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SYSTEM MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT
THIS SYSTEM MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT (hereinafter “Agreement”) is entered into this
Sth day of August, 2014, by and between Harris Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, through
its RF Communications Division, located at 221 Jefferson Ridge Parkway, Lynchburg, Virginia
24501, USA, (“Seller”), and Okaloosa County Department of Public Safety located at 90 College
Boulevard East, Niceville, FL 32578 (hereinafter “Customer’’).
1. SCOPE OF AGREEMENT
During the term of this Agreement (hereinafter “Term”), Seller agrees to provide
Customer with repair and maintenance services and parts, as set forth in Section 2 of this
Agreement, to maintain the Customer’s equipment provided by Seller to Customer and
listed in Addendum II, Equipment List, to this Agreement.
2. CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
Seller shall supply all supervision, labor, service facilities, repair parts, test equipment,
and supplies necessary to meet the service requirements stated in this Agreement.
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Service Facilities
Seller shall have a full service maintenance facility available and staffed with
factory trained service technicians. The location and staffing level shall be
sufficient to meet the service requirements stated in this Agreement.
Right to Subcontract
Seller may subcontract service work to authorized service centers that meet the
minimum requirements of a service center set forth in the Seller Authorized
Service Center Agreement. Should any subcontractor fail to perform or their
work otherwise proves unsatisfactory, Seller will arrange for continuing
maintenance of the equipment by qualified technicians for the duration of this
Agreement.
Fixed Equipment Maintenance
Fixed equipment is defined as those site repeater stations and associated
equipment, multi-site coordinator, console electronics equipment, radio control
stations and other fixed equipment, all as listed in Addendum IJ, Equipment List,
attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. All work on fixed
equipment shall be performed at the location of the equipment whenever possible.
Emergency service shall be provided twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7)
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days per week. Technical personnel must respond to the emergency service
request and begin troubleshooting efforts within thirty (30) minutes of the request
and be at the location of the failed equipment within two (2) hours of the request
if the problem cannot be corrected remotely. This service is included in the
monthly maintenance rate. No fixed equipment shall be out of service in excess
of six (6) hours after notification of equipment failure when the failure results in
a critical system failure and there is no spare equipment available for use.
Otherwise, the restoral time will not exceed the following business day from the
time of request. A critical system failure is defined as a significant reduction in
the ability to communicate. Such failures include: dispatch console failure at a
location with no backup console available to support the required workload.
Specialized Site Access
On-site response times are based on the assumption that the site is accessible by
normal transportation methods and vehicles. On-site response time requirements
exclude site locations that require extensive drive time due to traffic conditions or
site locations where specialized vehicles (snowcat, helicopter, etc) are required. In
addition, Customer is responsible to ensure that all necessary clearances, escorts,
or other special requirements have been met in advance to allow technicians
prompt access to any equipment requiring service that may be located in a secured
or limited access area of the Customer’s facilities.
Spare Parts
Seller will maintain an adequate stock of spare parts. Seller will support
provisioning of its equipment through to the end of June 2021. Third party
equipment will be supported in accordance with the individual manufacturer’s
provisioning policy. Seller will utilize commercially reasonable efforts to assure
third party spare parts and equipment availability to support its maintenance
obligations under this Agreement. Seller shall not be liable to Customer for third
party spare part and equipment obsolescence or unavailability under this
Agreement beyond commercially reasonable efforts.
Working Hours
Working hours are defined as 8:00 am. to 5:00 p.m. (Central Standard Time)
Monday through Friday excluding holidays. Work performed outside of working
hours is defined as emergency service and will be performed at demand service
rates,
Demand Services
“Demand Services” shall mean service requests that are not included in this
Maintenance Agreement as described in Section 2.8, Maintenance
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Responsibilities, of this Agreement. The installation, removal, or reinstallation of
equipment not associated with repair / maintenance efforts as defined in this
Agreement shall be considered Demand Service and be performed by Seller,
following reasonable notice, and at the rates listed in Addendum I to this
Agreement. Service work made necessary because of abuse or neglect not under
the control of Seller will be performed at the hourly rate for demand service, plus
the purchase of parts. Special work, not otherwise covered, will be performed at
Seller prevailing rates.
Maintenance Responsibilities
Seller agrees to provide the following services and perform the tasks described as
part of this Agreement in accordance with the limitations and definitions of
Sections 2.7 and 6.4 of this Agreement.
a. Seller shall check, on a daily basis, the radio system’s alarm status and
report any alarm conditions to the Customer. Investigation and
troubleshooting of alarms shall begin in order of severity and impact to the
overall system’s ability to maintain effective communications. Seller will
inspect/test the communication equipment and make such repairs,
adjustments and replacements of components as may be necessary to
maintain and/or restore the system to normal operating conditions.
b. Seller shall repair, maintain and service all equipment listed in Addendum
I, Equipment List, attached hereto.
c. Seller shall perform preventative maintenance inspections and tests as
recommended by the OEM and required by applicable FCC regulations; as
a minimum, these inspections and tests will be performed annually for
equipment listed in Addendum II.
Service Records
The following service records shall be maintained and made available to the
Customer upon request:
Monthly emergency service activity including failure type, corrective action taken
and time required to restore service.
The results of preventive maintenance tests and inspections shall be provided,
upon request by the Customer within thirty (30) days of completion.
Service records for work performed as described in Section 2.9 shall be retained
for the duration of this Agreement and any subsequent renewal periods.
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Software Upgrades
Seller will provide labor to install and test software upgrades, whether for
corrective or enhancement purposes, provided that Customer subscribes to a
Seller software services agreement that provides the upgraded software.
Database Reprogramming
Console programming and system database corrections will be provided by Seller
at no cost to Customer, during the term of this Agreement, if the correction is
necessary because of an error or omission on Seller’s part. Database changes
made at Customer’s request will be performed at the hourly rates listed in
Addendum I, System Maintenance Rates, to this Agreement.
General
All services provided under this Agreement are only applicable to the equipment
sold and provided by Seller to Customer and listed in Addendum UH, Equipment
List, to this Agreement. Prior to contract signing, Seller reserves the right to
request a complete serial number listing of all equipment to be covered under this
Agreement.
Special Conditions
Any and all special service conditions are listed in Addendum II to this
Agreement, the provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference.
3. CUSTOMER FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS
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Customer shall pay the annual maintenance fee as set forth in Addendum I to this
Agreement in advance, on or before the effective date of this Agreement as set
forth in Section 5.1 hereof. Fees for demand services, as set forth in Addendum I
to this Agreement, are payable within thirty (30) days of receipt of Seller’s
invoice.
Seller may at any time hereafter revise the rates set forth in Addendum I by giving
Customer written notice thereof not later than ninety (90) day prior to the
expiration of a yearly period, provided that the revised rates are mutually agreed
upon in writing and said revised rates shall be effective for the next yearly period,
unless either party exercises its option to terminate the Agreement.
Any other payments under this Agreement are due within thirty (30) days of
receipt of Seller’s invoice.
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3.4
All late payments under this Agreement shall bear interest at a rate of one and
one-half percent (1.5%) per month.
4, WARRANTY
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Seller warrants that all services performed under this Agreement will be done in
an efficient and workmanlike manner. Under no circumstances will Seller’s
liability to Customer exceed the amounts paid by Customer under this Agreement
for the applicable service that causes the Customer’s claim. IN NO EVENT
SHALL SELLER BE LIABLE TO THE CUSTOMER FOR ANY SPECIAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR EXEMPLARY
DAMAGES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFIT OR
REVENUES, LOSS OF USE OF THE EQUIPMENT OR ANY ASSOCIATED
EQUIPMENT, COST OF CAPITAL, COST OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS,
FACILITIES, SERVICES OR REPLACEMENT POWER, DOWNTIME COSTS
OR CLAIMS OF CUSTOMER’S CLIENTS, IF ANY, FOR SUCH DAMAGES.
THE WARRANTY SET FORTH IN SECTION 4.1 ABOVE IS SELLER’S
SOLE WARRANTY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND IS IN LIEU OF ANY
AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL,
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Patents, Trademarks, Information
a. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as;
0) A warranty or representation by Seller that any advice provided
under this Agreement is or will be free from infringement of
patents of third parties; or
Gi) = Conferring a right to Customer to use in advertising, publicity or
otherwise any trademark or trade name of Seller; or
Gii) Granting to Customer by implication, estoppel, or otherwise any
licenses or rights under patents of Seller.
b. SELLER MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS, EXTENDS NO
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED,
AND ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITIES WHATSOEVER WITH
RESPECT TO THE ADEQUACY, ACCURACY OR UTILITY OF ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED BY CUSTOMER UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT, Seller assumes no responsibilities whatsoever with
respect to the use by Customer or any third party of any information
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obtained by Customer or third party under this Agreement with respect to
any use, sale or other disposition by Customer or its clients or other
transferees of any products incorporating or made by use of the
information obtained under this Agreement.
5. TERM AND TERMINATION
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5.2
5.3
5.4
The services under this Agreement will be provided by Seller to Customer for an
initial two (2) year period and thereafter on an annual basis as provided herein
with rates to be
