In consideration
of the mutual covenants set forth in this Agreement, Customer
and Company (A Corporate Catalyst, Inc.) hereby agree as follows:
development of website/digital media, systems, and business/
organizational consulting. Company agrees to develop the Website
and other digital media including systems and consult according
to the terms expressed by the Customer and recommended by the
Company. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of Customer and Company.
Customer desires
to engage Company’s services and Company has agreed, to
design, develop, implement, provide a host, manage, and maintain
on behalf of Client a presence (the "Website') on the international
computer network referred to as the Internet, accessible using
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol and generally known as the World
Wide Web (the "Web"). Company has agreed to provide
Client with development, design, and management services in
connection with the Website and to provide related services,
all as set forth in this Agreement. Now, therefore, the parties
hereby agree as follows:
The Company
will establish a separate contract with an ISP or Web Hosting
provider on behalf of the Client. The Client hereby authorizes
Company to access this account, and authorizes the Internet
Service Provider to provide Company with "full permissions"
for the Client's network and web page directory, cgi-bin directory,
and any other directories or programs, which need to be accessed
by Company for this project. Passwords shall be kept confidential
and not shared. In the event of a fault with your web hosting
service or server, the Company will initiate an inquiry into
the service disruption immediately once notified, usually within
24 working hours of the fault or support issue being observed
and reported. In the event of a hardware or software fault being
found, the software or hardware maintainer will be contacted
and Company will negotiate with service providers on the Client's
behalf. In the event of an operating system fault, Company will
endeavor to solve the problem as soon as it is possible. Occasionally
(not often) the hosting service provider may go offline to perform
routine maintenance and upgrades. No other parties shall have
the right to change the website (excluding text postings). If
the Client or an agent other than Company attempts updating
the web pages, time to repair/ restore web pages will be assessed
at 2x the hourly rate, and is not included as part of the updating
time. All change requests must be pre-proofed, approved by the
appropriate person and submitted with specific destination instructions
via eMail.
Delivery schedules
will be predicated on normal working conditions and are subject
to adjustment at any time in the event of any cause(s) beyond
our control. Travel or production schedules may affect implementation
or progress of the project. Company will use our best efforts
to complete the project within a reasonable time frame. The
allocation of costs may not exactly reflect the anticipated
budgets for services outlined; decisions regarding these budgets
within any fixed cost shall be made at our discretion. Rush
surcharge fee 100%. Plan selected may be upgraded. The Company,
estimates that it will require 2-12 weeks to complete the initial
phases. Company shall contact or meet with the Client on a mutually
acceptable schedule to report all tasks completed, situations
encountered, work, and recommended changes relating to the development
and testing of the Website. Company will use reasonable diligence
in the development of the Website. Customer acknowledges that
delivery dates and the other payment milestones listed are estimates,
and are not required delivery dates. The project output and
its pace will be based on the company's input, time-frame, budget,
resources available and allotted at this time. Due to the nature
of the work, both fees and delivery times for services are based
on preliminary specifications. Changes in specifications by
your organization or vendors may result in an adjustment of
the agreement fees and/or scheduled completion date. With so
many unknown variables, open-ended possibilities, forces, and
interactions within the scope of creative projects, it is very
difficult to exactly anticipate time, services, and materials
although effort will be made to do so based on general specifications.
The Client shall offer the Company the first opportunity to
make any changes or preparing the work beyond its original use.
Unauthorized alterations shall constitute additional use and
will be billed accordingly. Professional services are billed
at the standard rate of $75. - $225. per hour. Local on-client-site
meeting time is surcharged a flat $125. for travel time and
expenses. Expenses, such as phone, communications, fax, materials,
copying, postage, shipping, support aids, books, communications,
commercial transportation, meals, living expenses, (outside
Miami), entertainment, materials, media, applications, and printing
will be reimbursed at cost for client centered activities upon
submitting invoices. Your travel / entertainment expenses etc.
are not included. Unlimited office materials, local telephone
calls, email, faxes, and standard postage are included. Payment
reimbursable expenses are billable as incurred on a weekly basis.
Your company shall be responsible for the payment of sales tax,
if any such tax is due and to comply with any agency rules.
Any changes to the project that exceed the order will be submitted
to you for approval prior to execution. Work may not at any
time be used without payment.
Every effort
is made to prepare text and work in accordance with your specifications
and instruction. However, discrepancies do occur. Due to various
display devices and resolutions, it is not always possible to
match original color, fonts, sizes etc. however; we will try
to match theme as close as possible. For this very reason, we
provide you with copies to review and approve prior to production.
It is the client’ s responsibility to check all information,
legal issues as to use, copy, spelling, grammar, art, and lay
out positions. Client is required and all art, fees and deposits
will be forfeited. It is acknowledged that consultant shall
not be liable for any data conversion or maintenance which is
subject to the likelihood of human and machine errors, omissions,
delays, and losses, including inadvertent loss of data or damage.
The Client will indemnify the Company against all claims and
expenses arising from uses for which the Client does not have
rights to or authority to use. All rights not expressly granted
above are retained by the Company, including any electronic
rights or usage, and including, but not limited to, all rights
in sketches, comps or other preliminary materials. Any use additional
to that expressly granted above requires arrangement for payment
of a separate fee.
The Client
will be responsible for payment of any special licensing or
royalty fees resulting from the use of sound or graphics or
other third party agreements that require such payments. CLIENT
EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT IT WILL HOLD THE COMPANY HARMLESS FOR
ALL LIABILITY CAUSED BY THE CLIENT'S USE OF THE COMPANY'S PRODUCT
TO THE EXTENT SUCH USE INFRINGES ON THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS OR
INFORMATION CONTAINED (ON THE WEB). Site submission does not
guarantee placement.
In the event
that the client wished to hold the works for consideration,
this holding time shall not exceed three days. It is the client’s
responsibility to return and sign-off on said work. If the project
is cancelled then items that are in process but not finalized
will be charged; if items are used in part or whole at a later
time, the total amount will become payable and due immediately.
In the event of cancellation of this Agreement due to illness,
unforeseen emergency, or overriding obligation, Company will
not have any liability for expenses or losses incurred by the
Client. Because this confirmation removes consultancy company
from the marketplace on the agreed upon dates/ time, 30 day
written cancellation notice, provided that payment is up-to-date.
Cancellation "kill" fees are due based on the amount
of work completed. Fifty percent of the final fee is due within
30 days of notification for any reason the job is canceled or
postponed before the final stage. One hundred percent of the
total fee is due despite cancellation or postponement of the
job if the work has been completed. Upon cancellation or kill
all rights to the art revert to the Company and all original
art must be returned, including sketches, comps, or other preliminary
materials. Any quotations expire in thirty days. The term of
this Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and shall continue
for a period of one (1) year and automatically renewed unless
notified in writing 30 days prior to anniversary date. To the
extent that the Company has acted as Client's agent with respect
to securing domain names or Internet addresses, the Company
agrees that it shall hold all of such Addressing Materials in
trust for Client's sole and absolute use. Client agrees that
the Company shall be entitled to reasonable and customary credit
for creation of the Website, including a link on the Website
to the company's website in such form. We understand that this
is budgeted project and will each govern ourselves accordingly.
Invoices are due upon receipt. All payments (by check or money
order) are payable to A CORPORATE CATALYST Inc. Visa, MasterCard,
or American
Express accepted.
Interest will be charged at the rate of 2% per month for a delinquent
account plus $150. republishing fee per incident. If payment
is not received prior to the first day of each month, credit
card will be billed. For all of Company’ services under
this Agreement, Customer shall compensate Company, in cash,
the amount specified. For cancellations, all fees and deposits
will be forfeited; for each bounced check or COD refusal a fee
of $35. plus collection fee if necessary will be charged to
client. In the event Client fails to make any of the payments
referenced by the deadlines set forth, Company have the right,
but are not obligated, to pursue any or all of the following
remedies: (1) terminate the Agreement, (2) immediately stop
all works-in-progress, suspend site, or remove unpaid material,
(3) bring legal action. The Client shall assume responsibility
for all collection of legal fees necessitated by default in
payment. For work used in part or whole at a later time, the
total amount will become payable and due immediately. The Company’s
financial agreement is with and due from you, it bears no relation
to compensation from other sources. The Company is an independent
contractor, and nothing herein shall be construed to create
any partnership, joint venture, or agency relationship between
the parties hereto. The client shall indemnify vendor against
all claims and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s
fees, due to uses for which no release was requested in writing
or for uses which exceed authority granted by a release or information
contained in the site. All rights not specifically granted in
this Agreement are reserved. In any provision found void it
may be reformed and all other provisions shall remain valid.
Any code provided is for usage only under the terms of this
agreement and does not construe ownership in any form. As required,
additional support services will be contracted i.e. creative
services, graphic art, writing, special events, booth construction,
production, exhibition services, public relations, corporate
image, brochures, special translations or application support
will be invoiced separately. The placement of paid advertisement
is subject to the usual charge of 18%. Any work not personally
performed by the Company in their capacity will deem them as
an Agent. Agreement and work products are solely intended for
the client’s primary company’s purpose of developing
and marketing its services or products. The Company provides
a valuable service by identifying tasks and vendors to perform
work. Client and your organization will not perform work contained
within, hire or recruit vendors until two years after termination
of agreement or you will incur appropriate costs. All work is
for use during contract duration and licensed on a non-exclusive
basis and protected under the copyright usage laws of the United
States, Title 17, United States Code, intellectual property
or trademark laws. Company shall hold all right, title, and
interest in and to the Website/Media. Specifically, but without
limitation, to (1) all text, graphics, animation, audio components,
and digital components of the Website (the “Content”),
(2) all interfaces, navigational devices, menus, menu structures
or arrangements, icons, help and other operational instructions,
and all other components of any source or object computer code
that comprises the Website, (3) all literal and non-literal
expressions of ideas that operate, cause, create, direct, manipulate,
access, or otherwise affect the Content, and (4) all copyrights,
patents, trade secrets, and other intellectual or industrial
property rights in the Website or any component or characteristic
thereof. Customer shall not do anything that may infringe upon
or in any way undermine Company’ right, title, and interest
in the Website, as described here. Notwithstanding the above,
Customer shall retain all of its intellectual property rights
in any text, images or other components it owns and transmits
to Company for use in the Website. Company shall retain copyright
usage of work, templates, materials, art, aids, assessments,
and plans. You may not use, copy, modify, or distribute any
part (electronically or otherwise), adapt, transcribe, or merge
portion thereof in a manner other than agreed upon. You agree
that you may not rent, timeshare, lend, lease, reverse engineer,
decompile, or otherwise translate, adapt or merge the application/
screens or distribute the system/ materials as shareware or
place on a public bulletin board or other third party. You agree
that you will not assign, sublicense, transfer, pledge, or share
your rights under this Agreement. This is non-assignable agreement.
Approvals made by other representatives of the client organization
shall have the same effect as approvals made by the president.
Facsimile signatures or email replies are considered as original.
The Company
gives no warranty of any kind, guarantee, expressed or implied
under any circumstance, including fitness for a particular use,
compatibility, damages for loss profits, business interruption,
or other pecuniary loss. Client agrees that it shall not hold
the Company or his/her agents or employees liable for any incidental
or consequential damages that arise from the Company‘s
failure to perform any aspect of the Project in a timely manner,
regardless of whether such failure was caused by intentional
or negligent acts or omissions of the Company or a third party.
Furthermore, the Company disclaims all implied warranties, including
the warranty of merchantability and fitness for a particular
use. Company is not responsible for obsolescence of the project
that may result from changes in requirements. Success of the
project will be indicated by the application or site being loaded
into memory for execution on a fully functional computer with
appropriate working operating system and latest Internet Explorer
or Netscape edition browser. Access to Internet will be provided
by a separate Internet Service Provider (ISP) to be contracted
by the Client and who will not be party to this agreement.
The parties
may not file an action against each other without directly discussing
the matter first. If the dispute is not resolved within three
(3) weeks after a party’s demand for direct negotiation,
the parties agree to try to resolve the dispute through mediation.
If the mediator cannot facilitate a settlement of the dispute
within a reasonable time, as determined by the mediator, the
mediator will issue a written statement to the parties and the
aggrieved party agrees to seek relief (if relief is still sought)
solely through binding arbitration administered by the American
Arbitration Association in Miami-Dade county Florida. Company
shall be entitled to recover its attorney’s fees and costs
incurred in enforcing this Agreement. The failure or delay of
any party at any time to require performance by another party
of any provision of this Agreement, even if known, shall not
affect that party's right to require performance of that provision.
Florida law governs this Agreement and contains the entire agreement
of the parties and can only be amended by written agreement
of the parties.