AGREEMENT - MGSI
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
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APPLICATIONS SOFTWARE AGREEMENT
This AGREEMENT, made and entered into this 7,H day of
M ,1988, by and between the City of Clearwater,
Florida, hereinafter referred to as the "CLIENT" and Moore
Governmental Systems, Inc., (MGSI), hereinafter referred to as
the "CONTRACTOR".
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the CLIENT requires specialized electronic
data processing products and services as identified in this
AGREEMENT and attached Addenda,
itself to be a qualified supplier
and CONTRACTOR has represented
of such products and services;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto do hereby mutually
agree as follows:
I. SCOPE OF SERVICES
A. The CONTRACTOR agrees to provide such services as are
generally recognized as necessary for the reasonable
operation of the product(s) identified by this
AGREEMENT and its referenced Addenda which includes,
but not limited to, the document, "Payroll Processing
System, Human Resource Management System, Quotation
for the City of Clearwater, Florida". These services
are limited to:
1. An on-site requirements study to review the
features and functions of the Application ( s) with
the appropriate agency and to obtain detailed
information regarding cosmetic modifications to the
Application(s) which are necessitated by this
AGREEMENT, its Addenda or by mutual consent.
Cosmetic modifications are programming
modifications to existing programs which are
reasonable in nature and do not affect the design
concepts of the system(s) as generally described in
the attached Addenda.
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2. Program and documentation modification of existing
Application ( s) necessary for compliance with the
document created as a result of the activity
defined in Section I, Paragraph A, Item 1.
3. Specification of the data formats required for
conversion of historical data for each Application.
The CONTRACTOR assumes no responsibility for the
completeness or correctness of data supplied by the
CLIENT or its agents.
4. Four sets (3 bound 1 unbound) of the
Application(s) documentation. Each set to consist
of:
a) Requirements Document
b) Detailed Design Document
c) Operators' Manual
d) Users' Guide
5. An optional pre-acceptance test to be conducted at
the CONTRACTOR's facilities in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana.
6. On-site Application(s) orientation for the CLIENT's
data processing operations staff.
7. On-site Application(s) orientation for the CLIENT's
programming staff.
a. On-site training of user department personnel in
the use of the Application(s) functions.
9. On-site implementation on a UNISYS A-Series
processor using MCP-AS operating system utilizing
pollable terminals with COMS Total, Screen Design
Facility (SDF), DMSII and SORT.
10. On-site Application(s) demonstration/testing.
11. Source code provided on computer readable media for
the Application(s).
B. The CLIENT agrees to provide the following:
1. A staff member to be designated as the project
coordinator to provide liaison between the CLIENT
and the CONTRACTOR.
2. Appropriate CLIENT personnel as necessary for the
purpose of defining the requirements.
3. Formal acceptance of the Requirements Document
within two weeks of receipt.
4. Reasonable work space for the CONTRACTOR's
personnel as required during the implementation and
training phase of the project.
5. Reasonable computer time and related facilities as
required for Application(s) implementation and
training.
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6. Data necessary for the appropriate master files on
mutually agreeable computer readable media in the
specified format a minimum of one week prior to the
on-site implementation task.
II. PROJECT SCHEDULE
A. The CONTRACTOR agrees to provide the Application( s)
and services identified in this AGREEMENT and its
Addenda according to the following schedule:
APPLICATION IDENTIFICATION
INSTALLATION MONTH
Payroll Processing System
Human Resource Management System
September, 1988
September, 1988
B. The CLIENT and the CONTRACTOR agree that the
aforementioned schedule may be extended by mutual
agreement. Such extension will not exceed six months
without renegotiation of the cost of such
Applications.
C. The CONTRACTOR shall not be held liable for any
failure or delay in the performance of this AGREEMENT
if such failure or delay is due in whole or in part to
any cause beyond the reasonable control of the
CONTRACTOR.
D. The CLIENT agrees to insure the correctness and
functionali ty of the telecommunications network and
necessary computer hardware prior to the earliest
implementation date identified in this AGREEMENT. The
CLIENT further agrees to compensate the CONTRACTOR, in
accordance with Section III, Paragraph E, for any
delay created by the unavailability of hardware during
the on-site implementation process.
III. COMPENSATION
A. The CONTRACTOR will provide all services and
products as described in this AGREEMENT and referenced
Addenda for a one time fixed fee of One Hundred
Fourteen Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($114,400.00).
B. The CLIENT agrees to compensate the CONTRACTOR in
accordance with the following schedule:
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1. Module price of the individual system( s) due upon
contract execution.
2. Eighty-five percent (85%) of individual system(s)
services payable at end of month in which they
occur.
3. Fifteen percent (15%) of individual system(s)
services upon satisfactory completion of system(s)
ninety day warranty period.
C. The CLIENT agrees to remit the net amount of each
invoice within thirty days of receipt.
D. The CLIENT assumes responsibility for state and/or
local taxes. It is acknowledged that the City of
Clearwater, Florida is exempt from state and/or local
taxes.
E. The CONTRACTOR agrees to perform additional data
processing services which exceed the scope of this
AGREEMENT for a fixed hourly rate, portal to portal,
of Eighty Dollars ($80.00) per hour plus travel and
expense billed at actual cost. This rate will remain
in effect for twelve months from the date of this
AGREEMENT. Work performed under this clause will be
requested in writing and authorized by an executed
purchase order.
F. Software maintenance contract options are provided in
Addendum III.
IV. TERMINATION
A. If either party fails to perform its obligations under
this AGREEMENT and its referenced Addenda within a
period of ninety (90) days after receipt of written
notice of non-compliance, the non-defaulting party may
terminate this AGREEMENT. The CONTRACTOR shall be
entitled to receive just and equitable compensation
for all services satisfactorily completed to the date
of termination. In the event of litigation between
the parties resulting from any such termination, the
prevailing party shall be entitled to costs and
attorney's fees.
B. Notices required or permitted under this AGREEMENT
shall be addressed to:
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for the CLIENT: City Manager
City of Clearwater
P.O. Box 4748
Clearwater, FL. 34619
for the CONTRACTOR: Harley L. Moore, President
Moore Governmental Systems, Inc.
P. O. Box 3616
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
V. TERMS AND CONDITIONS
A. The CONTRACTOR shall exercise all reasonable care in
the handling of materials and data supplied by the
CLIENT; however, the CONTRACTOR shall not be liable
for direct or indirect damages through loss of such
material or data.
B. The CONTRACTOR shall not at any time divulge any
information relative to the CLIENT's business to a
third party.
C. The CLIENT and CONTRACTOR mutually agree that no offer
of employment will be extended to current employees
during the term of this AGREEMENT and for a period of
one year after completion.
D. The CONTRACTOR will not discriminate against any
employee or applicant for employment to be employed in
the performance of this contract with respect to his
or her hire, tenure, terms, conditions, or privileges
of employment or any matter directly or indirectly
related to employment, because of race, color, age,
sex, religion, national origin, or ancestry.
E. The personnel assigned by CONTRACTOR to perform
services described herein will be qualified to perform
the assigned duties, and CONTRACTOR will determine
which personnel shall be assigned to any particular
project and may replace and reassign such personnel
during the project.
F. The CONTRACTOR assumes responsibility for its
personnel providing services hereunder and will make
all deductions for Social Security Worker's
Compensation Insurance for each employee.
G. The CONTRACTOR will submit monthly progress reports
reflecting the status of the project.
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H. The CLIENT agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold
CONTRACTOR harmless from any liability or claims of
any kind or any injury to the person or property of or
any loss, expense, or damage incurred by any employee,
customer, or invitee of CLIENT or any other person or
party (except agents or employees of the CONTRACTOR),
unless, however, such injury, loss, expense, or damage
arises from the negligence, contributory negligence,
or willful act by CONTRACTOR or its agent or
employees.
I. The provisions of this AGREEMENT shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto,
their successors and assigns.
J. The CONTRACTOR agrees to maintain a local Florida
office during the term of this contract.
VI. OWNERSHIP, USE, AND CONFIDENTIALITY
A. Ownership - Title and full ownership to the Programs
is and shall at all times remain in the CONTRACTOR,
and no right, title, or interest in the Programs shall
pass to CLIENT except. the right to maintain possession
and use of the Programs. The Programs are agreed to
be the CONTRACTOR's proprietary information and trade
secret, whether or not any portion thereof is or may
be validly copyrighted or patented. CLIENT agrees to
keep the Programs at all times free and clear of all
liens. The CONTRACTOR hereby acknowledges the
requirements and exceptions necessitated by UNISYS
financing. As used herein, the term "Lien" means any
lien, security interest, tax lien, mechanic's or
materialman's lien, or any other similar encumbrance.
B. Use - The CLIENT, by this AGREEMENT, acquires no
rights to the Programs except to use such Programs.
The ideas and the expressions contained in the
Programs are acknowledged by the CLIENT to be
confidential proprietary information belonging to the
CONTRACTOR. The use of the aforementioned ideas and
expressions contained in the programs to produce a
software product for commercial exploitation or for
use on any computer hardware other than the UNISYS A-
Series is strictly prohibited under this AGREEMENT.
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The CLIENT shall take all reasonable precautions
consistent with the Freedom of Information laws for
the State of Florida to maintain the confidentiality
of the Programs, but not less than that employed to
protect its own proprietary information. CLIENT shall
permit CONTRACTOR's representatives to inspect any
location in which the Programs are being used at all
reasonable times for the purposes of determining that
CLIENT is not in default of this AGREEMENT. In
particular, CLIENT recognizes the proprietary nature
of the Programs and, in connection with said Programs,
agrees as follows:
1. To use them solely at the place recognized as the
CLIENT's data processing center.
2. To make no copies of or duplicate the Programs or
any component thereof by any other means for any
purpose whatsoever, except as is required for back-
up security storage, without the prior written
consent of the CONTRACTOR.
3. To instruct its employees and agents having access
to the Programs not to copy or duplicate the
Programs or make any disclosure with reference
thereto or any components thereof to any third
party.
4. To effect normal security measures to safeguard the
Programs from theft or from access by persons other
than its own employees using the Programs for
CLIENT's own requirements.
CLIENT warrants that all individuals having access to
the Programs under this AGREEMENT shall observe and
perform the non-disclosure and other covenants of this
AGREEMENT. The CLIENT agrees to notify CONTRACTOR
promptly of the circumstances surrounding any
unauthorized possession, use, or knowledge of any part
of the programs or physical embodiment thereof, or
other information made available pursuant to this
AGREEMENT by anyone other than persons authorized by
this AGREEMENT to have such possession, use, or
knowledge. CLIENT further agrees that it will not,
without the prior written consent of the CONTRACTOR
(which consent may be withheld with or without cause),
(a) use, operate, maintain, or store the Programs or
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any component thereof in violation of this AGREEMENT
or of any laws, or (b) permit the Programs or any
component thereof to be subject to any lien. The
CONTRACTOR hereby acknowledges the requirements and
exceptions necessitated by UNISYS financing.
CLIENT agrees that it will not, without the prior
written consent of the CONTRACTOR, provide or
otherwise make the Programs (or any component thereof)
available, in any form, to any person other than the
CLIENT, and its agents and employees, and the
CONTRACTOR, and its employees. CLIENT further agrees
that the Programs will not be sold, assigned,
sublicensed, leased, encumbered or otherwise disposed
of, communicated to, or commercially exploited or
marketed in any way, whether with or wi thou t
consideration. CLIENT further agrees that a violation
in any material respect of any provision of this
paragraph may cause irreparable injuries to
CONTRACTOR, and CLIENT agrees that the CONTRACTOR
shall be entitled to compensation for legal fees,
related expenses, and to preliminary injunctive relief
and other injunctive relief against any such
violation. Such injunctive relief shall be in
addition to, and in no way in limitation of, any and
all remedies or rights which the CONTRACTOR shall have
at law or in equity for the enforcement of the
agreements contained in this paragraph. As used
herein, the term "Person" means any individual,
corporation, business trust, unincorporated
association, company, firm, partnership, joint
venture, tribunal, trust, or other entity. As used
herein the term "Program" means source or object code,
documentation, program listing and any such material
defining all or part of any Application.
VII. WARRANTY; LIMIT OF LIABILITY
A. The CONTRACTOR warrants to CLIENT that the System( s)
will conform to the CONTRACTOR'S published
specifications contained in the supporting
documentation which accompanies, and is part of, the
System(s). THE FOREGOING IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER
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WARRANTIES, and the CLIENT acknowledges and agrees
that THE CONTRACTOR HAS NOT MADE, AND DOES NOT HEREBY
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MAKE, ANY OTHER REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, OR
COVENANT , EXPRESS OR IMPLIED BY OPERATION OF LAW OR
OTHERWISE, WITH RESPECT TO THE MERCHANTABILITY,
CONDITION, QUALITY, DURABILITY, TITLE, DESIGN,
OPERATION, FITNESS FOR USE, OR SUITABILITY OF THE
PROGRAMS OR ANY COMPONENT THEREOF IN ~ RESPECT
WHATSOEVER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR FOR THE PURPOSE
AND USES OF CUSTOMER, OR ANY OTHER REPRESENTATION,
WARRANTY, OR COVENANT OF ANY KIND AND CHARACTER,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT THERETO AND THE
CONTRACTOR DISCLAIMS ANY SUCH WARRANTIES. The
CONTRACTOR's liability hereinunder for damages,
including, but not limited to, liability of copyright
or patent infringement, regardless of the form of
action, shall not exceed the Charge (or, if the Charge
shall not have been paid in full, the amount actually
paid to the CONTRACTOR). The CONTRACTOR shall not be
liable for any lost revenues, or for any claim,
demand, or action against CLIENT by any other person,
except a claim for copyright or patent infringement.
No action, regardless of form, arising out of the
transactions described in this AGREEMENT may be
brought by either party more than one year after the
cause of action has occurred, except that an action
for non-payment be brought wi thin one year after the
date of last payment. IN NO EVENT WILL THE CONTRACTOR
BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, NOTWITHSTANDING THAT THE
CONTRACTOR MAY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES.
B. The CONTRACTOR agrees to make required modifications,
at the time of delivery and for a period of ninety
(90) days after installation, that are necessary to
correct any malfunctions or incorrectness in the
System(s) as described in this document and its
referenced Addenda. An extended two hundred seventy-
five (275) day warranty will be included in which the
CONTRACTOR will provide telephonic support to assist
in the correction of any latent errors.
C. The CLIENT agrees that all warranty expressed in this
AGREEMENT is voided if modification(s) are made to any
program(s) by persons other than the CONTRACTOR or
authorized agent during the warranty period.
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VIII.
VENUE
A. Any action under this AGREEMENT shall be in a court of
competent jurisdiction in Pinellas County, Florida.
IX. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
A. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE ADDENDA ATTACHED AND REFERENCED
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CONTAIN THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES AND
SUPERSEDE ALL PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS, WRITTEN AND VERBAL.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT BE MODIFIED EXCEPT IN WRITING
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AND EXECUTED BY THE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
"CLIENT" AND "CONTRACTOR".
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
AGREEMENT to be executed by their duly authorized representatives
as of the date first written above.
FOR THE CLIENT:
FOR THE CONTRACTOR:
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ADDENDUM I
QUOTATION
FOR
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
DATED
MARCH 15, 1988
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ADDENDUM II
REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENTS
FOR
PAYROLL PROCESSING SYSTEM
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
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ADDEHDUH III
OPTIONAL HAIN'.rENANCE AGREEMENT
TELEPHONIC CONSULTATION (4%*)
Includes: Hot line service for answering all user and data
processing questions.
FULL MAINTENANCE (10%*)
Includes: Telephonic consultation services.
A dial-up modem for remote diagnosis provided at
cost.
Correction of any inherent problems in the base
line software after normal warranty period.**
Enhancements to the software products will be
made available.***
* This is a per annum charge in advance on the total price of
the application.
** Anyon-site corrections will be billed for reasonable travel
costs only.
*** Any support in installation of enhancements will be billed
at our then current billing rate plus expenses.
The above prices (percentages) are subject to change based
on prevailing rates at time of execution.