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Support Terms & Conditions

Support & Maintenance Contract Terms & Conditions

Definitions in this agreement

  • "Syncro" shall mean Syncronicity Ltd. The First Floor. The Chase Golf Club. Pottal Pool Road. Penkridge, Staffs ST19 5RN.

  • "Customer" means the company, organisation, person or persons that enter into the agreement for the supply of Support services.

  • "Users" and or “End Users” means the individual(s) using the products and or services

  • "Account" means the confidential file where the details of the customer are held.

  • "Agreement" means a contract for the provision of SYNCRO’s Support Services signed by both parties (SYNCRO and the Customer). The agreement declares that the customer accepts SYNCRO’s Support & Maintenance Contract Terms and Conditions and agrees to the provision of services as outlined in the support schedule.

  • "Support Schedule" means the schedule to the Agreement listing the services, products, software and or applications covered under the agreement

  • "SLA" means the Service Level Agreement that dictates the Response Times provided by SYNCRO to the Customer for Incidents and the availability / regularity of services.

  • "System Audit" means an assessment of the customer system(s) by an SYNCRO consultant in order to gain the necessary understanding of the system for SYNCRO to be able to supply the required level of support.

  • "The Initial period" means the period of 12 months from the commencement of the Support Contract. The services will be provided for a period of one calendar year (or part thereof) from the date of this agreement for the price specified in the schedule.

  • "Subsequent period(s)" means the subsequent period (s) thereafter unless terminated by not less than 3 months written notice to expire at the end of the relevant year.

  • "Continuity" means the contract is deemed as renewed unless cancellation is received in writing with not less than 3 months’ notice prior to the annual renewal date, any variation on this cancellation notice is at SYNCRO’s discretion.

  • "Distributor" means any supplier to SYNCRO

  • "Vendor" and/or “third party software vendor” means the company who has designed or developed the software

  • "Equipment" means the equipment specified in the Support Schedule “Roaming Computers/ Users” means a workstation, mobile communication device or user that is not permanently located at the Customer’s site when the workstation or mobile communications device in question is owned by the Customer and is part of the Customer’s domain.

  • "Server Instance" means a network, email or other server, whether physical or virtual.

  • "System" means the network, software, Server Instances, or any other item being maintained under the Agreement as defined in the support schedule of the Agreement

  • "Software" refers to the Software Products specified in the Support Schedule. “Software applies to all parts of software, to new releases, updates and modifications of the software.

  • "Support Hours" means 9.00am to 5:00pm Monday to Friday excluding public and national holidays. SYNCRO reserves the right to reduce these support hours during Christmas and New Year and will publish any change of hours prior to the period on the SYNCRO website at www.syncro-it.co.uk

  • "Our representative" means any employee, agent or subcontractor of SYNCRO or other third party.

  • "Support Service" means any IT Support services as specified in the support schedule. Support may include both proactive and reactive actions to maintain the System’s accepted operational status. There will be times when Changes as opposed to Support are required to maintain the accepted operational status of the System. Such Changes may be deemed as being chargeable.

  • "Change(s)" mean a modification that is material or otherwise that alters the hardware or software configuration of the System defined in the Agreement.

  • "Remote support" means any support given to you by us that is not given on site.

  • "On Site Support" means the provision of support services by SYNCRO at the customer site(s) as specified in the support schedule.

  • "Customer Site" means the Site or Sites specified in the Support Schedule at which the Customer operates the System defined in the Agreement.

Contract Cover Details Syncronicity Ltd.

  • 1.0 Contract Cover Details Syncronicity Ltd. (SYNCRO), shall provide telephone, online, and onsite support if necessary as specified in this agreement.

  • 1.1. SYNCRO will endeavour to respond to requests for support within eight working hours of a call being logged provided that calls requesting support are made between 0900 hours and 1200 hours and 1400 hours and 1715 hours Monday to Friday, excluding Public holidays.

  • 1.2. Contracts are on a labour only basis. Any replacement parts will parts will be invoiced separately.

  • 1.3. Visits to the “Customer’s” premises resulting from a request for support not covered by the agreement will be charged according to SYNCRO’s current chargeable rates at the time, unless otherwise previously agreed between the “Customer” and an authorised representative of SYNCRO. The customer will be notified of any charges before work commences.

  • 1.4. Support does not include system recovery from vandalism; break in, theft, or misuse of the system. In these instances SYNCRO’ services will be charged at the rate prevailing at that time. The customer will be notified of these charges before support work commences.

  • 1.6. Software recovery will only be attempted to the last secure DATA backup available, or if necessary to the reloading of the original software PROGRAM master disks. The provision of these back up devices remains the responsibility of the customer.

  • 1.7. SYNCRO shall not be liable to provide support should the customer or any other party carry out adjustments or enhancements to the customers system without SYNCRO’s prior knowledge and written consent.

  • 1.8. SYNCRO shall not be liable for any consequential financial loss or damage however caused as a result of system failure.

  • 1.9. SYNCRO reserves the right to employ subcontractors in order to carry out any service required under this agreement.

  • 1.10. SYNCRO reserves the right to suspend this agreement in the event of environmental conditions at the customer’s site contributing to equipment or software failure without refund or liability for any losses of whatsoever nature, suffered by the customer during the said suspension.

  • 1.11. In the event of strikes, Acts of God, War or any other cause of events, which prevent SYNCRO from carrying out this agreement, SYNCRO shall not be liable for any losses or damages suffered by the customer.

  • 1.12. The provision of Antivirus and Firewall software / hardware remains the responsibility of the “Customer”. SYNCRO will not be responsible for the maintenance or updates of Antivirus or Firewall software / hardware.

  • 1.13. Travel charge as detailed in Schedule of Support to be calculated and invoiced using standard Microsoft AutoRoute distances from our Cannock Office location.

  • 1.14. SYNCRO will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-ofservice attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of any Website or to your downloading of any material from Web or own media hardware.

  • 1.15. This agreement will continue for a minimum period of 12 months from the commencement date and thereafter will continue until the expiry of three months’ notice of termination in writing by either party. Headings Side headings are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of the conditions of this contract

Commencement of Support Service

  • 2.0 Commencement of Support Service

  • 2.1 Upon commencement of the Support Service Agreement a System Audit will be performed, SYNCRO may at its discretion require the system audit prior to commencement of the Support Service Agreement. ) This agreement is subject to the Equipment being found in a fault free and serviceable condition by inspection. Should the Equipment not be fault free or serviceable any work required to make it so will be considered a chargeable service outside of the terms of this agreement.

  • 2.2 The Customer accepts responsibility for the status of their System prior to the involvement of SYNCRO

  • 2.3 Any deficiencies found during the System Audit will be noted in the report produced and can be corrected or improved by SYNCRO for a fixed price.

  • 2.4 The Customer is under no obligation to commission SYNCRO to resolve issues discovered during the System Audit.

  • 2.5 If the Customer does not wish to adopt recommendations for improving aspects of the System or resolve deficiencies highlighted or if there are omissions in the information provided by the Customer during the System Audit, SYNCRO retain the right to charge additional fees or impose reasonable limits on the Support provided for certain aspects of the System.

  • 2.6 The fees for SYNCRO’s Support Service will be calculated based upon the number of sites, Server Instances and workstations within the Customers IT System along with any other relevant factors or specific requirements the Customer may have. A quotation will be provided to the customer confirming costs for the support service

  • 2.7 The Support Service Agreement will include the Support Schedule. This will be a list of the component parts of the support service and associated SLA’s. The Supplier may at its option temporarily provide a substitute for any of those parts constituting the equipment

  • 2.8 The acceptance of this agreement denoted by the signature on the schedule of an authorised signatory of the parties and the notification by the Supplier of a Maintenance Service Agreement Number (MSAN) will create a contract between the Supplier and the Customer and will be construed as confirming the Customer’s total acceptance of these terms and conditions subject only as may otherwise be agreed in writing to both parties

  • 2.9 Sign off of the Agreement by the Customer will be deemed as acceptance of the support schedule and therefore acceptance of what will be supported under the terms of the Agreement.

  • 2.10 Support Schedules may require amending from time to time depending upon the Customer’s needs and Changes to the System. Any such amendments will be recorded and appended to the Agreement.

  • 2.11 The Support Schedule may include Roaming Computers / Users (usually laptops or mobile communications devices such as iPhones) that are regularly away from the Customer’s Site. Such computers must be owned by the Customer and of a configuration that is consistent with the computers at the Customers Site. This configuration requires Roaming Computers to be within the Customer’s domain architecture and having appropriate Antivirus software installed.

  • 2.12 The Customer will be required to provide confirmation of all Software Licensing applicable to the System either at the commencement of the Agreement or as required by SYNCRO during the Agreement. CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITIES The Customer undertakes to:

  • 2.13 ensure that the environmental and electricity supply conditions are suitable for the Equipment and are maintained in accordance with the Manufacturer’s recommendations.

  • 2.14 use the cabling services of the Supplier where possible. If the cabling services of the Supplier are not used then the Supplier reserves the right to verify that the cabling and associated components are of a sufficient quality and specification for the contracted system. Where the cabling and computer are not up to specification they will be made good at the Customer’s cost.

  • 2.15 allow the Supplier access to the Equipment for maintaining purposes, provide adequate working space and facilities for the Supplier’s staff and will cooperate with them in the diagnosis of Equipment malfunction.

  • 2.16 keep and operate the Equipment in a proper and prudent manner and ensure that only competent and authorised persons are allowed to operate it.

  • 2.17not move the equipment nor make any addition, modification or adjustment to it without prior written consent of the Supplier nor allow anyone other than the Supplier’s staff to adjust, repair or maintain it.

  • 2.18 use only media which is a type approved by the manufacturer of the Equipment or is used shall not be unreasonably withheld.

  • 2.19 insure any loan Equipment supplied by SYNCRO hereunder to its full value with a reputable insurance company and shall supply confirmation of this in writing. In the event of damage to the said equipment, the customer shall be liable to pay to SYNCRO the cost of repair or replacement of the said equipment Supply of spares and support from third parties The Supplier is able to supply the Services under this agreement by the provision of spares and software support from its suppliers. Should the supply of such spares and support be interrupted or curtailed for any reason then the Supplier reserves the right to terminate or amend this agreement. Information The Customer agrees to make available to the Supplier’s staff all information concerning its operations as may be necessary for the fulfilment of the Supplier’s obligations under this agreement.

Requesting Support

  • 3.0 Requesting Support

  • 3.1 All requests for Support from the Customer must be made via e-mail to our centralised support logging system via support@syncro-it.co.uk.

  • 3.2 The Customer must inform SYNCRO of any Incidents as soon as is practically possible. If there is a delay informing SYNCRO of obvious warning signs then the fault may grow and cause additional impact.

  • 3.3 Upon receiving notification regarding an issue with the Customer’s System, the issue will be logged as an Incident with an allocated Incident reference number. The Incident reference number along with details of the Incident will be notified to the Customer. The Supplier will use best endeavours to respond to all calls for service within the time specified.

  • 3.4 In the event of the Customer wishing to query the progress of an Incident, the Customer must be able to state the specific Incident reference number to enable SYNCRO to identify the Incident in question.

Delivery of Support

  • 4.0 Delivery of Support

  • 4.1 Support will be delivered by SYNCRO to the Customer in accordance with the Support Schedule. The Support Schedule will be stated in the Support Service Agreement.

  • 4.2 SYNCRO retains the right to install 3rd party software on the Customer’s System to facilitate the remote connection and delivery of Support to the Customer. In accordance with this right:

  • 4.2.1 If at any stage following the commencement of the Agreement the Customer refuses SYNCRO the right to install / use 3rd party software upon their System for the purposes stated in clause 4.2 above, SYNCRO retains the right to revise any pricing previously agreed for the Agreement or to terminate the Agreement.

  • 4.2.2 SYNCRO warrant to the Customer that all 3rd party software installed upon the Customers System for the purpose stated in clause 4.2 above will be licensed accordingly by SYNCRO

  • 4.2.3 The ownership of 3rd party software installed upon the Customer’s System for the purpose stated in clause 4.2 above will remain vested in SYNCRO

  • 4.2.4 The Customer can request that SYNCRO demonstrate and explain what 3rd party software it intends to install on the Customer’s System and for what purpose it is intended.

  • 4.3 Whilst working on Incidents, Consultants will keep a record of the time they spend and the actions taken. This information will be logged in the SYNCRO Support Application under the specific Incident reference number.

  • 4.4 No guarantees or commitments will be given regarding the length of time required for resolving Incidents.

  • 4.5 In providing Support, Consultants regularly refer to colleagues for help and advice with specific issues in order to resolve incidents as quickly as possible.

  • 4.6 To ensure that Incidents are resolved as quickly as possible and to reduce the reliance on individual Consultants, SYNCRO retain the right to allocate Consultants to Incidents and actions within Incidents as they see fit, depending on the skills, experience and availability of Consultants.

  • 4.7 The support schedule specified in the Agreement will determine the actual Response Times available under the following categories:

  • 4.7.1 All supports calls will be responded to within an 8 working hour timeframe.

  • 4.7.2 On Site Support (Response Times will vary depending on location of Customer Site)

  • 4.8 SYNCRO retains the right to decide whether Support will be delivered remotely or on site at all times.

  • 4.9 If as a consequence of Support being provided, software, other than that installed by SYNCRO for the purpose of facilitating remote connection and the delivery of Support as stated in clause 4.2. is installed, configured or in any way utilised on the Customer’s System the Customer is responsible for having the appropriate license for the intended use of that software.

  • 4.10 The Customer accepts that whilst SYNCRO may advise on software licensing matters the Customer will be legally liable for maintaining, acquiring and proving that appropriate licensing agreements for all software in use on their IT System exists. Consequently the Customer will be solely legally liable to pay any fees, fines or other costs associated with software licensing except for software installed by SYNCRO as per clause 4.2.

  • 4.11 The customer will provide SYNCRO or its representative with unrestricted access to the system and will provide such further facilities and assistance as the representative may require carrying out the work. SYNCRO will not be liable for where its representative cannot provide support as a result of the Customer failing to provide such facilities or assistance.

  • 4.12 All defective parts permanently removed by the Supplier will become the property of the Supplier and the replacements will become the property of the Customer upon payment by the customer.

  • 4.13 The supplier reserves the right to make additional charges to cover abnormal use of the Equipment repairs due to other then fair wear and tear and service calls occasioned by other Equipment malfunction including without limitation operator error, accident, interruption of electricity supply and third party programming errors. (other than authorised by SYNCRO)

Availability of Support

  • 5.0 Availability of Support

  • 5.1 Standard Working Hours.

  • 5.1.1 SYNCRO’s standard working Hours for the provision of remote Support services are 9.00AM – 5.00 PM Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) unless expressly stated otherwise in the Agreement.

  • 5.1.2 SYNCRO’s standard working Hours for the provision of onsite Support services are 9.00 AM – 5.00 PM Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) unless expressly stated otherwise in the Agreement (Including 1 hour for lunch).

  • 5.1.3 Consultants will work on varying shift patterns within the hours stated above. This means that individual Consultants do not necessarily work from 9.00 AM to 5.00 PM on a daily basis.

  • 5.2 Out of Hours Periods.

  • 5.2.1 SYNCRO provide remote helpdesk Support during Out of Hours Periods which are the times beyond SYNCRO standard working hours as outlined in clause 5.1 above, by pre-agreement only.

  • 5.2.2 On Site Support will NOT be available during Out of Hours Periods unless explicitly stated in the Customer’s Support Agreement.

  • 5.3 The Customer is responsible for giving SYNCRO the authority to deal with 3rd party suppliers on behalf of the Customer. When such authority has not been provided, the Support that can be offered by SYNCRO may be limited.

  • 5.4 The full breadth and depth of SYNCRO’s technical skills and expertise will not be available during Out of Hours Periods. Consequently there may be instances when the on duty Consultant reaches the boundary of their experience causing Support to be suspended until other technical members of staff are available.

  • 5.5 When other technical expertise and experience is required in relation to an Incident logged during an Out of Hours Period there is no guarantee that this will be available before the start of the next normal working day

  • 5.6 Planned maintenance (e.g. Server reboots) can be scheduled for Out of Hours Periods at no extra cost to customers with a support agreement.

  • 5.7 SYNCRO cannot guarantee that the remote connection to the Customer’s System will always be available due to issues with the Customer’s System or other external factors beyond the control of SYNCRO (e.g. Internet Service Provider problems).

  • 5.8 When Remote Support cannot resolve the Incident and On Site Support is required, the On Site visit will be arranged for the soonest available point in time during SYNCRO’s standard onsite Support Hours 09.00 AM – 5.00 PM Monday to Friday.

  • 5.9 When an onsite visit is required, it will take place in accordance with the Response Times available within the Customer’s Support Agreement. Consequently there is no guarantee that an onsite Support visit will commence immediately at the start of the next standard hours period (9.00AM)

  • 5.10 When a Customer has an Incident that is being worked upon during normal business hours that remains unresolved at 5.00PM Support will not continue in the Out of Hours Period by default.

  • 5.11 In order for Support on an Incident that remains unresolved at 5.00PM to continue and be worked on beyond 5.00PM, the Customer will be required to specifically request an immediate Out of Hours task to be logged within the Incident in question.

  • 5.12 The Customer can opt to pay for Support during Out of Hours Periods either by:

  • 5.12.1 Agreeing to a fixed fee as part of the overall contract cost in order to be able to log unlimited Out of Hours Support. The fixed fee will be stated in the Agreement. OR

  • 5.12.2 Agreeing to pay for Out of Hours Support on a pay as you go basis at an agreed hourly rate stated in the Agreement.

  • 5.12.3 Minimum billing periods will apply when Support has been delivered for part thereof the billing period in question. (i.e. Up to 30 minutes of Support provision will result in a minimum charge of 1 Hour of time. Between 60 and 90 minutes of Support will result in a charge of 2 hours of time etc…)

  • 5.12.4 When Out of Hours Support is requested on a pay as you go basis, the fees for Out of Hours Support will be invoiced in arrears as/when applicable as a separate line item in SYNCRO’s Support invoices.

  • 5.12.5 All Out of Hours Support Incidents logged will be subject to a minimum billing period of 60 minutes, followed by subsequent billing periods of 60 minutes.

  • 5.13 SYNCRO retains the right to revise the fees for Out of Hours Support from time to time and will notify Customers in advance in accordance with the guidelines stated in the Agreement from time to time.

Scheduled Maintenance

  • 6.0 Scheduled Maintenance

  • 6.1 Where your support contract provides for, in addition to Telephone, Remote & onsite Support, SYNCRO will provide regular scheduled maintenance visits as set out in the support schedule.

  • 6.2 During the maintenance visit a consultant will attend site for the provision of maintenance services which will include, but not limited to, checking successful operation of backup procedures, disk management and server updating/patching and other general servicing procedures.

  • 6.3 Once the regular checks of the server(s) and systems have been completed any remaining time may be used for other IT associated purposes, i.e. installations or other work as requested by the customer.

Chargeable Services

  • 7.0 Chargeable Services

  • 7.1 A “Change” may be in the form of urgent repair work deemed as being within the scope of the Support contract in order to maintain the accepted operational status of the System. Alternatively a Change may be an enhancement for security, stability, scalability or functionality reasons that will not be covered within the scope of the Support Service Agreement unless undertaken at the discretion of SYNCRO as a proactive measure.

  • 7.2 Requests from Customers for Changes to their System not deemed as being implicit within the ongoing Support duties required under the scope of this Agreement will normally be chargeable as separate pieces of work. SYNCRO will however assess each request on a request by request basis. If a request can be completed via remote support within a 30minute period there will not normally be a charge, any work requiring longer involvement will be charged in billing periods of 60 minutes at the rate specified in the support agreement.

  • 7.3 For separate pieces of work in the form of “consultancy” or “project work”, charges will be at the hourly rate as set out in the support agreement, unless a fixed price has been pre-agreed in the form of supporting quotes and proposals. The Customer will be required to confirm commencement of such work via sign off of a work sheet.

  • 7.4 SYNCRO will always endeavour to seek the Customer’s approval for chargeable Changes in advance, however, SYNCRO retain the right to perform chargeable Changes that fall outside of the Agreement without prior sign off if deemed absolutely necessary for the continued operation of the Customer’s System.

  • 7.5 SYNCRO retains the right to revise the fees charged for ongoing Support under the Agreement following the implementation of Changes.

  • 7.6 Any Changes performed by SYNCRO to the System will be Supported under the Agreement, once any warranty periods have expired, and pending agreement being reached on revised fees for ongoing Support (if applicable).

  • 7.7 The Customer retains overall responsibility for their System. Any Changes made to the System by the Customer or a 3rd party instructed by the Customer, may be approved in principle prior to being implemented. However, such changes will only be covered by the Agreement once approved by SYNCRO upon completion of the implementation.

  • 7.8 For such Changes to be approved upon completion, SYNCRO must receive appropriate details from the Customer in a timely fashion in order to assess the impact they will have on the System and if they may cause the need for additional Support.

  • 7.9 If accepted, with or without an increase to the fees charged via the Agreement, the Changes will be noted in Appendix 1 of the Support Service Agreement.

  • 7.10 If Support is required for an unapproved System Change or another System, SYNCRO will endeavour to provide Support under the terms of the Agreement, however SYNCRO retain the right to refuse Support or impose additional charges as necessary.

  • 7.11 If the Customer’s System grows in numbers of workstations or Server Instances by 5% over any given period, SYNCRO retains the right to instigate a System review.

  • 7.12 The result of the System review may lead to the fees charged under the Agreement to be revised.

Exclusions/Excluded Work

  • 8.0 Exclusions/Excluded Work

  • 8.1 Customers must accept that computers, software and their associated products can be supplied in an imperfect state or can develop faults over time and that SYNCRO’s role is to reduce the effects of such imperfections rather than to eliminate them.

  • 8.2 SYNCRO retains the right to exclude 3rd party software from the scope of the Agreement.

  • 8.3 When 3rd party software is included within the scope of the Agreement, Support will only be provided to users that have a reasonable level of competency and once the user has used help files and other resources available from the vendor.

  • 8.4 SYNCRO do not commit to having experts available for all 3rd party software and therefore cannot guarantee being able to resolve all Incidents relating to 3rd party software logged and will not provide training under the terms of the Agreement.

  • 8.5 When 3rd party information or services are provided SYNCRO can make no guarantees about quality or suitability.

  • 8.6 SYNCRO cannot guarantee that any 3rd party software including but not limited to Antivirus, security and firewall software, whether or not recommended by SYNCRO will keep computer(s) free of errors, viruses, worms, Trojans, email spam, spy ware, hacking or any other unauthorised access.

  • 8.7 In certain circumstances when an issue exists with an aspect of the Customer’s System, SYNCRO may recommend a solution that will require a capital cost outlay by the Customer. Such costs will not be covered by the Agreement.

  • 8.8 If the Customer chooses not to adopt the solution recommended by SYNCRO and the issues continue, SYNCRO retains the right to refuse or limit Support in respect of the item / issue in question.

  • 8.9 Alternatively a higher charge for continued Support for the item / issue may be introduced to reflect the additional effort that would not have been required if the recommendation were adopted.

  • 8.10 SYNCRO will require Administrator-level access to the System at all times

  • 8.11 SYNCRO cannot be held responsible for being unable to provide Remote Support due to a lack of remote access to the System, when the lack of remote access results from a problem with connectivity that is beyond SYNCRO’s control.

  • 8.12 SYNCRO will respond to Incidents in accordance with the Support Schedule that is specified in the Agreement.

  • 8.13 SYNCRO retains the right to decide the appropriate course of action for each Incident and will follow the necessary troubleshooting steps in order to diagnose and then rectify the Incident.

  • 8.14 Depending upon the nature of the Incident, SYNCRO may have to impose a workaround to rectify the Incident as opposed to a fix. Any workaround may be temporary prior to a permanent solution being instigated or permanent if the Customer decides not to proceed with a permanent fix.

  • 8.15 A workaround may be of a technical nature or may involve changing a manual business process performed by the Customer.

  • 8.16 SYNCRO will always aim to return the affected area of the System to an acceptable operational state, however depending on the nature of the problem this may not be possible without Changes to the System being made as in accordance with the Changes as described in section 6.

  • 8.17 SYNCRO retains the right to not install, configure or Support any software for which the Customer cannot provide / produce a valid license for.

  • 8.18 Other services not included as standard within the scope of the Agreement include:

  • 8.18.1 Procurement of new or replacement hardware, software of whatever nature.

  • 8.18.2 Installation, physical removal or relocation of hardware and software.

  • 8.18.3 Provision of Hardware warranty for repairs or replacement of equipment including but not limited to networked printers, photo copiers, fax and scanning machines (The Customer is responsible for keeping records of all 3rd party warranties and licences).

  • 8.18.4 Provision of Antivirus Software (SYNCRO will make recommendations but the Customer will remain responsible for purchasing the appropriate licence).

  • 8.18.5 Technical or end user training on the Customer’s System or 3rd party applications.

  • 8.18.6 Internet connections email and web hosting services and remote file storage services.

  • 8.18.7 Work required as a result of operator error or any other improper use, care of or accident to the system, or any failure of or change in: electricity, air conditioning, humidity control or other environmental or operating conditions not recommended or approved by SYNCRO, or by the system manufacturer

  • 8.18.8 Electrical or other work external to the equipment.

  • 8.18.9 Work on any item of the equipment that has been moved, repaired or tampered with by any person other than one of SYNCRO’s representatives.

  • 8.19. Fair Usage Policy Syncronicity Ltd. monitors Fair Usage by recording ‘man-hours’ spent on calls, dial-ins, site (where applicable) and workshop. Individual months where the figures exceed the fair usage quota are ignored as a good faith gesture unless the usage is considerably over. Labour is recorded over time and if figures are consistently exceeding its FUA, we will ask the customer to purchase additional blocks of support to cover additional support.

Complaints

  • 9.0 Complaints

  • 9.1 In the event of a complaint in respect of SYNCRO’s Support Services in whole or part, the Customer shall notify SYNCRO as soon as possible.

  • 9.2 When a Customer needs to raise a complaint, the complaint should be lodged with a director of SYNCRO either verbally or in writing. The Director will then investigate the complaint to resolve the issue or provide a full explanation of the actions / issues that resulted in the complaint.

  • 9.3 If SYNCRO fail to resolve the Customers complaint in a reasonable and or timely fashion, the Customer may exercise its right to terminate the Agreement with immediate effect as outlined in section 13.

  • 9.4 In the event that the Customer is dissatisfied with the quality of performance of a Consultant, the Customer must inform SYNCRO immediately, stating the basis for dissatisfaction. If, in the view of SYNCRO, the situation merits it, SYNCRO will withdraw the Consultant immediately and will use its reasonable endeavours to provide a replacement.

Arbitration

  • 10.0 Arbitration Any dispute, difference or question between the parties with respect of any matter arising out of or relating to this contract which cannot be resolved by the two parties within a reasonable period (but in any case not exceeding 90 days) shall be referred to the arbitration of a person to be appointed by the President of the Law Society in accordance with the provisions of the arbitration’s Act 1950 or any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof.

Invoicing and Payment

  • 11.0 Invoicing and Payment All charges in respect of the Services are due for payment on receipt of invoice, no service will be provided whilst a payment is outstanding. If any sum payable under these terms and conditions becomes overdue the Supplier reserves the right to charge interest on a day to day basis from the original due date of receipt by the Supplier of the sum due. The rate of such interest shall be three percent above the base rate of the Royal Bank of Scotland in force from time to time.

  • 11.1 SYNCRO pricing for the Services are stated on the Support Schedule. This agreement will commence on the date as specified in the attached schedule. The contract will automatically be renewed on each anniversary upon payment by the Customer of the current charges as quoted by the supplier three months prior to the renewal date.

  • 11.2 The prices quoted for the Service are in respect of a monthly charge (or part thereof in the case of additional equipment added to an existing contract) for the maintenance of the equipment listed in the schedule commencing on the date of this agreement and expiring on the anniversary of this (or in this case of add-on equipment the existing) agreement (the Renewal Date).

  • 11.3 All prices quoted are subject to change by the Supplier on the provision of 30 days’ notice to the Customer. Any period of maintenance for which the charges have been pre-paid will unaffected by a change in prices. 11.4 The Customer will be invoiced for SYNCRO’s Support Services in advance and is payable from the date of acceptance of the agreement by both parties and will be subject to the following conditions:

  • 11.4.1 For the initial period of the agreement the customer will not be required to pay any increased support charges. Subsequent period(s) may incur additional charges, and be increased at any time on or after the expiration of the initial period, subject to SYNCRO providing written notification no less than 30 days before such increase. 11.4.2 Upon the customer terminating the Support Service Agreement payments or arrears will be proportionate up to the date of termination.

  • 11.5 The Customer may pay monthly in advance via Standing Order i.e. a January Invoice covers February and is due for payment no later than 1st February by standing order or BSYNCRO.

  • 11.5.1 SYNCRO reserves the right to change the payment frequency to annually in advance, where a customer’s payment of monthly invoices is not made promptly by standing order or BSYNCRO for a period of 3 months.

  • 11.5.2 The customer will not be eligible to any discount for services if SYNCRO finds it necessary to change the payment frequency to annually in advance.

  • 11.6 If a payment from the Customer is not made for support charges or any part thereof, and remain unpaid for a period of 30 days, SYNCRO may without prejudice to other rights, give notice in writing to the customer requesting payment within seven days, failure to pay within the seven day period may result in termination of the support services and SYNCRO’s obligations under the agreement.

  • 11.7 For work performed on behalf of UK registered organisations all amounts invoiced will be subject to VAT payable at the then prevailing rate, The total support charges for the agreement will be detailed in the support schedule excluding VAT.

Warranty/Guarantees

  • 12.0 Warranty/Guarantees All repairs carried out by SYNCRO or our representatives shall be guaranteed for a period of 30 days. This guarantee does not affect the Customers statutory rights.

Patents and Copyrights

  • 13.0 Patents and Copyrights Copyright subsists in the Supplier’s proprietary Software. Software supplied by the Supplier under licence Software supplied to the Customer under licence from other vendors and all documentation relating thereto (where printed or stored magnetically). This agreement does not vary the terms of any licence entered into by the Customer relating to any software product. Under no circumstances does the use, acquisition or maintenance of such Software transfer copyright to the Customer.

Data security/Recovery

  • 14.0 Data security/Recovery SYNCRO will not be held responsible for any data corruption or loss, howsoever caused. Should any such data loss occur, SYNCRO will make every effort to recover the data. If 3rd party specialist data recovery services are required, then it is the customer’s responsibility to cover the cost for this.

Termination of Agreement

  • 15.0 Termination of Agreement

  • 15.1 The Customer can terminate the Agreement at any time with the provision of 90 days’ notice in writing following the expiration of the initial period.

  • 15.3 SYNCRO can terminate the Agreement or any aspect of it including at any time with 90 days’ notice in writing.

  • 15.4 SYNCRO can terminate the Agreement or any aspect of it with immediate effect if the Customer becomes the subject of a receivership, winding up, administration or bankruptcy order (or a petition is presented in respect of any of these). Or, if it otherwise appears to SYNCRO that the Customer is insolvent and unable to pay its debts as they fall due.

  • 15.5 SYNCRO shall be entitled to terminate the Agreement in the event that the Customer commits a material breach of the Agreement and fails to remedy the breach within 90 days of receipt of written notice from SYNCRO

  • 15.6 The customer shall be entitled to terminate the Agreement in the event that SYNCRO commits a material breach of the Agreement and fails to remedy the breach within 90 days of receipt of written notice from the customer.

  • 15.7 Any termination shall be without prejudice to SYNCRO’s other rights or to the Customers liability for amounts payable under the Agreement.

  • 15.8 In the event of termination of the Agreement, SYNCRO retains the right to uninstall any 3rd party software from the Customer’s System that SYNCRO own the licence for or that SYNCRO have installed on behalf of a 3rd party who own the software licence.

No Recruitment

  • 16.0 No Recruitment

  • 16.1 the Customer agrees that during the term of this agreement and for a period of 12 months after its termination it will not employ or engage or offer to employ or engage any member of the Associated Consultancy Service’s or Syncronicity Ltd.’s staff without the prior written consent of the Supplier. The Customer further agrees that employment or an offer to a person in breach of this clause shall result in the Customer being liable to pay damages to the Supplier equivalent to 120 days’ work by the person in question at his or her then current daily fee.

  • 16.2 the Supplier agrees that during the term of this agreement and for a period of 12 months after its termination it will not employ or engaged or offer to employ or engage any member of the Customer’s staff without prior written consent of the Customer. The Supplier further agrees that employment of or an offer to a person in breach of this clause shall result in the Supplier being liable to pay damages to the Supplier equivalent to 120 days’ work by the person in question at his or her then current daily fee.

Assignment

  • 17.0 Assignment We may assign, subcontract or otherwise dispose of our obligations under the Agreement or any other agreement between the parties to any other party. Specifically, where we procure that a third party (such as the system manufacturer) provides a preventative maintenance routine, telephone, modem or onsite support or other services to the customer, the customer shall be bound by any additional terms which the third party may impose either on SYNCRO or the customer, and if there is any inconsistency between the terms of business of the third party of and the terms of the Support Services Agreement the terms of the third party terms shall prevail. The customer may not assign the Support Services Agreement without prior written consent by a director of SYNCRO

Confidentiality

  • 18.0 Confidentiality Neither SYNCRO or any of our representatives or customers will, without the other’s written consent , disclose to any third party any information concerning the business or method of working of the other party which may be revealed to it during the period of the agreement or otherwise, except as required by law or to the extent that such information may become public knowledge or may be acquired or generated by either party independently from the other otherwise than by reason of a breach of this clause

Limitation of liability

  • 19.0 Limitation of Liability

  • 19.1 SYNCRO is not responsible for the loss of Customer data. SYNCRO is responsible for ensuring the backup software and related hardware (when applicable) is set up correctly, however, the Customer is ultimately responsible for ensuring the appropriate backups are completed and that tapes are taken off site or otherwise secured appropriately. It will be the Customers responsibility to change backup tapes.

  • 19.2 The liability of SYNCRO for any loss or damage of whatsoever nature and howsoever caused shall be limited to and in no circumstances shall exceed the aggregate price paid for the services under the Agreement up to the date in question.

  • 19.3 In no event shall SYNCRO, it’s partners or suppliers be liable for costs of substitute goods or services, nor will they be liable for loss of profits, loss of data or any indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages however caused, whether due to a breach of contract, negligence or otherwise unless such liability is determined by a Court of competent jurisdiction, without further recourse to appeal, that it was caused by gross negligence, wilful misconduct or fraudulent acts, by SYNCRO 19.4 the Customer indemnifies the Supplier in respect of: 19.4.1 direct physical damage to the Supplier’s property which is established to be the result of negligence by the Customer or its servants or agents.

  • 19.4.2 direct physical injury to or death of any of the Supplier’s servants or agents resulting from the negligence of the Supplier or its servants or agents.

  • 19.4.3 in no event shall the supplier be liable for indirect or consequential damages

Force Majeure

  • 20.0 Force majeure

  • 20.1 Neither party shall be liable for any breach of its obligations resulting from causes beyond its reasonable control including but not limited to fires, terrorist activity, strikes (of its own or other employees), insurrection or riots, embargoes, container shortages, wrecks or delays in transportation, inability to obtain supplies and raw materials, requirements or regulations of any civil or military authority (an “Event of Force Majeure”).

  • 20.2 If a default due to an Event of Force Majeure shall continue for more than twelve [12] weeks then the party not in default shall be entitled to terminate the Agreement. Neither party shall have any liability to the other in respect of the termination of the Agreement as a result of an event of Force Majeure. 21.0 Entire Agreement

The Support Services Agreement 

  • 21.1 The Support Services Agreement supersedes all prior Agreements made between SYNCRO and the Customer for the provision of Support services and constitutes the entire Agreement between the parties relating to SYNCRO’s Support Services.

  • 21.2 The Agreement does not supersede the General Trading Terms and Conditions of SYNCRO for any other business activities that the parties are or have been engaged in or may be engaged in the future.

  • 21.3 No addition to or modification of any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall be binding upon the parties, except as set out herein, unless made in writing and signed by a duly authorised representative of each of the parties.

  • 21.4 If any term, clause or condition of these Terms and Conditions is in violation of any applicable law, statute or regulation, the term, clause or condition in question shall be deemed as being deleted without effect to the remainder of these Terms and Conditions.

  • 21.5 These Terms and Conditions shall remain in full force as if the deleted term, clause or condition had not been included. SYNCRO and the Customer will negotiate, in good faith, alternative terms, clauses or conditions to those deleted that are mutually acceptable to both parties.

  • 21.6 Headings are included for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of the Agreement.

Sole appointment

  • 22.0 Sole appointment The customer shall not allow any persons other than SYNCRO or one of its representatives to support the system.

Notice

  • 23.0 Notice

  • 23.1 Any notice given under the Agreement by the Customer to SYNCRO shall be provided in writing by post or fax as set out below:

  • 23.2 Postal address: Syncronicity Ltd. The First Floor, The Chase Golf Club, Pottal Pool Road, Penkridge, Staffs ST19 5RN

  • 23.3 Any notice given under the Agreement by SYNCRO to the Customer shall be provided to the Customer as set out herein and in accordance with the contact details for the Customer stated in the Agreement. The Customer may change its contact details from time to time if required, by the provision of notice to SYNCRO.

Governing Law

  • 24.0 Governing Law This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and the parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales to settle any dispute which may arise in connection with this Agreement, save that SYNCRO has the right at its sole discretion to commence and pursue proceedings in alternative jurisdictions. This agreement will not be governed by the conflict of law rules of any jurisdiction or the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, the application of which is expressly excluded.