Specimen saas (England and Wales)

This Saas is made this [  ] day of [insert month] [insert year] between:

(a)[PARTY 1 NAME] LIMITED, a company incorporated in England and Wales with company number [number], whose registered office is at [address] (the “[Short name]”)

(b)[PARTY 2 NAME] LIMITED, a company incorporated in England and Wales with company number [number], whose registered office is at [address] (the “[Short name]”)

together herein referred to as the “Parties” or individually as a Party

(A)The Provider has developed the Software and makes it available as an online subscription service.

(B)The Customer wishes to subscribe to the Services.

The Parties agree as follows:

In this Agreement, the following definitions apply:

“Agreement” means this agreement including its Schedule.

“Authorised Users” means the Customer's employees permitted to use the Services, up to the number set out in the Schedule.

“Customer Data” means the data entered into the Services by or for the Customer.

“Services” means the subscription services described in the Schedule.

The Provider grants the Customer a non-exclusive, non-transferable right for the Authorised Users to use the Services during the Subscription Term for the Customer's internal business purposes.

3.1The Customer owns all rights in the Customer Data.

3.2The Provider shall use the Customer Data only to provide the Services, and on termination shall make it available for download for 30 days and then delete it.

The Provider shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make the Services available 99.5% of the time in each month, excluding scheduled maintenance notified in advance.

5.1Nothing in this Agreement limits or excludes the liability of either party for death or personal injury caused by its negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other liability which cannot be limited or excluded by law.

5.2Subject to clause 5.1, neither party shall be liable to the other, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise, for any loss of profits or any indirect or consequential loss.

5.3Subject to clause 5.1, each party's total liability to the other arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be limited to the total sums paid and payable under this Agreement in the 12 months immediately before the date on which the claim arose.

6.1Either party may terminate this Agreement immediately by written notice if the other party commits a material breach which, if capable of remedy, it fails to remedy within 30 days of written notice requiring it to do so.

6.2Termination does not affect any rights or remedies which have accrued as at the date of termination.

Any notice under this Agreement shall be in writing and delivered by hand, by pre-paid first-class post or by email to the address of the recipient set out in this Agreement, or such other address as it notifies.

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes all previous agreements, promises and understandings between them relating to its subject matter.

No variation of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by or on behalf of each of the parties.

A person who is not a party to this Agreement shall not have any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this Agreement.

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when executed shall constitute a duplicate original, but all the counterparts shall together constitute the one agreement.

12.1If a dispute arises out of or in connection with this Agreement, the parties shall first attempt to resolve it by negotiation between senior representatives.

12.2If the dispute is not resolved within 30 days, the parties shall attempt to settle it by mediation in accordance with the CEDR Model Mediation Procedure.

12.3If the dispute is not settled by mediation within 60 days of the mediator's appointment, either party may refer it to the courts of England and Wales.

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.

This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of it.

[Details of the saas: parties' particulars, description, price and timetable.]