Terms and Conditions for Services
2.
Services. Service Provider
shall provide the services to Customer as described in the Order Confirmation
(the "Services") in
accordance with these Terms.
3.
Performance Dates. Service Provider shall use reasonable efforts to
meet any performance dates specified in the Order Confirmation, and any such
dates shall be estimates only.
4.
Customer's Obligations. Customer shall:
(b)
respond promptly to any
Service Provider request to provide direction, information, approvals,
authorizations, or decisions that are reasonably necessary for Service Provider
to perform Services in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement; and
5.
Customer's Acts
or Omissions. If Service
Provider's performance of its obligations under this Agreement is prevented or
delayed by any act or omission of Customer or its agents, Service Provider
shall not be deemed in breach of its obligations under this Agreement or
otherwise liable for any costs, charges, or losses sustained or incurred by
Customer.
6.
Fees and
Expenses; Payment Terms; Interest on Late Payments.
(ii)
suspend
performance for all Services until payment has been made in full.
7.
Taxes. Customer shall be
responsible for all sales, use and excise taxes, and any other similar taxes,
duties and charges of any kind imposed by any federal, state, or local
governmental entity on any amounts payable by Customer hereunder.
8.
Representation
and Warranty.
(b)
The Service Provider
shall not be liable for a breach of the warranty set forth in Section 8(a) unless Customer
gives written notice of the defective Services, reasonably described, to
Service Provider within 10 days of the time when Customer discovers or ought to
have discovered that the Services were defective.
(c)
Subject to Section 8(b), Service Provider
shall, in its sole discretion, either:
(i)
repair or
re-perform such Services (or the defective part); or
(ii)
credit or refund
the price of such Services at the pro rata contract rate.
(d)
THE REMEDIES SET FORTH IN SECTION 8(c) SHALL BE THE CUSTOMER'S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AND
SERVICE PROVIDER'S ENTIRE LIABILITY FOR ANY BREACH OF THE LIMITED WARRANTY SET
FORTH IN SECTION 8(a).
9.
Disclaimer of
Warranties. EXCEPT FOR
THE WARRANTY SET FORTH IN SECTION 9(a) ABOVE, SERVICE PROVIDER MAKES NO WARRANTY WHATSOEVER
WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES, INCLUDING ANY (A) WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY; OR
(B) WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE; OR (C) WARRANTY OF TITLE; OR
(D) WARRANTY AGAINST INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF A THIRD
PARTY; WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED BY LAW, COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF
PERFORMANCE, USAGE OF TRADE, OR OTHERWISE.
(a)
IN NO EVENT SHALL SERVICE PROVIDER BE LIABLE TO
CUSTOMER OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY LOSS OF USE, REVENUE OR PROFIT OR LOSS
OF DATA OR DIMINUTION IN VALUE, OR FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT,
EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHETHER ARISING OUT OF BREACH OF
CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH
DAMAGES WERE FORESEEABLE AND WHETHER OR NOT SERVICE PROVIDER HAS BEEN ADVISED
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF ANY
AGREED OR OTHER REMEDY OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. THIS LIMITATION INCLUDES ANY DATA BREACH OR OTHER CYBER
EVENT CAUSED BY A THIRD PARTY.
11.
Termination. In addition to
any remedies that may be provided under this Agreement, Service Provider may
terminate this Agreement with immediate effect upon written notice to Customer,
if Customer:
12.
Waiver. No waiver by Service Provider of any of the
provisions of this Agreement is effective unless explicitly set forth in
writing and signed by Service Provider. No failure to exercise, or delay in
exercising, any rights, remedy, power, or privilege arising from this Agreement
operates or may be construed as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise
of any right, remedy, power, or privilege hereunder precludes any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power, or
privilege.
13.
Force Majeure. No party shall be liable or responsible to the other
party, or be deemed to have defaulted under or breached this Agreement, for any
failure or delay in fulfilling or performing any term of this Agreement (except
for any obligations of Customer to make payments to Service Provider
hereunder), when and to the extent such failure or delay is caused by or
results from acts beyond the impacted party's ("Impacted Party") reasonable
control, including, without limitation, the following force majeure events
("Force Majeure Event(s)"): (a) acts of God; (b) flood, fire, earthquake, epidemic, or explosion; (c) war, invasion, hostilities
(whether war is declared or not), terrorist threats or acts, riot or other
civil unrest; (d) government order, law, or action; (e) embargoes or blockades in effect
on or after the date of this Agreement; (f) national or regional emergency; (g) strikes, labor stoppages or
slowdowns or other industrial disturbances; (h) telecommunication breakdowns,
power outages, or inability or delay in obtaining supplies of adequate or
suitable materials; and (i) other events beyond the reasonable
control of the Impacted Party.
14.
Assignment. Customer shall
not assign any of its rights or delegate any of its obligations under this
Agreement without the prior written consent of Service Provider. Any purported
assignment in violation of this Section is void. No assignment or delegation
relieves Customer of any of its obligations under this Agreement.
15.
Relationship of the Parties. The relationship
between the parties is that of independent contractors. Nothing contained in
this Agreement shall be construed as creating any agency, partnership, joint
venture or other form of joint enterprise, employment, or fiduciary relationship
between the parties, and neither party shall have authority to bind the other
party in any manner.
16.
No Third-Party
Beneficiaries. This Agreement is
for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
permitted assigns and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or
shall confer upon any other person or entity any legal or equitable right,
benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of these Terms.
17.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction. All matters arising out of or relating to this
Agreement are governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of
the State
of Indiana without giving
effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Indiana or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the
application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of Indiana. Any legal suit,
action, or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be
instituted in the federal courts of the Northern District of Indiana or the state
courts of the State of Indiana located in Elkhart
County, and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of
such courts in any such suit, action, or proceeding.
18.
Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder
(each, a "Notice") shall
be in writing and addressed to the parties at the addresses set forth in the
Order Confirmation or to such other address that may be designated by the
receiving party in writing. All Notices shall be delivered by email, certified
or registered mail, or other reasonable method. A Notice is effective only (a)
upon receipt of the receiving party, and (b) if the party giving the Notice has
complied with the requirements of this Section.
19.
Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement is
invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity,
illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of
this Agreement or invalidate or render unenforceable such term or provision in
any other jurisdiction.
20.
Survival. Provisions of these Terms, which by their nature
should apply beyond their terms, will remain in force after any termination or
expiration of this Agreement including, but not limited to, the following
provisions: Confidentiality, Disclaimer of Warranties, Limitation of Liability,
and Survival.
21.
Amendment and
Modification. This Agreement may only be amended or modified in a
writing which specifically states that it amends this Agreement and is signed
by an authorized representative of each party.