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Software Maintenance Agreement (standard)

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Software Maintenance Agreement (standard)

Software Maintenance Agreement (standard)


Price: £40.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

This is a standard software maintenance agreement template. It sets out details of the software support and maintenance services to be provided by the supplier to the customer. It also sets out details of the customer's payment and other obligations owed to the supplier. Sample clauses from the the agreement are available for review here:

Sample Software Maintenance Agreement

The support and maintenance services that may be provided under the agreement include: (i) the provision of a helpdesk, (ii) assistance with the use of software, (iii) error-fixing services, (iv) upgrades to software and (v) the development of new software functionality.

The software maintenance agreement also includes provisions allowing for the licensing of modifications created by the supplier when providing the services. (If you need a document where rights in the modifications are assigned - rather than licensed - to the customer, you should consider our premium software support agreement document.)

The contents of this template agreement are as follows:

(1) Definitions and interpretation
(2) Term
(3) Services
(4) Customer obligations
(5) Invoicing
(6) Payment
(7) Modifications: licence
(8) Customer licence
(9) Warranties
(10) Limitations and exclusions of liability
(11) Termination
(12) Effects of termination
(13) Notices
(14) Data protection
(15) General

The software maintenance agreement also includes these schedules:

Schedule 1 - Maintenance SLA
Schedule 2 - Charges

This agreement is included in our standard Software Developer Pack.

The template is some 17 pages long (including the cover sheet) and is supplied in Word (.doc) format for easy editing.

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Software Maintenance Agreement Q&A

Software Maintenance Agreement Q&A

Can the vendor sub-contract the supply of maintenance services?

The agreement includes an express provision that may either permit or prohibit sub-contracting.

What are the consequences, under the agreement, if the customer does not pay the charges?

A failure to pay will usually be a material breach of contract, and therefore give rise to a right of termination. An optional clause in the agreement allows the supplier to suspend the services in these circumstances, without going so far as to terminate the agreement.

To what extent can this cover the design and development of new software?

Although there are provisions covering development work, the software maintenance agreement is not suitable for significant development projects, or at least it is not suitable without some serious editing. Under the development services section, which is set out in the service level agreement, the supply of development services can be an obligation for the supplier, or can be conditional upon the further agreement of the supplier in relation to each request for such services.

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