunications (including the internet);
“Intellectual Property Rights”
means all patents, design rights, trade marks, copyrights (including
any such rights in computer software), moral rights, rights in
databases and all other intellectual property rights of a similar
nature in any part of the world and all applications and rights to
apply for the protection of the foregoing;
"Trango"
means Trango Limited (Company Number 05490754) whose registered office
is at Spofforths, Donnington Park, Birdham Road, Chichester, West
Sussex, UK, PO20 7AJ;
“Personnel” means the personnel employed or engaged by Trango to provide the Services;
"Proposal"
means a written proposal by Trango to the Customer specifying the
services, deliverables, Customer responsibilities and other matters in
relation to a project requested or required by the Customer;
"Responsibilities" has the meaning given to that term in clause 4.1;
"Services" means the services as described in a Proposal;
“Third Party Products” means any Deliverable(s) (or parts thereof) which is provided or licensed by a third party.
2 CONTRACT
2.1 These
terms and conditions apply to all Proposals submitted by Trango to the
Customer. No terms, conditions or warranties endorsed upon, delivered
with, referred to or contained in any other documentation delivered or
sent by the Customer will form part of the Agreement.
2.2 A Proposal
shall only be accepted, and a binding contract to provide the Services
shall only come into force, when the Customer signs the Proposal or
Trango commences performance of the Services.
2.3 Unless express
provision is made to the contrary in the Proposal, the following order
of priority shall apply in the event of any conflict or inconsistency:
(a) the provisions of the Proposal; and
(b) these terms and conditions.
3 PROVISION OF SERVICES
3.1 Trango
shall perform the Services in accordance with the Proposal and shall
provide any Deliverables to the Customer in accordance with the
Proposal.
3.2 Trango shall use its reasonable endeavours to meet any
milestones specified in the Proposal but shall not be liable for any
failure to achieve such milestones.
3.3 Each party shall:
(a) use
its reasonable endeavours to identify and obtain all licences and
consents necessary for the fulfilment of its obligations under the
Proposal as set out in the Proposal; and
(b) review with the other
party the progress of the Services at the intervals specified in the
Proposal (or, in the absence of such intervals being specified, at
regular intervals).
4 CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITIES
4.1 The Customer shall:
(a) provide
Trango (and its Personnel) with such information, co-operation,
assistance, facilities and resources as it reasonably requires to
enable it to perform the Services;
(b) give prompt attention to any
matter raised by Trango relating to the Customer’s obligations and the
performance of the Services; and
(c) comply with all laws and regulations applicable to the Customer’s business;
in
addition to the Customer fulfilling each of its obligations as
specified in the Proposal (collectively the "Responsibilities").
4.2 Trango’s
ability to perform the Services may be dependent on the Customer
fulfilling each of its Responsibilities and any assumptions identified
in the Proposal ("Assumptions") being met. To the extent that the
Customer does not fulfil the Responsibilities or the Assumptions are
not met (without prejudice to Trango’s other rights and remedies):
(a) Trango
may charge the Customer for all Personnel, materials and other
resources assigned to performing the Services even if they are not
utilised;
(b) Trango may change any timetable for the performance of Services (but shall act reasonably in doing so);
(c) Trango
may alter the Fees payable for the Services (and Trango shall notify
the Customer of any proposed changes to the Fees prior to such changes
being implemented); and
(d) Trango will be relieved of its
obligations to the Customer to the extent that Trango is prevented from
performing the Services by the Customer's failure to fulfil the
Responsibilities or the Assumptions are not met.
5 PERSONNEL
5.1 Trango
reserves the right to substitute new personnel for any of its Personnel
from time to time and the Customer may request such a substitution
provided that the Customer gives valid reasons for doing so.
5.2 Each
party shall ensure that its personnel comply with the other party’s
reasonable rules, regulations and practices relating to security,
health and safety when on the other party’s premises, provided they are
notified in advance of them.
5.3 The Customer shall not during the
period in which the Services are performed and for six (6) months
thereafter, without Trango's prior written consent, solicit any of the
Personnel. The foregoing undertaking shall not apply in respect of any
such personnel who (without having been previously approached directly
or indirectly) respond to a general recruitment advertisement placed by
(or on behalf of) the Customer. If the Customer breaches this clause,
then it shall pay to Trango an amount equivalent to such personnel’s
annual salary (net of benefits) in recognition of the disruption that
such breach would cause to the efficient conduct of Trango's business.
6 FEES
6.1 The Customer will pay Trango the Fees.
6.2 Unless
stated otherwise in the Proposal, Trango will invoice the Fees
quarterly in advance. All invoices are payable within 30 days of their
date.
6.3 Where the Fees are stated to be an estimate only, such
estimate is non-binding and Trango will be paid for the Services on a
time and materials basis at its then current rates. Trango will give
the Customer notice prior to exceeding any such estimate together with
the reasons for such excess (which may include unforeseen factors
impacting on resource requirements or where the Customer is unable to
provide the necessary resources or information).
6.4 In addition to
the Fees, the Customer shall reimburse Trango for all expenses incurred
by the Personnel in accordance with the Proposal.
6.5 All sums
payable hereunder are exclusive of VAT (or any other applicable tax or
duty payable upon such sums) which shall be added (if appropriate) at
the rate prevailing at law.
6.6 The Customer shall make all payments
due without any deduction whether by way of set-off, withholding,
counterclaim, discount, abatement or otherwise.
6.7 If any sum due
from the Customer to Trango under the Agreement is not paid within 14
days after the due date for payment, then without prejudice to any
other right or remedy available to Trango, Trango may suspend its
performance of the Services until arrangements as to payment or credit
have been established which are satisfactory to Trango.
7 WARRANTY
7.1 Trango warrants that it will provide the Services with reasonable care and skill.
7.2 The
terms of the Agreement shall apply in place of all warranties,
conditions, terms, representations, statements, undertakings and
obligations whether expressed or implied by statute, common law,
custom, usage or otherwise, all of which are excluded to the fullest
extent permitted by law.
8 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
8.1 Unless
expressly stated to the contrary in any Proposal, all Intellectual
Property Rights in all Deliverables or which are otherwise created in
the course of the Services shall remain vested in Trango. Subject to
and conditional on payment of all Fees, Trango hereby grants to the
Customer a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable and non-exclusive
licence to use the Deliverables for its own internal purposes.
8.2 Nothing
in clause 8.1 above shall operate to in any way vest or transfer
ownership of any Intellectual Property Rights in any Third Party
Products to the Customer.
8.3 Nothing in this Agreement shall
prevent Trango from using techniques, ideas and know-how gained during
the performance of the Services in the furtherance of its normal
business (including for the benefit of its existing and future
customers) provided such use does not relate to a disclosure of
Confidential Information of the Customer.
8.4 Nothing in this
Agreement shall operate to grant the Customer any type of licence to
use, operate, copy, modify or adapt any of the software or materials
owned by or licensed to Trango.
9 THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS
9.1 All
Third Party Products shall be procured or provided by Trango subject to
the terms and conditions imposed by the owner (or its authorised
representative) of such Third Party Products and Trango shall provide
such terms and conditions to the Customer in advance.
10 DATA PROTECTION
10.1 Each
party shall comply with all applicable data protection and privacy laws
and regulations including without limitation the provisions of the Data
Protection Act 1998 (the "DPA") and not by any act or omission put the
other party in breach of them in connection with this Agreement.
10.2 Where,
in connection with this Agreement, a party (the "Processor") processes
personal data (as defined in the DPA) on behalf of the other party, the
Processor shall:
(a) implement appropriate technical and
organisational measures to protect the personal data against accidental
or unlawful processing; and
(b) provide full co-operation and
assistance to the other party in allowing data subjects (as defined in
the DPA) to have access to that data and/or to ensure that the data is
deleted or correct if they are incorrect; and
(c) not process the data other than as instructed by the other party.
11 CONFIDENTIALITY
11.1 Each
party shall keep and procure to be kept secret and confidential all
Confidential Information belonging to the other party disclosed or
obtained as a result of the relationship of the parties under this
Agreement and shall not use nor disclose the same save for the purposes
of the proper performance of this Agreement or with the prior written
consent of the other party. Where disclosure is made to any employee,
consultant, or agent, it shall be done subject to obligations
equivalent to those set out in this clause 11 and each party agrees to
use all reasonable endeavours to procure that any such employee,
consultant or agent complies with such obligations provided that each
party shall continue to be responsible to the other party in respect of
any disclosure or use of such Confidential Information by a person to
whom disclosure is made.
11.2 The obligations of confidentiality
in this clause 11 shall not extend to any matter which either party can
show is in, or has become part of, the public domain other than as a
result of a breach of the obligations of confidentiality under this
Agreement, was in its written records prior to the commencement date of
this Agreement, was independently disclosed to it by a third party
entitled to disclose the same or is required to be disclosed under any
applicable law, or by order of a court or governmental body or
authority of competent jurisdiction, but only to the extent of such
disclosure to that party and not otherwise.
11.3 Subject to the
prior approval of the Customer (not to be unreasonably withheld),
Trango may make public reference to the Customer’s selection of Trango
and the nature of the services provided and may publicly refer to the
solution implemented or to be implemented by Trango.
12 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
12.1 Nothing
in this Agreement shall in any way exclude or limit either party's
liability for death or personal injury caused by the negligence of that
party or that party's employees, agents or subcontractors or for
fraudulent misrepresentation by that party or that party's employees,
agents or subcontractors.
12.2 Trango shall not in any way be liable
to the Customer for any loss or damage incurred as a result of Trango’s
failure to provide the Services where such failure is due in any part
to the Customer’s failure to fulfil the Responsibilities or the
Assumptions are not met.
12.3 Trango shall not be liable to the
Customer for loss of revenue, loss of profit, loss of anticipated
savings, loss of business, loss of opportunity, loss of goodwill or
reputation, loss of or corruption of data or for any indirect, special
or consequential loss or damage suffered by the Customer (whether or
not such losses or damage were foreseen, direct, foreseeable, known or
otherwise).
12.4 Subject to clause 12.1, the total aggregate
liability of Trango (whether in contract, tort (including negligence),
breach of statutory duty, for wilful default or otherwise) arising out
of or in connection with the Agreement or the performance of the
Services shall in no event exceed the Fees payable under the Agreement.
13 SUBCONTRACTING AND ASSIGNMENT
13.1 Trango
may sub-contract performance of any of the Services to any person,
firm, corporation or organisation. Trango shall remain responsible to
the Customer for the performance of such Services by any such
subcontractor.
13.2 The Customer shall not be entitled to assign,
charge, subcontract or transfer the Agreement or any part of it without
the prior written consent of Trango, such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed.
14 FORCE MAJEURE
14.1 Neither
party shall be liable for delay or failure to perform its obligations
(other than an obligation of payment) to the extent that such delay or
failure results from an event of Force Majeure. The party affected by
an event of Force Majeure shall give the other party written notice as
soon as reasonably possible containing details of the circumstances
giving rise to such event.
14.2 If an event of Force Majeure
continues for three successive months or more, either party may
terminate the Agreement by written notice to the other party.
15 TERM AND TERMINATION
15.1 This
Agreement shall come into full force and effect when the Proposal is
accepted in accordance with clause 2.2 and, unless terminated earlier
by either party in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement,
shall continue until completion of the Services.
15.2 Trango may
immediately terminate this Agreement by giving written notice to the
Customer prior to completion of the Services where the Customer fails
to perform any Responsibility which materially affects the performance
of the Services, any Assumption is not met or Trango otherwise
discovers any fact or circumstance which materially affects its ability
to perform the Services. In such case, Trango shall be entitled to
charge the Customer on a time and materials basis at its then current
rates.
15.3 Either party may immediately terminate this Agreement by giving written notice to the other party if:
(a) the other party commits a material breach of any of its obligations under Agreement which is incapable of remedy;
(b) the
other party fails to remedy a breach of its obligations under the
Agreement which is capable of remedy after having been requested in
writing to remedy or desist from such breach within a period of 14
days; or
(c) the other party is deemed to be unable to pay its debts
within the meaning of Section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or the
other party calls a meeting for the purpose of passing a resolution to
wind up its company, or such a resolution is passed or the other party
presents or has presented a petition to wind up or present or have
presented a petition to appoint an administrator or have an
administrative receiver or receiver appointed to the whole or any part
of the other party’s business, undertaking, property or assets.
15.4 The
termination of the Agreement shall be without prejudice to the rights
and remedies of either party which may have accrued up to the date of
termination. Any termination of the Agreement shall not affect the
coming into force or the continuance in force of any clause which is
expressly or by implication intended to come into or continue in force
on or after such termination.
16 GENERAL
16.1 Nothing
in the Agreement shall create, or be deemed to create a partnership or
joint venture or relationship of employer and employee or principal and
agent between the parties.
16.2 The waiver by either party of any
breach of the Agreement shall not prevent the subsequent enforcement of
that breach and shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent
breach of that or any other provision.
16.3 If at any time any one
or more of the terms of this Agreement is held to be or becomes void or
otherwise unenforceable for any reason under any applicable law, the
same shall be deemed omitted from the Agreement and the validity and/or
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be
affected or impaired as a result of that omission.
16.4 The
Agreement sets out the entire agreement and understanding between the
Customer and Trango in connection with the provision of the Services
and shall supersede and replace all documentation previously issued by
either party relating to the provision of the Services.
16.5 No
person who is not a party to this Agreement shall have any right to
enforce this Agreement whether under the Contracts (Rights of Third
Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise.
17 LAW AND JURISDICTION
17.1 The Agreement shall be governed by English law.
17.2 The Agreement shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts to which the parties irrevocably submit.