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    Product Specific Terms

    When you use Eficode UK's services you are subject to our terms. Please read them carefully.

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    Re-Sale of Third Party Software Terms

    Effective From 30th June 2023

    These Re-Sale of Third Party Software Terms, as may be amended from time to time (the “Terms”) are between You and the relevant Eficode entity (“We” or “Us”). If You are registered in North America, Central America, South America or the Caribbean, the relevant Eficode entity is Eficode USA Inc. If you are registered in any other location, the relevant entity is Eficode UK Limited.

    “Eficode UK Limited” means Eficode UK Limited, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 5643578, whose registered address is Unit 15 Chalcroft Business Park, Burnetts Lane, Southampton, SO30 2PA. 

    Eficode USA Inc” means Eficode USA Inc, a company registered in the state of Pennsylvania under entity number 4177603, whose principal place of business is 2401 Walnut Street, Suite 102, Philadelphia, PA, 19103-4341. 

    “You” means the entity you represent in accepting these Terms.  By accepting these terms on behalf of an entity, You represent and warrant that: 

    1. You have full legal authority to bind Your employer or any such entity to these Terms; 
    2. You have read and understand these Terms; and 
    3. You agree to these Terms on behalf of the party that You represent. 

    (Individually a “Party” and collectively the “Parties”)

    These Terms do not have to be signed in order to be binding. These Terms are effective as of the date You place an Order (the “Effective Date”). “Order” means a verbal or written acceptance of a quote provided to You by Us for the provision of Third Party Software, or payment of an invoice presented to You by Us for the provision of Third Party Software, or the use by You of any Third Party Software for which We are subsequently charged by the Third Party Software vendor, whichever is earlier. “Third Party Software” means all software that is licensed to You by a third party including but not limited to Atlassian. It does not apply to software developed and licenced to You by Us.

    1. INTERPRETATION

    1.1 Headings and titles are inserted for the convenience of the Parties and are not to be considered when interpreting these Terms.

    1.2 Any reference to the singular will include the plural and vice versa.

    2. PRECEDENCE/CHANGES

    2.1 These terms shall apply to the exclusion of, and shall prevail over, any standard terms and conditions contained in or referred to in any documentation submitted by You, or in any correspondence or elsewhere or implied by trade custom or practice.

    2.2 We may modify these Terms at any time by posting a revised version on the Eficode website or by otherwise notifying You in writing, provided, however, that We will provide at least 90 days’ advance notice for adverse changes. Subject to the 90 day advance notice requirement with respect to adverse changes, the modified Terms will become effective upon posting or, if We notify You by email, as stated in the email message. By continuing to use the services after the effective date of any modifications to these Terms, You agree to be bound by the modified Terms. It is Your responsibility to check the Eficode website regularly for modifications to these Terms.

    3. THIRD PARTY TERMS AND END USER LICENCE AGREEMENTS

    3.1 When You place an Order You accept all applicable third party agreements, terms and conditions, terms of use or end user licence agreements or otherwise (“Third Party Agreements”) where applicable pertaining to the purchase and/or use of Third Party Software. We shall provide all applicable Third Party Agreements to You at Your request.

    Atlassian Third Party Agreements are as follows:

    a) Atlassian Software Licence Agreement: https://www.atlassian.com/legal/software-license-agreement
    b) Atlassian Cloud Terms of Service: https://www.atlassian.com/legal/cloud-terms-of-service

    GitLab Third Party Agreement is as follows: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/legal/subscription-agreement/

    3.2 Third Party Agreements are between You and the Third Party Software vendor. We have no authority to amend, waiver or otherwise change or negotiate changes of any kind to the terms of any Third Party Agreement.

    3.3 In the event of any conflict between these Terms and Third Party Agreements, the Third Party Agreement shall prevail.

    4.WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER 

    4.1 We represent and warrant We are an authorised reseller of the Third Party Software.

    4.2 We shall promptly provide You on request with all agreements, policies, documentation or otherwise as may be required by You in respect of the Third Party Software.

    4.3 In case of suspension or termination of Your rights to use the Third Party Software by the Third Party Software vendor as a direct result of the Third Party Software Vendor having not received the corresponding payment from Us, We shall refund to You all payments made under the relevant Order.

    4.4 We warrant to flow down to You the benefit of any and all refunds and service credits granted to You, paid to Us, by the applicable Third Party Software vendor within thirty (30) days of receipt of such funds. 

    4.5 WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS AS TO THE SUITABILITY, FITNESS FOR PURPOSE, QUALITY OR PERFORMANCE OF THE THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE FOR YOUR REQUIREMENTS. 

    4.6 WE DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR THE THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE.

    5. PAYMENT TERMS 

    5.1 Third Party Software licences will only be supplied to You upon receipt of full and cleared payment from You to Us for the amount specified on the applicable invoice unless otherwise agreed in writing. 

    5.2 We may introduce You to third parties such as finance brokers that are able to provide You with financing options for the purchase of Third Party Software from Us. If you procure Third Party Software from Us via a finance provider, bank, lender or other third party (the “Lender”), We shall supply the Third Party Software to You upon receipt of invoicing instructions from the Lender. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion and without notice, to repossess the Third Party Software should our invoice not be paid in full and cleared funds by the Lender within 5 working days of the invoice date.

    5.3 Any additional Third Party Software products, features, users or otherwise that You may on occasion purchase or use including but not limited to apps, add-ons, plugins and integrations that We are subsequently charged for by the Third Party Software vendor will be invoiced to You.   

    5.4 You shall pay any invoices submitted to You by Us within thirty (30) days of the date of the invoice, or as otherwise specified on the invoice, in full and cleared funds to a bank account as specified on the invoice in the currency stated on the invoice. You shall be responsible for any applicable bank and/or foreign exchange charges, sales tax and VAT.

    5.5 All sums payable to Us under these Terms shall be paid in full without any set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding of tax as required by law. 

    5.6 You have thirty (30) days from the date We place an order with the Third Party Software Vendor on Your behalf with which to request an amendment or refund from Us. Any such request must be made in writing. These refund terms are subject to change without notice in accordance with the refund terms provided by the Third Party Software vendor. We will provide the applicable refund terms to You at the point of Order at Your request.

    5.7 We reserve the right to amend pricing of Third Party Software at any time, including prior to a quotes expiration date, prior to acceptance of an Order. 

    6. TERM AND TERMINATION

    6.1 These Terms are effective as of the Effective Date and continue in full force and effect until terminated by either Party.

    6.2 Either Party may terminate these Terms at any time subject to giving at least 30 days’ prior written notice of such termination to the other Party.

    7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 

    7.1 Neither Party shall have any liability to the other Party, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), for breach of statutory duty, or otherwise (including repudiatory breach), arising under or in connection with these terms or the relevant Order for loss of profits, loss of products or production, loss of agreements or contracts or any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage costs or expenses. Nothing in these Terms shall limit or exclude either Party’s liability to the other for death or personal injury caused by its negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation or any liability which cannot be excluded or limited by law. 

    7.2 NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 4 OF THESE TERMS, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS (FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION) WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS (£100,000.00).

    8. DATA PROTECTION 

    8.1 Your data is processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy: https://www.eficode.com/trust-centre-uk/privacy/privacy-policy.

    9. FORCE MAJEURE 

    9.1 Neither Party will be liable for any failure nor delay in performance of these Terms which is caused by circumstances out of the reasonable control of a Party.

    10. SURVIVING PROVISIONS 

    10.1 Any provision contained in these Terms that expressly or by implication are intended to come into or continue in force on or after termination or expiry of the Terms shall remain in full force and effect for such period as is necessary.

    11. SEVERABILITY 

    11.1 If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect, and the provision affected will be construed so as to be enforceable to the maximum extent permissible by law.

    12. WAIVER

    12.1 The failure by either Party to enforce any provision of these terms will not constitute a waiver of future enforcement of that or any other provision.

    13. GOVERNING LAW

    13.1 If You are registered in North America, Central America, South America or the Caribbean, these Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the applicable laws of the state of Pennsylvania, USA, and the Parties irrevocably agree that the courts of Pennsylvania shall have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any dispute, suit, action, arbitration or proceedings (“Proceedings”) which may arise out of or in connection with these Terms. If you are registered in any other location, these Terms will be governed by the laws of England and Wales and the Parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any Proceedings which may arise out of or in connection with these Terms.

     

    ClearHost Terms

    Effective From 30th June 2023

    Your use of ClearHost is subject to the Eficode Terms of Service, or as applicable the Master Services Agreement as executed between You and Us, and these ClearHost terms (the "Terms" ), collectively (the “Agreement”). Any capitalized terms used but not defined below have the meanings in the Agreement.

    1. DEFINITIONS

    “Account Information” means information about You that is provided to Us in connection with the creation or administration of ClearHost. For example, Account Information includes names, usernames, phone numbers, email addresses and billing information associated with ClearHost.

    “Application” means the software applications as documented in the Contractual Documents.

    “ClearHost” means the hosting and hosting support services currently branded as ClearHost or GitLab Hosting and made available by Us.

    “Content” means content that You or any User transfers to Us for processing, storage or hosting in connection with ClearHost and any computational results that You or any User derive from the foregoing through use of ClearHost. Content does not include Account Information.

    “External Storage” means the data storage associated with ClearHost which will persist beyond the life of the Host.

    “Host” means a virtualised server deployed to support one or more Applications.

    “Infrastructure” means the ancillary systems supporting the delivery of the Host systems to You.

    “Platform” means the Host and associated Infrastructure that provide the basis for the ClearHost delivery.

    “Recovery Time Objective” means the maximum desired length of time between an unexpected failure or disaster and the resumption of normal operations and Service levels.

    “Recovery Point Objective” means the maximum acceptable amount of data loss measured in time.

    “Regions” means the physical location of a cluster of Amazon Web Services data centres.

    “Request” means a ticket raised by authorised personnel of You for support from Us via the Service Desk.

    “Service Desk” means the online portal through which You can raise a Request to Us.

    “Special Category Data” has the meaning assigned to it under Article 9 of the UK GDPR.

    “Third Party Agreements” means all applicable third party agreements, terms and conditions, terms of use or end user licence agreements or otherwise.

    “User” means any employee, representative, consultant, contractor or other party who has access to the Application(s).

    2. CHANGES

    2.1 We may modify these Terms at any time by posting a revised version on the Eficode website or by otherwise notifying You in writing, provided, however, that We will provide at least 90 days’ advance notice for adverse changes. Subject to the 90 day advance notice requirement with respect to adverse changes, the modified Terms will become effective upon posting or, if We notify You by email, as stated in the email message. By continuing to use ClearHost after the effective date of any modifications to these Terms, You agree to be bound by the modified Terms. It is Your responsibility to check the Eficode website regularly for modifications to these Terms.

    3. DATA PROTECTION AND SECURITY

    3.1 You will provide Us with a list of authorised personnel and technical contacts who will be responsible for Service delivery on Your behalf. An additional list of Users who will be authorised to raise Service Desk Requests will also be provided to Us by You. It is Your sole responsibility to ensure that We are notified of required changes to authorised personnel.

    3.2 You may specify the Regions in which the Your Content will be stored. We will not access or use Your Content except as necessary to maintain or provide the Service, or as necessary to comply with the law or a court order. We will not:

    a) disclose Your Content to any third party; or
    b) move Your Content from the Regions selected by You; except in each case as necessary to comply with the law or a court order. Unless it would violate the law or a court order, We will give You notice of any such legal requirement or order. We will only use Your Account Information in accordance with the Privacy Policy posted on the Eficode website, and Your consent to such usage. The Privacy Policy does not apply to Your Content.

    3.3 We will implement reasonable and appropriate measures designed to help secure Your Content against accidental or unlawful loss, access or disclosure including the provision and configuration of one or more firewalls to secure the application servers.

    3.4 We will implement appropriate access controls applying the principle of least privilege in the delivery of ClearHost.

    3.5 We undertake to manage the patching of the various operating systems supporting ClearHost in accordance with a planned schedule.

    3.6 Security and vulnerability alerts are available for all operating systems (AWS Linux) implemented by Us on Your behalf. We will monitor these alerts and provide timely and effective resolution of any issues found.

    3.7 Delivery of patches to the system will be conducted under change management processes as per Section 10 of these Terms and will be applied within scheduled maintenance periods.

    3.8 Critical operating system and application patches will be applied within 7 working days of release into the public domain. This applies to supported operating systems (AWS Linux) and any applications supporting the Service including firewalls, web server and end user applications.

    3.9 We will provide back ups and monitoring of backup processes. A daily backup is taken between 02:00 and 06:00 (GMT/BST). Backups are retained for a period of thirty one (31) days before being destroyed.

    3.10 You must notify Us as soon as reasonably possible of any data loss or corruption.

    4. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

    4.1 Except to the extent caused by our breach of the Terms You are responsible for all activities that occur under Your account, regardless of whether the activities are authorized by You or undertaken by You, Your employees or a third party (including Your contractors, agents or Users). We and our Affiliates are not responsible for unauthorized access to Your account.

    4.2 You will ensure that the Content does not breach any Applicable Law, relevant policy or the Terms. You are solely responsible for the Content.

    4.3 You warrant that Your Content shall not contain any Special Category Data unless its processing is expressly supported as a feature of the hosted Application in the relevant Third Party Agreements. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, We have no liability under the Terms for Special Category Data submitted to a hosted Application in violation of the foregoing.

    4.4 Except where explicitly expressed in the Terms You are responsible for taking appropriate action to secure, protect and back up Your account and Content.

    4.5 You will be responsible for the access controls applied against the Users of the Applications through password management and the adding and/or removing of Users from LDAP / AD and Your identity provider. 

    4.6 You will be deemed to have taken any action that You permit, assist or facilitate any person or entity to take related to the Terms, Your Content or use of ClearHost. You are responsible for Users’ use of the Content and ClearHost. You will ensure that all Users comply with Your obligations under the Terms and that the terms of any agreement between You and a User are consistent with these Terms. If You become aware of any violation of Your obligations under the Terms caused by a User, You will immediately suspend access to the Content and ClearHost by such User. 

    4.7 You are responsible for the management of any third party You involve in the system implementation and ongoing service including infrastructure and networking providers where applicable.

    5. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

    5.1 Our total liability to You, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), for breach of statutory duty, or otherwise for any loss or damage, costs, claims, expenses arising or in connection with these Terms, including any liability for the acts or omissions of its employees, consultants and subcontractors shall in no event exceed in the aggregate the sum of three hundred thousand pounds (£300,000).

    6. HOSTING SUPPORT

    6.1 We will implement, manage and monitor ClearHost in accordance with the Terms and the Agreement.

    6.2 The Service in relation to ClearHost includes monitoring and alerting of the Host Infrastructure and Applications twenty four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week, three hundred and sixty five (365) days a year.

    6.3 To raise a Request via the Service Desk You must follow the process as defined in the Support Terms posted on the Eficode website.

    7. INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

    7.1 We will notify You of any incidents impacting You as soon as reasonably possible.

    7.2 We will provide timely updates as to the nature, cause, impact and resolution and closure of any such incidents to You.

    7.3 You must notify Us of any incidents You detect as soon as reasonably possible including all faults, unavailability or similar. 

    7.4 You are responsible for communicating any incident updates to other Users as required.

    8. ESCALATION PROCEDURE

    8.1 If You are not satisfied with the response to a Request raised via the Service Desk, You must follow the escalation procedure.

    8.2 You will in the first instance escalate Requests to the Service Desk Team Leader via the Service Desk.

    8.3 If You are unable to reach a satisfactory resolution with the Team Leader You may escalate the issue to the below contact:

    Contact: Lewis Lovelock (IT Operations Manager)

    Contact Email: lewis.lovelock@eficode.com

    Contact Phone: 07557 956182

    9. UPDATE MANAGEMENT

    9.1 Platform release and feature release upgrades are not included in ClearHost.

    9.2 We may upon request perform updates to the Applications at an additional charge.

    9.3 Any agreed updates will be performed under the change management process in Section 10 and within scheduled maintenance.

    10. CHANGE MANAGEMENT

    10.1 A formal change management process will be used for any significant change to the ClearHost provision undertaken by either You or Us, unless otherwise agreed in writing.

    10.2 The change management process will include but may not be limited to the following steps:

    1. Statement of change
    2. Requirements gathering
    3. Requirements sign-off
    4. Project specification
    5. Specification review
    6. User acceptance testing
    7. Project scheduling
    8. Changes affected
    9. Project review
    10. Project sign Off

    10.3 Both Us and You may identify and notify the other Party of any required changes. 

    10.4 We shall be responsible for planning changes and the release thereof. Change release plans shall be submitted to You for approval and sign off.

    10.5 We shall be responsible for the project management and completion of any approved changes and the documentation of any configuration changes.

    10.6 Changes under this Section 10 may be subject to additional charges. Where subject to an additional charge this will be specified in the change plans submitted to You for approval and sign off.

    11. DISASTER RECOVERY AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY

    11.1 We have a business continuity plan and testing schedule that is kept under regular review.

    11.2 The systems forming ClearHost are monitored at all times and We are alerted to any abnormalities.

    11.3 We shall notify You as soon as reasonably practicable in the event of a system failure or performance issue.

    11.4 You shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, notify Us of any system failure or performance issue You identify.

    11.5 We will use all reasonable endeavours to restore ClearHost within the following objectives:

    a) Recovery Time Objective of  four (4) hours
    b) Recovery Point Objective of twenty four (24) hours
     
    12. TERMINATION
     

    12.1 All termination requests are subject to verification of ownership of the account.

    12.2 Upon the effective date of termination access to ClearHost will be disabled.

    12.3 We will export a backup of Your data and store it in a secure SFTP site accessible to You for thirty (30) days. Thirty (30) days after the termination effective date (or earlier if requested by You) the data on the SFTP site and the Infrastructure will be securely deleted by Us in accordance with our disposal policy.

    13. EXCLUSION OF TERMS

    13.1 Postponement Charges shall not apply to the provision of ClearHost.

     

    ClearHost Service Level Agreement

    Effective from 30th June 2023

    This Support Service Level Agreement (“SLA”) is a policy governing the use of ClearHost and applies separately to each account using ClearHost. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this SLA and the ClearHost Terms, the terms of this SLA apply, but only to the extent of such conflict. Any capitalized terms used but not defined below have the meanings in the ClearHost Terms. 

    Definitions 

    “Availability” means the availability of the Platform and Infrastructure.

    “Monthly Uptime Percentage” means the Availability in any monthly billing cycle. Monthly Uptime Percentage measurements exclude downtime resulting directly or indirectly from any ClearHost SLA Exclusion.

    “Service Credit” means a pound sterling credit, calculated as set forth herein, that We may credit back to an eligible account.

    Changes

    We may change, discontinue or add Service Level Agreements from time to time in accordance with clause 2.1 of the ClearHost Terms.

    Service Commitment 

    We will use commercially reasonable efforts to make ClearHost available with a Monthly Uptime Percentage during any monthly billing cycle, of at least 99.9% (the “Service Commitment”). In the event that the Service Commitment is not met, You will be eligible to receive a Service Credit as described below: 

    Service Credits

    A Service Credit will be calculated using the following formula: 

    (99.9% – (Monthly Uptime Percentage)) * (Charges in same period)

    A Service Credit will only be issued if the value of the Service Credit exceeds one (1) pound sterling. 

    Service Credits will not entitle You to any refund or other payment from Us.

    Service Credits may not be transferred or applied to any other account.

    Your sole and exclusive remedy for any unavailability or non-performance or other failure by us to provide ClearHost is the receipt of Service Credits (if eligible) in accordance with this SLA.

    Service Credit Request 

    To receive a Service Credit, You must submit a claim by opening a Request in the Service Desk. To be eligible, the Service Credit Request must be received by Us by the end of the second billing cycle after which the incident occurred and must include:

    1. the billing cycle with respect to which You are claiming Service Credits, together with the Monthly Uptime Percentage for the billing cycle;
    2. logs that document the errors for Your claimed outage (any confidential or sensitive information in these logs should be redacted).

    If the Monthly Uptime Percentage of such Service Credit Request is confirmed by Us and is less than the Service Commitment, then We will issue the Service Credits to You within one billing cycle following the month in which the Service Credit Request was submitted. Your failure to submit the Service Credit Request or to provide the information as required, will disqualify You from receiving Service Credits.

    ClearHost SLA Exclusions 

    The Service Commitment does not apply to any unavailability, suspension, or termination of ClearHost, or any other ClearHost performance issues:

    1. caused by factors outside of our reasonable control, including any force majeure event; or
    2. that result from any voluntary actions or inactions by You or any third party; or
    3. that result from Your misuse of ClearHost; or
    4. that result from Your equipment, software or other technology and/or third party equipment, software or other technology (other than third party equipment within our direct control); or
    5. arising from our suspension or termination of Your right to use ClearHost.

    (collectively, the “ClearHost SLA Exclusions”).

     

    Support Terms

    Effective as of 30th June 2023

    Your use of Support is subject to the Eficode Terms of Service, or as applicable the Master Services Agreement as executed between You and Us, and these Support terms (the "Terms"), collectively (the “Agreement”). Any capitalized terms used but not defined below have the meanings in the Agreement.

    1. DEFINITIONS

    “Application”means the software applications as specified in the Order.

    “Charging Blocks” means each 15 minute block of time between acknowledgment of Your Request via the Service Desk and our response to the request.

    “Fair Usage” You may exceed Your Support Hours up to a maximum of fifty percent (50%) for a total of any two (2) months within the Term.

    “Request”means a ticket raised by Your authorised personnel for Support from Us via the Service Desk. 

    “Service Desk”means the online portal through which You can raise a Support Request to Us.

    “Support”means the Services currently branded as “Support” and made available by Us.

    “Support Hours” means the number of monthly Support hours purchased, as specified on the Order.

    “Term” means twelve (12) months from the start date specified in Your onboarding email. 

    “User” means any employee, representative, consultant, contractor or other party who has access to the Application(s).

    2. CHANGES

    2.1 We may modify these Terms at any time by posting a revised version on the Eficode website or by otherwise notifying You in writing, provided, however, that We will provide at least 90 days’ advance notice for adverse changes. Subject to the 90 day advance notice requirement with respect to adverse changes, the modified Terms will become effective upon posting or, if We notify You by email, as stated in the email message. By continuing to use Support after the effective date of any modifications to these Terms, You agree to be bound by the modified Terms. It is Your responsibility to check the Eficode website regularly for modifications to these Terms.

    3. CHARGES

    3.1 Your utilisation of Support Hours shall be recognised in Charging Blocks. If You exceed Your purchased monthly Support Hours We reserve the right (without prejudice to any other right or remedy under the Agreement) to levy Charges at the then current rate for any usage in excess of Fair Usage and You shall pay all undisputed invoices for such Charges in accordance with the Agreement. 

    3.2 We shall invoice You for the relevant Charges in full and in advance of the start date of the Support.  For the avoidance of doubt, no Support Hours shall be made available to You by Us unless and until payment for the relevant invoice has been received in full. 

    3.3 Any on-site assistance requested by You or additional materials required to fulfill a Request shall be chargeable to You.

    3.4 We retain the sole right to decide whether Support will be delivered remotely or on site at all times.

    3.5 Support does not include system recovery from cyber-attacks.

    3.6 Support is billed annually (“Billing Cycle”)

    4. SUPPORT

    4.1 You will provide Us with such facilities and assistance as reasonably may be required to provide the Support. We will not be liable for where it cannot provide Support as a result of Your failure to provide such facilities or assistance.

    4.2 We cannot guarantee that the remote connection to Your system will always be available due to issues with Your system or other external factors beyond our control (e.g. Internet service provider problems).

    4.3 We retain the right to decide the appropriate course of action for each Request and will follow the necessary troubleshooting steps in order to diagnose and then rectify the issue.

    4.4 Depending upon the nature of the Incident/Request, We may have to impose a technical and/or process workaround to rectify the Incident/Request as opposed to a fix. Any workaround may be temporary prior to a permanent solution being instigated or permanent if You decide not to proceed with a permanent fix.

    5. SUPPORT HOURS

    5.1 All Requests, responses and time will be tracked by Us. A report shall be made available to You upon request.

    5.2 We reserve the right (without prejudice to any other right or remedy under the Agreement) not to process Requests if all purchased Support Hours have already been used by You. 

    5.3 Support Hours must be used within the Term and are non-refundable and non-transferable.

    5.4 The days and hours within which We will be available to respond to Requests vary depending on the option purchased by You, as specified in the Order. The coverage for each option is specified below:

    Option 

    Hours Covered

    Days Covered

    10/5

    08:00 to 18:00

    (GMT/BST/PST/EST)

    Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays

    24/7

    00:00 to 23:59

    (GMT/BST/PST/EST)

    Monday to Sunday including bank holidays

     
    6. DATA PROTECTION AND SECURITY
     

    6.1 You will provide Us with a list of up to five (5) authorised personnel who will be authorised to raise Requests. It is Your sole responsibility to ensure that We are notified of required changes to authorised personnel.

    7. INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

    7.1 We will notify You of any incidents impacting You as soon as reasonably possible.

    7.2 We will provide timely updates as to the nature, cause, impact and resolution and closure of any such incidents to You.

    7.3 You must notify Us of any incidents You detect as soon as reasonably possible including all faults, unavailability or similar.

    7.4 You are responsible for communicating any incident updates to other Users as required.

    8. SERVICE DESK

    8.1 Users are not permitted to submit Requests. Only authorised personnel identified toUs are permitted to submit Requests.

    8.2 The Service Desk can be found at: Click here.

    8.3 The Service Desk is available for You to submit Requests twenty four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week, three hundred and sixty five (365) days a year.

    8.4 All Requests must include the following information:

    a) business impact including how many Users are affected and how much of the Application is affected; and
    b) which Applications are affected; and
    c) a description of the issue; and
    d) steps to replicate the issue if appropriate; or
    e) screenshots of the issue where applicable; and
    f) the Severity Level as defined in Section 9.

    8.5 We may reasonably request, and You shall provide, further information to enable Us to provide a more accurate response and/or a faster resolution.

    9. SEVERITY LEVELS

    9.1 We shall validate Your determined Severity Level classification or notify You of a proposed change in the Severity Level classification to a higher or lower level with an explanation to support the reclassification. In the event of a dispute regarding the Severity Level classification, the escalation procedure prescribed in Section 10 shall be instigated by either Party.

    Priority

    Response Method

    Examples

    Critical

    You will be contacted initially by phone and followed by the Service Desk

    – Performance degraded to an unusable level. e.g. Supported system has failed.

    – No Users are able to log into supported system

    – Multiple Users unable to work at all due to incorrect access

    – Request for access that is required for multiple Users, preventing them from working.

    – An urgent request affecting multiple Users

    _ Critical indicates a production server or other mission critical system(s) are down and no workaround is immediately available

    Major

    Initially response via Service Desk, if unresolved after three 3 communications and subject to availability and technical detail, a phone call will be arranged

    – Performance of the supported system is inadequate, but still usable.

    – Intermittent issues with Application features.

    – Acceptable workaround may exist

    – Operations can continue in a restricted fashion, although long-term productivity

    _Degraded service – Includes intermittent issues and reduced quality of service. A workaround may be available

    Minor

    Service Desk

    – Unexpected, Incorrect or inaccurate data

    – A request with little or no impact if not fulfilled

    – Problems with Application or feature specific controls and permissions

    – Single User unable to authenticate

    _General Issue – This indicates the issue does not significantly impact operations, or that a reasonable workaround has been implemented.

    Trivial

    Service Desk

    – Misspelled objects or typos

    – Issue with little or no impact

    – General application usage questions

    – User specific controls or permissions

    _An issue of minor importance and low impact

     
    10. ESCALATION PROCEDURE
     

    10.1 If You are not satisfied with the response to a Request raised via the Service Desk, You must follow the escalation procedure.

    10.2 You will in the first instance escalate Requests to the Service Desk Team Leader via the Service Desk.

    10.3 If You are unable to reach a satisfactory resolution with the Team Leader You may escalate the issue to the following contact:

    Contact: Lewis Lovelock (IT Operations Manager)

    Contact Email: lewis.lovelock@eficode.com

    Contact Phone: 07557 956182

    11. TERMINATION & SUSPENSION

    11.1 You may cancel Support at any time by providing Us with one (1) months written notice but You shall continue to be charged for the remainder of the then current Billing Cycle and You are not entitled to a refund. 

    11.2 Support Hours must be used within the Term and are non-refundable and non-transferable.

    11.3 We reserve the right (without prejudice to any other right or remedy under the Agreement)  to suspend Your use of Support for a breach of Fair Usage.

    12. EXCLUSION OF TERMS

    12.1  Postponement Charges shall not apply to the provision of Support.

     

    Support Service Level Agreement

    Effective from 30th June 2023

    This Support Service Level Agreement (“SLA”) is a policy governing the use of Support and applies separately to each account using Support. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this SLA and the Support Terms, the terms of this SLA apply, but only to the extent of such conflict. Any capitalized terms used but not defined below have the meanings in the Support Terms.

    Definitions 

    “Primary Working Hours” means 08:00am GMT/BST to 18:00pm GMT/BST Monday to Friday. 

    Changes

    We may change, discontinue or add Service Level Agreements from time to time in accordance with the clause 2.1 of the Support Terms.

    Service Commitment 

    We will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide consistent Support to You in accordance with this SLA (the “Service Commitment”). 

     

    Priority

    Hours Covered

    Initial Response 

    Detailed Response 

    Target Resolution 

    Status Reporting 

    Critical 

    00:00 – 23:59 for 24 hour Support option 


    Primary Working Hours for 10/5 Support option 

    One (1) Hour

    Two (2) Hours

    Four (4) Hours

    Every two (2) Hours

    Major 

    Primary Working Hours

    Four (4) Hours

    Twelve (12) Hours

    Twenty Four (24) Hours

    Daily

    Minor 

    Primary Working Hours

    Eight (8) Hours

    Eighteen (18) Hours 

    Forty Eight (48) Hours

    Weekly 

     

    Support SLA Exclusions 

    The Service Commitment does not apply to any suspension, or termination of Support, or any other Support performance issues:

    1. caused by factors outside of our reasonable control, including any force majeure event; or
    2. that result from any voluntary actions or inactions by You or any third party; or
    3. that result from Your misuse of Support; or
    4. in the event that Your Severity Level classification is in dispute; or
    5. arising from our suspension or termination of Your right to use Support 

    (collectively, the “Support SLA Exclusions”).

    Support SLA Conditions

    We will pause the clock when further information or action is required from You or third parties and no further progress can be made without such information.

    Requests logged outside of Your Support hours will be acknowledged when Your Support hours resume. 

    From time to time maintenance of the Service Desk is required. You will be notified in advance of scheduled maintenance and where possible this will be scheduled outside of Primary Working Hours. 

    In the event a response is requested from You or a third party and is not received within three (3) working days, We reserve the right to close the Request.

     

    Training Terms

    Effective From 30th June 2023

    Your use of Training is subject to the Eficode Terms of Service, or as applicable the Master Services Agreement as executed between You and Us, and these Training terms (the "Terms"), collectively (the “Agreement”). Any capitalized terms used but not defined below have the meanings in the Agreement.

    1. DEFINITIONS

    “Delegate” means an individual or representative scheduled by You to attend the Training.

    “Training” means the Services currently branded as “Training” and made available by Us.

    “Training Material” means content provided by Us to You for the purposes of supporting the delivery of the Training and may include but is not limited to data, concepts, exercises and tests.

    2. CHANGES

    2.1 We may modify these Terms at any time by posting a revised version on the Eficode website or by otherwise notifying You in writing, provided, however, that We will provide at least 90 days’ advance notice for adverse changes. Subject to the 90 day advance notice requirement with respect to adverse changes, the modified Terms will become effective upon posting or, if We notify You by email, as stated in the email message. By continuing to use Training after the effective date of any modifications to these Terms, You agree to be bound by the modified Terms. It is Your responsibility to check the Eficode website regularly for modifications to these Terms.

    3. TRAINING MATERIALS

    3.1 We will provide Training Material in an electronic format.

    3.2 Printed Training Material is not included unless specified in the Contractual Documents. Printed Training Material may be available on request for a nominal fee.

    3.3 All Training Material remains the intellectual property of Us and is provided to You solely for the use by Delegates for the purposes of supporting the delivery of the Training.

    3.4 No reproductions, scans or copies (wholly or in part) shall be made or sold of the Training Material without the prior written consent of Us. You are not permitted to record Training without our written consent. We will provide you with the option to have the Training recorded, whether classroom or online based, at no additional cost. IP for Training recordings shall not legally pass to You until We have received all Charges due.

    3.5 Training Material and access to the training environment where applicable will be provided to You no later than one (1) working day prior to the delivery of the Training.

    4. TRAINING CONTENT

    4.1 The Training will be delivered in strict accordance with the Contractual Documents and agreed scope therein.

    4.2 Any work required by You outside the agreed scope as recorded in the Contractual Documents will only be undertaken where there is a relevant Change Order signed by both Parties. Amendments may be subject to additional charges.

    4.3 Unless otherwise indicated, all Training is delivered solely in the English language.

    5. PROBLEM MANAGEMENT

    5.1 Any problems related to the Training or the Deliverables must be raised in writing by You to Us within five (5) working days following the end date of the Training.

    6. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

    6.1 You are responsible for ensuring that all prerequisites and preparation items as detailed in the Statement of Work or elsewhere in the Contractual Documents have been complied with. We have no responsibility or liability to You in the event of any delay, cancellation or problem related to the Deliverables or Training where such event is caused solely by Your failure or delay in complying with the prerequisites or preparation items.

    6.2 It is Your responsibility to ensure that the Delegates meet the prerequisites of the Training on which they are booked, and that the Training content meets their requirements.

    6.3 You must provide to Us a complete and final list of Delegates at least five (5) working days prior to the Training start date. 

    6.4 Notwithstanding clause 6.3 We will endeavour to accommodate requests by You to substitute one Delegate for another but are under no obligation to do so.  Such requests are subject to the replacement Delegate meeting the prerequisites for the course and may be subject to additional charges.

    6.5 You shall be responsible and liable for any additional expenses incurred on the part of Us due to unavailable resources as a result of Your acts or omissions.

    6.6 All Training hours must be used within the start/end date provided on the Statement of Work.

    7. OUR RESPONSIBILITIES

    7.1 Unless specifically covered within the Contractual Documents, We are not responsible for any customizations, integrations, data conversions or product extensions. 

    7.2 We will endeavour to make best use of the available time, however, allocations for the exact start and end time will be decided by the trainer on the day, based on the requirements of the Delegates attending.

     

    GitLab Managed Services Terms

    Effective From 30th June 2023

    Your use of GitLab Managed Services is subject to the Eficode Terms of Service, or as applicable the Master Services Agreement as executed between You and Us, and these GitLab Managed Services terms (the "Terms"), collectively (the “Agreement”). Any capitalized terms used but not defined below have the meanings in the Agreement.

    1. DEFINITIONS

    “GitLab Software” means software branded as GitLab.

    “GitLab Software Subscription” means the period of time the GitLab Software is made available to You by Us as specified in the Contractual Documents.

    “Eficode Product” means Eficode software, products, and/or Services that are combined with or bundled with GitLab Software. The Product Specific Terms (as defined below) relevant to any such software, products, and/or Services shall apply to Your use of such software, products, and/or Services, in addition to these Terms.

    “Content” means all software, information, content and data provided by or on behalf of You or made available or otherwise distributed through the use of the GitLab Software. 

    “Managed Service” means our licencing of GitLab Software for Your use, which may include GitLab Software bundled as part of the Eficode Product. The GitLab Software offered by Us as part of a Managed Service cannot be transferred, resold, distributed, assigned or otherwise passed to You, unless as part of a Transfer (as defined below).

    “Product Specific Terms” means the terms published on the Eficode website: http://www.eficode.com/trust-centre-uk/legal/product-specific-terms.

    “Transfer” means our assignment of right, title and interest to the GitLab Software to You. A Transfer may only take place after a Transfer Amendment has been executed (as defined below).

    “User” is defined as the unique and single individual, or employee, contractor, or other third-party individual authorized by Us on behalf of You (in accordance with these Terms) who is able to access the GitLab Software Subscription, regardless of whether the User actually accesses or the frequency with which they access the GitLab Software. A User must be over the age of thirteen (13) years old.

    2.CHANGES

    2.1 We may modify these Terms at any time by posting a revised version on the Eficode website or by otherwise notifying You in writing, provided, however, that We will provide at least 90 days’ advance notice for adverse changes. Subject to the 90 day advance notice requirement with respect to adverse changes, the modified Terms will become effective upon posting or, if We notify You by email, as stated in the email message. By continuing to use GitLab Managed Services after the effective date of any modifications to these Terms, You agree to be bound by the modified Terms. It is Your responsibility to check the Eficode website regularly for modifications to these Terms.

    3.INDEMNITY

    3.1 In addition to the indemnification obligations set forth within these Terms, You will indemnify, hold harmless and (at  our option) defend Us and our Affiliates from and against any claim, loss, cost, liability or damage, including attorneys’ fees, for which We become liable arising from or relating to Your or Users use of the GitLab Software as part of the Managed Service.

    4.TRANSFER

    4.1 Upon written notice, and a transaction document executed between GitLab and Us (the “Transfer Amendment”), We may Transfer the GitLab Software to You. Unless otherwise agreed to between GitLab and You, Your use of the GitLab Software shall be subject to the GitLab Terms and Conditions. Execution of a Transfer Amendment is at our sole discretion.

    5.TERMINATION & SUSPENSION  

    5.2 We may (at its sole discretion) suspend delivering GitLab Managed Services or any component of the GitLab Managed Services including GitLab Software if You breach these Terms,  until the breach is remedied. For the avoidance of doubt, You remain responsible for paying any and all undisputed Charges during any suspension period.

    5.3 If You terminate any of the Contractual Documents for convenience pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, You shall remain liable for the Charges for any GitLab Software Subscriptions until the expiration of the then-current term and any such Charges shall become immediately due and payable.  

    5.4 If We terminate any of the Contractual Documents  for cause, non-payment of Charges or change of Control, pursuant to the Agreement, You shall remain liable for the Charges for any GitLab Software Subscriptions until the expiration of the then-current term and any such Charges shall become immediately due and payable.  

    6.RESTRICTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

    6.1 You will not, and will not permit any User to: 

    a) use the GitLab Software for any purpose other than as specifically authorized in these Terms;
    b) use the GitLab Software in such a manner that would enable any third party to access the Software;
    c) use the GitLab Software for time sharing or service bureau purposes (including without limitation, sublicensing, distributing, selling, reselling any GitLab Software);
    d) for any purpose other than its and its Affiliates’ own internal use;
    e) use the GitLab Software other than in compliance with all Applicable Laws;
    f) use the GitLab Software in any manner that: (i) is harmful, fraudulent, deceptive, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, or libelous (including without limitation, accessing any computer, computer system, network, software, or data without authorization, breaching the security of another user or system, and/or attempting to circumvent any User authentication or security process); (ii) impersonates any person or entity, including without limitation any employee or representative of Us or GitLab; (iii) includes Content, with respect to the use of SaaS Software, which is illegal or violates the GitLab Community Code of Conduct found here – community code or elsewhere published, or (iiii) contains a virus, trojan horse, worm, time bomb, unsolicited bulk, commercial, or “spam” message, or other harmful computer code, file, or program (including without limitation, password guessing programs, decoders, password gatherers, keystroke loggers, cracking tools, packet sniffers, and/or encryption circumvention programs); and
    g) except to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, disassemble, reverse engineer, or decompile the GitLab Software or access it to: (1) build a competitive product or service, (2) build a product or service using similar ideas, features, functions or graphics of the GitLab Software, (3) copy any ideas, features, functions or graphics of the GitLab Software, or (4) determine whether the GitLab Software are within the scope of any patent.

    6.2 In accordance with these Terms, We have the right to verify electronically (or otherwise), and generate reports related to Your access to, and use of the GitLab Software to ensure compliance with these Terms. 

    6.3 You are responsible for the following: 

    a) maintaining the security of Your account, passwords (including, but not limited to, User passwords) and files, and for all uses of Your account with or without Your knowledge or consent; and
    b) any acts or omissions of Users in relation to the GitLab Software;

    6.4. You represent and warrant that You have, and shall retain, all right, title and interest (including, without limitation, sole ownership of) relating to Your Content, and the intellectual property rights related thereto.

    7.ADDITIONAL USERS 

    7.1 During the GitLab Software Subscription, You may, subject to these Terms, request additional Users. For the avoidance of doubt, all additional Users shall be subject to an additional charge and shall be co-termed to the underlying term.

    8.INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

    8.1 Except as expressly set forth herein, GitLab (and its licensors, where applicable) will retain all intellectual property rights relating to the GitLab Software and any suggestions, ideas, enhancement requests, feedback, or other recommendations provided by You, Your Affiliates, Users or any third party relating to the GitLab Software (herein referred to as “Feedback Materials”), which are hereby assigned to GitLab. For the avoidance of doubt, Feedback Materials shall not include Confidential Information or intellectual property owned by You. These Terms do not constitute a sale of the GitLab Software and do not convey to You any rights of ownership in or related to the GitLab Software or any other intellectual property rights.

    9.WARRANTY

    9.1 During the GitLab Software Subscription, We shall pass through to You the full benefit of the following warranties which it has received from or has against GitLab in respect of the GitLab Software: 

    a) the GitLab Software shall be provided in a professional and workmanlike manner by qualified personnel; and 
    b) commercial industry standard methods will be used, designed to ensure the GitLab Software used by You does not include any computer code or other computer instructions, devices or techniques, including without limitation those known as disabling devices, trojans, or time bombs, that are intentionally designed to disrupt, disable, harm, infect, defraud, damage, or otherwise impede in any manner, the operation of a network, computer program or computer system or any component thereof, including its security or User data

    9.2 If at any time We fail to comply with the warranties in this Section 9, You may promptly notify Us in writing of any such noncompliance. We will, within sixty (60) days of receipt of such written notification, either correct the noncompliance or provide You with a plan for correcting the noncompliance. If the noncompliance is not corrected or if a reasonably acceptable plan for correcting the non-compliance is not established during such period, You may terminate the GitLab Software component of the Managed Services and receive a prorated refund for the unused portion of the GitLab Software Subscription as Your sole and exclusive remedy for such noncompliance.

    9.3 EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS, THE GITLAB SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS-IS,” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

    10.INDEMNIFICATION 

    10.1 You will defend Us and our Affiliates against any claim, demand, suit or proceeding made or brought against Us by a third party alleging: (a) that any of Your Content or Your use of Your Content with the GitLab Software or any software (or combination of software) provided by You and used with the GitLab Software, infringes or misappropriates such third party’s intellectual property rights, or (b) arising from Your use of the GitLab Software in an unlawful manner or in violation of these Terms or any of the Contractual Documents (each a “Claim”). You will indemnify Us from any damages, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs finally awarded against Us as a result of, or for any amounts paid by Us under a settlement approved (in writing) by You of a Claim, provided We: (i) promptly gives You written notice of the Claim, (ii) give You sole control of the defence and settlement of the Claim (except that You may not settle any Claim unless it unconditionally releases Us of all liability), and (iii) gives You all reasonable assistance, at Your expense. The above defence and indemnification obligations do not apply if a Claim arises from Eour breach of these Terms or any of the Contractual Documents.

    11.LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 

    11.1 TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSS OF REVENUE, ANTICIPATED PROFITS, LOST BUSINESS OR LOST SALES, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES.

    11.2 TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS, GITLAB SOFTWARE OR MANAGED SERVICES (FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION) WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS (£100,000).

    12.DATA

    12.1 The Parties acknowledge and agree that, (i) the GitLab Software is not designed for the purpose of storing, processing, compiling or transmitting Sensitive Data (as defined herein), and (ii) You shall not use the GitLab Software, or otherwise provide to Us without prior written consent, Sensitive Data under these Terms.“Sensitive Data” means: (i) special categories of data as defined in Article 9 of the UK GDPR, or any successor legislation; (ii) patient, medical, or other protected health information regulated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (as amended and supplemented) (“HIPAA”); (iii) credit, debit, or other payment card data or financial account information, including bank account numbers or other personally identifiable financial information; (iv) social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, or other government identification numbers; (v) other information subject to regulation or protection under specific laws such as the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act or Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”) (or related rules or regulations); or (vi) any data similar to the above protected under foreign or domestic laws. You further acknowledge that the GitLab Software and related features are not intended to meet any legal obligations for these uses. Therefore, notwithstanding anything else in these Terms, We have no liability for Sensitive Data processed in connection with Your use of the Software.

     

    Total Support Terms

    Effective as of 23 November 2023

    Your use of Total Support is subject to the Eficode Terms of Service, or as applicable the Master Services Agreement as executed between You and Us, and these Total Support terms (the "Terms"), collectively (the “Agreement”). Any capitalized terms used but not defined below have the meanings in the Agreement.

    1. DEFINITIONS 

    “Application” means the software applications as specified in the Order.

    “Charging Blocks” means each 15 minute block of time between acknowledgment of Your Support Request via the Service Desk and our response to the request.

    “Delegate” means an individual or representative scheduled by You to attend the Training.

    “Fair Usage” is capped at a maximum of two (2) Support Hours and five (5) Package Hours in any given month during the Term for Team packages and a maximum of ten (10) Support Hours and ten (10) Package Hours in any given month during the Term for Premium and Enterprise tier packages. You may exceed these caps up to a maximum of fifty percent (50%) for a total of any two (2) months within the Term.

    “Package Hours” means the number of hours allocated for the Term against each product or group of products that form Total Support, excluding Support Hours, as specified in Your Total Support package.

    “Primary Working Hours” means 08:00 am GMT/BST to 18:00 pm GMT/BST Monday to Friday.

    “Request” means a ticket raised by Your authorised personnel for Support from Us.

    “Support Hours” means the number of hours allocated for the Term to technical break/fix support (“Support”), as specified in Your Total Support package.

    “Term” means twelve (12) months from the start date specified in the Your onboarding email.

    “Total Support” means the Services currently branded as “Total Support” and made available by Us.

    “Training Material” means content provided by Us to You for the purposes of supporting the delivery of the Training and may include but is not limited to data, concepts, exercises and tests.

    “User” means any employee, representative, consultant, contractor or other party who has access to the Application(s).

    “Working Days” means 9am to 5pm GMT, Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays.

    2. CHANGES

    2.1 We may modify these Terms at any time by posting a revised version on the Eficode website or by otherwise notifying You in writing, provided, however, that We will provide at least 90 days’ advance notice for adverse changes. Subject to the 90 day advance notice requirement with respect to adverse changes, the modified Terms will become effective upon posting or, if We notify You by email, as stated in the email message. By continuing to use Total Support after the effective date of any modifications to these Terms, You agree to be bound by the modified Terms. It is Your responsibility to check the Eficode website regularly for modifications to these Terms.

    3. CHARGES

    3.1 Total Support is billed annually (“Billing Cycle”).

    3.2 We shall invoice You for the relevant Charges in full and in advance.  For the avoidance of doubt, Total Support shall not be made available to You unless and until payment for the relevant invoice has been received in full.  

    3.3 We reserve the right (without prejudice to any other right or remedy under the Agreement) to levy Charges at the then current rate for any usage in excess of Fair Usage and You shall pay all undisputed invoices for such Charges in accordance with the Agreement.

    3.4 Your utilisation of Support Hours shall be recognised in Charging Blocks. 

    3.5 Any request that is deemed by Us to be outside of Total Support scope is subject to separate terms and pricing.

    4. TERMINATION & SUSPENSION

    4.1 You may cancel Your Total Support package at any time by providing Us with one (1) months written notice but You shall continue to be charged for the remainder of the then current Billing Cycle and You are not entitled to a refund. 

    4.2 Package and Support Hours must be used within the Term and are non-refundable and non-transferable.

    4.3 We reserve the right (without prejudice to any other right or remedy under the Agreement)  to suspend Your use of Total Support for a breach of Fair Usage.

    5. TOTAL SUPPORT SERVICES

    5.1 Total Support is available in three packages as detailed in the table below. The package You have purchased will be detailed in Your Order.

     

    Team Tier

    Premium Tier

    Enterprise Tier

    24/7 Technical Support Hours

    24*

    Unlimited*

    Training

    Total of 60 hours*

    Total of 120 hours*

    As specified on Order*

    Mentoring & Coaching

    Technical Consultancy

    Health Check

    1 Onboarding

    Bi-annual

    Quarterly

    *Subject to Fair Usage

    5.2 Total Support is a remote delivery product. Any on-site assistance requested by You shall be chargeable to You at the then standard rate.

    5.3 Training, Mentoring, Coaching and Technical Consultancy can be scheduled for a minimum of a two (2) hour session. You are not entitled to a partial or full refund or transfer of Package Hours if the full attributable time value is not used in one session.

    5.4 The following services, tools and products are excluded from Total Support: 

    • Data migrations and data merges
    • Installations and upgrades
    • New implementation or kick starts
    • Instance mergers
    • JEMH 
    • Jira Align
    • Limited EazyBI
    • Recovery from cyber-attacks
    • Due to the large number and frequently changing list of available DevOps tools, some DevOps tools may be out of scope. Please check with the Total Support team who will be able to advise whether any specific tool is in or out of scope.

    5.5 We will provide Training Material in an electronic format.

    5.6 Printed Training Material is not included unless specified in the Order.Printed Training Material may be available on request for a nominal fee.

    5.7 All Training Material remains the intellectual property of Us and is provided to You solely for the use by Delegates for the purposes of supporting the delivery of the Training.

    5.8 No reproductions, scans or copies (wholly or in part) shall be made or sold of the Training Material without the prior written consent of Us. You are not permitted to record Training without our written consent. We will provide you with the option to have the Training recorded, whether classroom or online based, at no additional cost. IP for Training recordings shall not legally pass to You until We have received all Charges due.

    5.9 You are responsible for ensuring that all prerequisites and preparation items as detailed in the Order have been complied with. We have no responsibility or liability to You in the event of any delay, cancellation or problem related to the Deliverables or Training where such event is caused solely by Your failure or delay in complying with the prerequisites or preparation items.

    5.10 It is Your responsibility to ensure that the Delegates meet the prerequisites of the Training on which they are booked, and that the Training content meets their requirements.

    5.11 You must provide to Us a complete and final list of Delegates at least five (5) working days prior to the Training start date.

    5.12 Notwithstanding clause 5.11 We will endeavor to accommodate requests by You to substitute one Delegate for another but are under no obligation to do so. Such requests are subject to the replacement Delegate meeting the prerequisites for the course and may be subject to additional charges.

    5.13 We will endeavor to make best use of the available Training  time, however, allocations for the exact start and end time will be decided by the trainer on the day, based on the requirements of the Delegates attending.

    6. SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT

    6.1 Training, Mentoring, Coaching and Technical Consultancy are subject to the following Service Level Agreement (“SLA”).

    Time to first response 

    24 Hours from receipt of request*

    Time to scheduled date

    7 Working Days from first response 

    Time to delivery 

    14 Working Days from first response

    * For requests received outside of working hours the clock will start at the beginning of the next working day

    6.2 Support is subject to the following Service Level Agreement (“Support SLA”)

    Priority

    Hours Covered

    Initial Response 

    Detailed Response 

    Target Resolution 

    Status Reporting 

    Critical 

    24 Hours

    One (1) Hour

    Two (2) Hours

    Four (4) Hours

    Every two (2) Hours

    Major 

    Primary Working Hours

    Four (4) Hours

    Twelve (12) Hours

    Twenty Four (24) Hours

    Daily

    Minor 

    Primary Working Hours

    Eight (8) Hours

    Eighteen (18) Hours 

    Forty Eight (48) Hours

    Weekly 

     

    6.2 The following exclusions apply: 

    a) the SLA does not apply to engagements of more than one (1) consecutive day (7h30m). For engagements is in excess of one (1) day, an approximate timeline for scheduling and delivery will be provided to You at the earliest opportunity

    b) the SLA and Support SLA do not apply in the event that any delays result from any factors outside of Our reasonable control, including any Force Majeure event
     

    c) the SLA and Support SLA do not apply in the event that any delays result from any voluntary actions or inactions by You or any third party

    d) the SLA and Support SLA do not apply in the event that any delays result from Your equipment, software or other technology and/or that of a third party under Your control.

    e) the SLA and Support SLA do not apply in the event that any delays arise from Our suspension or termination of Your right to use Total Support; and

    f) the Support SLA does not apply in the event that Your Severity Level Classification is in dispute.

    6.3 Your sole and exclusive remedy for any breach of this Section 6 is a refund for the Package Hours or Charging Blocks affected by the breach.

    6.4 We will pause the clock on the SLA or Support SLA when further information or action is required from You or third parties and no further progress can be made without such information.

    6.5 From time to time maintenance of the service desk is required. You will be notified in advance of scheduled maintenance and where possible this will be scheduled outside of Primary Working Hours.

    6.6 In the event a response is requested from You or a third party and is not received within three (3) working days, We reserve the right to close the Support Request.

    7. TOTAL SUPPORT REQUESTS

    7.1 You must identify up to five (5) Total Support owners that are authorised to approve the spend of Package and Support Hours. It is Your responsibility to ensure that We are notified of required changes to authorised personnel.

    7.2 To make a Total Support request contact customersupport@eficode.com or call 02381157802

    7.3 To log a Support Request use the service desk: https://customersupport.clearvision-cm.com/. The service desk is available for You to submit Requests twenty four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week, three hundred and sixty five (365) days a year.

    7.4 All Support Requests must include the following minimum information:

    • business impact including how many Users are affected and how much of the Application is affected; and
    • which Applications are affected; and
    • a description of the issue; and
    • steps to replicate the issue if appropriate; or
    • screenshots of the issue where applicable; and
    • the Severity Level as defined in Section 8.

    7.5 We retain the right to decide the appropriate course of action for each Support Request and will follow the necessary troubleshooting steps in order to diagnose and then rectify the issue.

    7.6 Depending upon the nature of the Support Request, We may have to impose a technical and/or process workaround to rectify the Support Request as opposed to a fix. Any workaround may be temporary prior to a permanent solution being instigated or permanent if You decide not to proceed with a permanent fix.

    7.7 All Support Requests, responses and time will be tracked by Us. A report shall be made available to You upon request.

    8. SUPPORT REQUEST SEVERITY LEVELS

    8.1 We shall validate Your determined Severity Level classification or notify You of a proposed change in the Severity Level classification to a higher or lower level with an explanation to support the reclassification. In the event of a dispute regarding the Severity Level classification, the escalation procedure prescribed in Section 9 shall be instigated by either Party.

    Priority

    Response Method

    Examples

    Critical

    You will be contacted initially by phone and followed by the Service Desk

    – Performance degraded to an unusable level. e.g. Supported system has failed.

    – No Users are able to log into supported system

    – Multiple Users unable to work at all due to incorrect access

    – Request for access that is required for multiple Users, preventing them from working.

    – An urgent request affecting multiple Users

    _ Critical indicates a production server or other mission critical system(s) are down and no workaround is immediately available

    Major

    Initially response via Service Desk, if unresolved after three 3 communications and subject to availability and technical detail, a phone call will be arranged

    – Performance of the supported system is inadequate, but still usable.

    – Intermittent issues with Application features.

    – Acceptable workaround may exist

    – Operations can continue in a restricted fashion, although long-term productivity

    _Degraded service – Includes intermittent issues and reduced quality of service. A workaround may be available

    Minor

    Service Desk

    – Unexpected, Incorrect or inaccurate data

    – A request with little or no impact if not fulfilled

    – Problems with Application or feature specific controls and permissions

    – Single User unable to authenticate

    _General Issue – This indicates the issue does not significantly impact operations, or that a reasonable workaround has been implemented.

    Trivial

    Service Desk

    – Misspelled objects or typos

    – Issue with little or no impact

    – General application usage questions

    – User specific controls or permissions

    _An issue of minor importance and low impact

     
    9. ESCALATION PROCEDURE
     

    9.1 If You are not satisfied with the response to a Support Request You must follow the escalation procedure.

    9.2 You will in the first instance escalate Support Requests to the service desk Team Leader via the service desk.

    9.3 If You are unable to reach a satisfactory resolution with the Team Leader You may escalate the issue to the following contact:

    Contact: Lewis Lovelock (IT Operations Manager)

    Contact Email: lewis.lovelock@eficode.com

    Contact Phone: 07557 956182