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Mayor Craig Cates,District 1
Mayor Pro Tem Holly Merrill Raschein,District 5
The Florida Keys
Michelle Lincoln,District 2
James K.Scholl,District 3
David Rice,District 4
County Commission Meeting
April 19, 2023
Agenda Item Number: 0.9
Agenda Item Summary #11978
BULK ITEM: No DEPARTMENT: County Attorney's Office
TIME APPROXIMATE: STAFF CONTACT: Brian Bradley (305) 295-3177
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AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval to enter into a 1 year Agreement with Next Request, a
public record request tracking software solution, in the amount of $14,850.00 and waiver of the
competitive solicitation process for the ongoing use of this software.
ITEM BACKGROUND: NextRequest is a records request tracking solution that helps manage all
aspects of a public records request—from billing to tracking of request correspondence. The solution
helps mitigate the risk of potential non-compliance lawsuits via automated request tracking. The
County has been utilizing NextRequest for several years. When the County first procured this
software, it along with 2 other proposals were reviewed by County staff and NextRequest was
determined to be the best option at the price (See attached Memo). The County has been utilizing the
NextRequest software since 2019. County staff is very satisfied with the software and therefore
seeks a waiver of the competitive solicitation process in accordance with the Monroe County Code
and Purchasing Policy. This software technology was procured and purchased in 2019 in accordance
with existing procurement requirements. Implementation of another software product would be
difficult given the prior use of this software and NextRequest is still the best software solution option
for management of the County's public record request.
The prior contracts were approved via the County's small contract process. The County will be
exceeding the small contract signatory authority threshold of$49,999.99, when adding the total
cumulative value all prior agreement, and so County staff now seeks approval by the Board of this 1-
year agreement.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: APPROVAL
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
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DOCUMENTATION:
Memo for Scoring Sheet for Public Records Software 2019
Monroe County - Renewal Y5 23_24 with terms
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Effective Date: 6/1/2023
Expiration Date: 5/21/2024
Total Dollar Value of Contract: $14,850.00
Total Cost to County: $14,850.00
Current Year Portion: $14,850.00
Budgeted: Yes
Source of Funds: 001-00101-530520-00084
CPI: No.
Indirect Costs: N/A
Estimated Ongoing Costs Not Included in above dollar amounts:
Revenue Producing: No. If yes, amount:
Grant: No
County Match:
Insurance Required: No.
Additional Details:
04/20/22 001-00101 - BOCC ADMINISTRATIVE $14,850.00
REVIEWED BY:
Christine Limbert Completed 04/04/2023 1:50 PM
Bob Shillinger Completed 04/04/2023 3:08 PM
Purchasing Skipped 04/04/2023 3:08 PM
Budget and Finance Completed 04/04/2023 4:01 PM
Brian Bradley Skipped 04/04/2023 3:08 PM
Lindsey Ballard Completed 04/04/2023 3:14 PM
Board of County Commissioners Pending 04/19/2023 9:00 AM
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Mayor Pro Tem Danny L.Kolhage,District 1
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Robert B.Shillinger,County Attorney—
Pedro J.Mercado,Assistant County Attorney** Office of the County Attorney
Cynthia L.Hall,Assistant County Attorney** 1111 12t'Street,Suite 408 U)
Christine Limbert-Barrows,Assistant County Attorney** Key West,FL 33040
Derek V.Howard,Assistant County Attorney** (305)292-3470—Phone
Steven T.Williams,Assistant County Attorney** (305)292-3516—Fax
Peter H.Morris,Assistant County Attorney
Patricia Fables,Assistant County Attorney
Chris Ambrosio,Assistant County Attorney*
Paunece Scull,Assistant County Attorney �-
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Brian Bradley, Allison Williams and Maureen Proffitt reviewed the three software packages (see a
attached proposals) and found NextRequest to be the best fit for the County. Its ease of use is its
strong point—making for an easier learning curve with staff. In addition, it had tools to upload and
edit PST files. PST files are the format we use to supply email requests—no other solution had this .2
type of option.
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This is not the cheapest solution reviewed; however, it is best fit for our needs and worth paying
the additional cost. See the attached scoring sheet for price breakdown of the three reviewed
programs.
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NextRequest, LLC. and Customer,which is incorporated herein by reference, constitute a legally binding
contract between NextRequest and Customer. The Order Form, together with these Terms and Conditions
is referred to as the"Agreement"or"Service Agreement".Any terms on Customer's purchase order or
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"NextRequest"means NextRequest, LLC., a Delaware Corporation with principal offices at 212 W Main 2
St., Suite#500, Durham,NC 27701 and"Customer"means the entity or person identified as such in the
Order Form. Each of NextRequest and Customer may each be referred to as a"Party"and together as the
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1. Services
I.I. NextRequest Service. During the term of this agreement, NextRequest will use 0
commercially reasonable efforts to deploy,host, and maintain for Customer an instance
of the Service as further described in the Order Form.
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incorporated by reference.
1.3. Other Services. If provided in the Order Form, NextRequest will provide Additional
Services consistent with industry standards and according to the terms in the Order
Form. Services such as setup or customer support will be provided during Business
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1.4. Excluded Services. Unless expressly provided in the Order Form, NextRequest is not M
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not provided as part of the Service;integration between the Service and any other
software or system(except for issues originating with the Service or its interfaces);or
direct support to Requesters.
1.5. Security. The Service is hosted by third-party Service Providers pursuant to agreements
between NextRequest and such Service Providers. NextRequest maintains the level of
security outlined in NextRequest's Systems Security Plan ("Security Plan), which is
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2.1. Service. The Service is protected by copyright,trademark,trade secret, and other 0
intellectual property laws of both the United States and foreign countries. Except for the
express licenses granted in this Section 2.1, NextRequest reserves all rights in the
Service. As between Customer and NextRequest, NextRequest retains all and exclusive
rights, title, and interest in and to the Service, including all Intellectual Property in the
Service and any software used to provide the Service to Customer. During the Term
and conditioned upon Customer's compliance with all provisions of this Agreement,
NextRequest hereby authorizes Customer to access and use the Service for purpose of
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accepting,responding to and managing public records requests and publishing
responsive documents ("Purpose"), and grants to Customer a personal,limited,
royalty-free,non-exclusive,non-assignable,non-sublicensable and non-transferable
right and license to use the Service only for the Purpose. Customer and Customer's
Users shall not (a) copy,modify,translate or create derivative works or improvements
of the Service; (b)rent,lease,lend, sell, sublicense, assign, distribute,publish,transfer or
otherwise make available any Service or any part or derivative thereof to any person;
(c) reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, decode, adapt or otherwise attempt to
derive or gain access to the source code,underlying ideas, algorithms, structure or
organization of the Service,in whole or in part;or (d) defeat,bypass,breach, deactivate,
or otherwise circumvent any security device or protection used by the Service or access
or use the Service other than through the use of its own then valid access credentials.
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released under an open source license constitute separate written agreements. To the 0
limited extent that the open source software licenses expressly supersede this
Agreement, the open source licenses govern Customer's agreement with NextRequest
for the use of the components of the Service released under an open source license. For
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the avoidance of doubt, the owners of the open source licenses do not have access to
Customer Content or Requester Content.
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ownership of all Intellectual Property in Customer Content. Customer grants to 0
NextRequest,its Service Providers and each of NextRequest's respective subsidiaries,
affiliates, and successors a worldwide,non-exclusive, royalty-free,fully-paid,
transferable,irrevocable,perpetual,unlimited, and sub-licensable right to use,host, 0
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store, cache,reproduce, publish,publicly display,perform, distribute, transmit,
translate,publicly perform, adapt, and modify Customer Content, in all media now
known or later developed, for the purpose of providing,maintaining, operating, or
improving the Service. NextRequest and its Service Providers may access or use
Customer Content as necessary to maintain or provide the Service, comply with the law
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non-exclusive,royalty-free,fully-paid,non-transferrable, irrevocable,perpetual, and
non- sublicensable right to use Requester Content for the Purpose.
2.5. Usage Data. NextRequests retains ownership of all Intellectual Property in Usage Data,
and Customer hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grants to NextRequest an
assignment of all right, title and interest in and to the Usage Data,including all
Intellectual Property rights relating thereto. NextRequest grants to Customer a 0
worldwide,non-exclusive,royalty-free,fully-paid,non-transferrable, irrevocable,
perpetual, and non-sublicensable right to use Usage Data for the Purpose.
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an acquirer, or successor or assignee as part of any merger, acquisition, debt financing,
sale of company assets, or similar transaction, as well as in the event of an insolvency,
bankruptcy, or receivership in which such data is transferred to one or more third
parties as a NextRequest business asset.
2.7. Feedback and improvements. Any suggestions provided by Customer to NextRequest
with respect to NextRequest's products or services shall be collectively deemed
"Feedback." NextRequest will be free to use Feedback without any obligation to
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Customer and Customer hereby assigns to NextRequest all rights,title, and interest in
and to any Feedback. NextRequest will be considered the sole author of all
modifications or improvements to the Service. NextRequest may use Customer Content
to improve the Service and shall be the sole owner of any such improvements, so long
as such use protects the confidentiality of Customer Content.
3. Customer Obligations
3.1. Payment.Customer will make all payments required under Section 5.
3.2. Security. Customer will protect the accounts, passwords, and other authentication
information Customer uses to access the Service and any NextRequest system, and will
be responsible for any activity attributable to a Customer account or Customer Users.
Customer's user names, passwords, other login information or personal information
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Service in an environment separate from the Service.
3.4. Laws Applicable to Customer. Customer is solely responsible for Customer Content
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without limitation privacy and security laws and laws regarding the export of data or
software. NextRequest shall not be liable for any damages that arise due to Customer or
Customer Users' publication, processing, storage or transmission of any information in
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violation of any law. Customer represents and warrants that it has reviewed the 0
Security Plan carefully and has made its own,independent determination whether the
levels of privacy and security set forth in the Security Plan are sufficient for Customer's
use of the Service. Customer acknowledges and agrees that the Service,including 0
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without limitation the degree of privacy and security provided by the Service,may not
comply with special privacy and security requirements relating to the processing,
storage or transmission of Sensitive Information. Customer will not use the Service to
process any information subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act ("HIPAA"). Customer agrees that if Customer uses the Service to process Sensitive
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will indemnify NextRequest and its Service Providers against any and all damages, >_
liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or
relating to such use. Customer will not disclose to NextRequest or any third party any
information that Customer is prohibited by any law or regulation from disclosing. To
the extent that Customer Content causes NextRequest or its Service Providers to be
subject to any law to which it otherwise would not be subject (such as HIPAA),
NextRequest or its Service Providers may remove such data pursuant to Section 9 or t0
discontinue the Service without any liability except to refund any fees Customer paid to
NextRequest attributable to unused services.
3.5 Public Records Laws. Customer is solely responsible for compliance with all applicable 0
public record laws and under no circumstances shall NextRequest be liable for any
damages relating to non-compliance,regardless of whether such non-compliance arises
out of or relates to Customer's use of or reliance on the Service. Customer warrants
that Customer is solely responsible for all Customer Content and use of Customer
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Content by Requesters. Neither NextRequest nor its Service Providers guarantees the
accuracy, integrity or quality of Customer Content.
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laws, including but not limited to Chapter 119, Florida Statutes and Section 24 of article
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"public record" materials in its possession or under its control subject to the provisions
of Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, and made or received by the Customer and
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prevailing party, be entitled to reimbursement of all attorney's fees and costs associated
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otherwise provided by law.
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records disclosure requirements are not disclosed except as authorized by law for the
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(4) Upon completion of the contract, transfer, at no cost, to the Customer all public records
in possession of NextRequest or keep and maintain public records that would be required
by the Customer to perform the service. If NextRequest transfers all public records to the
Customer upon completion of the contract, NextRequest shall destroy any duplicate
public records that are exempt or confidential and exempt from public records disclosure
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requirements. If NextRequest keeps and maintains public records upon completion of the
contract, NextRequest shall meet all applicable requirements for retaining public records.
All records stored electronically must be provided to the Customer, upon request from the
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DUTY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC RECORDS RELATING TO THIS
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3.6. Acceptable Use Policy. Customer and Customer Users shall not use the Service (i) to
send or facilitate the sending of unsolicited bulk commercial email(spam) or
inundating a target with communications requests so the target cannot effectively
respond to legitimate traffic; (ii)to send,upload, distribute, or transmit or store
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Prohibited Content (iii) to distribute malware,including viruses, worms, Trojan horses,
corrupted files,hoaxes, or other items of a destructive or deceptive nature; (iv)to alter,
disable,interfere with, disrupt, circumvent or exploit vulnerabilities in any aspect of the
Service or NextRequest's or third parties' other services or systems; (vi)monitor data or
traffic on the Service without permission; (vii) forge TCP-IP packet headers,e-mail
headers, or any part of a message describing its origin or route; (viii) to infringe or
misappropriate the Intellectual Property or privacy rights of any person; (vii)to
otherwise violate, or promote the violation of, any law or the legal rights of any person;
(viii) to impersonate another person; (ix)for any high risk use where failure of the
Service could lead to death or serious bodily injury or any person or to physical or
environmental damages, such as applications controlling transportation,medical
systems or weaponry systems; or (x) to otherwise access or use the Service beyond the
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immediately take all reasonable measures to stop the activity,to mitigate its effects, and
to notify NextRequest. Customer is responsible for any act or omission of any Customer
User. NextRequest and its Service Providers may report any activity,including
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disclosing appropriate information,if they suspect such activity violates any law or
regulation.
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with respect to Requesters and with respect to the Agency and Agency personnel using
the Service,including Requester Content, Usage Data and email correspondence
handled by the Service. The NextRequest privacy policy applies to Usage Data,but
does not apply to Customer Content itself.
3.8. Deletion of Customer Content. The Service enables Customer to delete Customer
Content for purposes of adhering to Customer's document retention or other policies.
When Customer deletes Customer Content ("Deleted Content"),relevant documents
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Customer no longer has access to Deleted Content. However, copies and backups of
Deleted Content may continue to be stored on NextRequest's or its Service Providers'
servers. Customer acknowledges and agrees that after deletion,under no
circumstances will NextRequest provide Customer with copies of Deleted Content.
NextRequest may provide Deleted Content to third parties as required by law or a court
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4. Customer Representations and Warranties. Customer represents and warrants and
undertakes that it has all necessary rights in the Customer Content to permit Customer's use
of the Service and to grant the licenses contained in this Agreement without infringing the 0
Intellectual Property or other rights of any third parties,violating any applicable laws, or
violating the terms of any license or agreement to which it is bound. Customer represents
and warrants that it has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and that it is
binding upon and enforceable in accordance with its terms.
5. Fees and Invoicing.
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5.1 Fees, Invoicing. Customer will pay all fees stated in the Order Form within 30 days of
receiving an invoice from NextRequest. The Fees under this Agreement shall not exceed
$49,999.99 unless an written amendment is approve by both Customer and NextRequest.
Monroe County's performance and obligation to pay under this contract is contingent
upon an annual appropriation by the BOCC.
5.2 Expenses. If Customer purchases Hourly Services, Customer will reimburse
NextRequest for all ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in connection with the
performance of the Hourly Services,including travel-related expenses. All travel will be
pre-approved by Customer.
5.3 Taxes. Customer is exempt from taxes and therefore is not responsible for any taxes that
may be due as a result of this Agreement, including taxes on NextRequest's net income.
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6.1 Duty to Protect Confidential Information. Each Party will exercise the same degree of
care and protection with respect to the Confidential Information of the other Party that it
exercises with respect to its own Confidential Information, at least a reasonable degree
of care. A Party will not use the Confidential Information of the other Party except as
permitted by this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing(i)either Party may
disclose the other's Confidential Information to its employees and agents who have a
need to know,provided that any agent to which Confidential Information is disclosed is
bound by non-disclosure terms at least as protective as those in this Section 6; (ii)either
Party may disclose Confidential Information,including personal data that is Customer
Content, Requester Content or Usage Data, if so required by law (including court order t0
or subpoena) or in response to lawful requests by public authorities;and (iii) Usage Date
relating to Customer's Content that is also Confidential Information is subject to
NextRequest's Privacy Policy.
6.2 Return of Confidential Information. Unless otherwise authorized,upon the earlier of
termination of this Agreement or request by the other Party, each Party will promptly
return or, subject to Section 3.8, destroy all Confidential Information disclosed to it by N
the other Party and provide certification that all such Confidential Information has been
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6.3 Notification Obligation. If a Party becomes aware of any unauthorized use or
disclosure of the Confidential Information of the other Party, it will make commercially
reasonable efforts to notify the other Party of the unauthorized use or disclosure and
assist in seeking a protective order or other appropriate remedy.
7 Publicity. Customer must first agree by Resolution to allow use of the County's logo before
NextRequest may publicly disclose Customer's use of the Service and may use Customer's t0
name and logo to identify Customer as its customer in promotional materials,including
press releases.
8 Term and Termination 0
8.1 Term. The term of this agreement begins on the earlier of(1) acceptance of these Terms
and Conditions by Customer or (2)the first date on which NextRequest begins
providing Services to Customer and ends on the later of(a) the last day of the Initial
Term as set forth in the Order Form, (b)the last date of any renewal term, or (c) the last
date on which NextRequest provides Services to Customer. Unless NextRequest
receives notice of termination from Customer 60 days or more before the expiration of
the initial term (or any renewal term), the Agreement will renew automatically on the
terms set forth herein for an additional term of one year at NextRequest's then-current
rates.
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8.2 Termination for Convenience. Customer may terminate for convenience at any time
upon 30 days'written notice to NextRequest but will not be entitled to any refund of fees
already paid for any unused portion of the Service or unused Hourly Services.
8.3 Termination for Breach.Either Party may terminate the Agreement for breach if the
other Party materially fails to meet any obligation stated in the Agreement and does not
remedy that failure within thirty (30) days of written notice from the nonbreaching Party
describing the failure.
8.4 Termination in Insolvency. Either Party may terminate the Agreement with immediate
effect on written notice if the other is subject to an "Insolvency Event,"meaning that it (i)
is unable to pay its debts; or (ii)enters into compulsory or voluntary liquidation; or (iii)
compounds with or contravenes a meeting of its creditors; or (iv)has a receiver or
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same); or (v) ceases for any reason to carry on business or takes or suffers any similar U)
action which means that it may be unable to pay its debts. Notwithstanding anything to 0
the contrary within the Agreement, any fees that Customer owes to NextRequest for the
Service will become due immediately upon the occurrence of an Insolvency Event.
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For Contracts of any amount,if the County determines that the Contractor/Consultant
has submitted a false certification under Section 287.135(5), Florida Statutes or has been
placed on the Scrutinized Companies that Boycott Israel List, or is engaged in a boycott
of Israel,the County shall have the option of(1)terminating the Agreement after it has 0
given the Contractor/Consultant written notice and an opportunity to demonstrate the
agency's determination of false certification was in error pursuant to Section
287.135(5)(a), Florida Statutes, or (2)maintaining the Agreement if the conditions of 0
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8.5 Effect of Termination. Upon expiration or termination of this Agreement for any
reason, all licenses and rights to use the Service granted to Customer shall terminate
immediately and Customer shall immediately cease all use of the Service. If Customer
has paid in advance for Service, and this Agreement terminates due to material breach of N
this Agreement by NextRequest, NextRequest shall refund Customer a prorated amount N
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of any amount already paid. Upon termination by Customer for convenience or due to >_
material breach by Customer,in addition to any remedy provided in this Agreement or
provided in law or equity, NextRequest shall be entitled to retain any amounts already
paid. The following terms will survive expiration or termination of the Agreement:
Sections 2.3-2.7,4, 5,6, 11, 12 and 14 as well as all other provisions of the Agreement that
by their nature are intended to survive expiration or termination of the Agreement.
9 Removal of Customer Content, Suspension of Service t0
9.1 NextRequest and its Service Providers reserve the right to remove or prohibit any
Customer Content or Requester Content. NextRequest may suspend or terminate
Customer's use of the Service without liability if NextRequest or a Service Provider 0
reasonably believes that: (a) it is required to do so by law or a regulatory or government
body, or doing so is necessary to protect the rights of NextRequest, its Service Providers,
or its other customers; (b) Customer or any Customer User has failed to comply with
any material term of this Agreement,including the Acceptable Use Policy; (c)
Customer's or any Customer User's use violates applicable law or third-party rights; (d)
Customer Content causes NextRequest to be subject to any law to which it otherwise
would not be subject (for example,HIPAA); or (e) this Agreement expires or is
terminated. Notwithstanding the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, NextRequest
and its Service Providers have no obligation to monitor,filter, or disable access to any
Customer Content or Requester Content.
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Service,to the extent possible. NextRequest will give Customer advance notice of at least
one (1)Business Day.
9.3 If Customer Content is removed as part of the notice-and-takedown procedure provided
by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"), and Customer believes such
Customer Content was wrongly removed as a result of a copyright infringement notice,
Customer may notify NextRequest as provided in section 6.3 of the Terms of Service.
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10 Changes to Services. NextRequest may change,update or discontinue any or all of the
Service at any time. NextRequest will make commercially reasonable efforts to timely notify
Customer of discontinuation of the Service.
11 Intellectual Property Infringement and Indemnification
11.1 NextRequest's Obligations for IP Infringement. If any action is instituted by a third
party against Customer based upon a claim that any part of the Service (an "Infringing
Item"), infringes a United States patent, copyright or trademark, NextRequest's sole
obligation will be at its option and expense to(a)procure for Customer the right to
continue using the Infringing Item, (b)replace or modify the Infringing Item so that it is
no longer infringing but continues to provide comparable functionality, or (c) terminate
this Agreement and Customer's access to the Service,in which case NextRequest shall
refund a prorated amount of any amounts paid for which Service have not yet been
received. NextRequest shall have no liability to Customer for any infringement action to U)
the extent such action arises out of a breach of the terms and conditions of this 0
Agreement by Customer or of the use of the Service (or any component part thereof)
after it has been modified by Customer without NextRequest's prior written consent.
This Section 11.1 states NextRequest's sole liability to, and Customer's exclusive remedy
against, NextRequest for infringement claims.
11.2 Customer's Indemnification of NextRequest. Subject to Sovereign Immunity
provisions of Sec. 768.28, Florida Statutes,Customer agrees to defend,indemnify and
hold harmless NextRequest and its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, 0
employees, and agents from and any and all damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys' fees)incurred as a result of any claim,judgment, or
proceeding relating to or arising out of: (a) Customer's breach of this Agreement, 0
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including of any of its warranties or representations; (b) Section 3.4, or (b) any claim
alleging that NextRequest has infringed or secondarily infringed on the patent,
trademark,trade dress, or copyright of a third party as a result of Customer Content or
Customer's use of the Service,whether or not Customer was aware of the allegedly
infringing conduct and whether or not the conduct is actually infringing.
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12.1 NextRequest is not responsible to Customer or any third party for unauthorized N
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access to Customer Content or the unauthorized use of the Service unless the >-
unauthorized access or use results from NextRequest's or its Service Providers'failure to
meet its security obligations under this Agreement. Customer is responsible for the use
of the Service by any employee of Customer, any person Customer authorizes to use the
Service, any person to whom Customer has given access to the Service, and any person
who gains access to Customer Content or the Service as a result of Customer's failure to
use reasonable security precautions, even if such use was not authorized by Customer. t0
Customer is not responsible for the use of the Service by Requesters, so long as such use
would not otherwise be a violation of the foregoing sentence.
12.2 Disclaimer of Warranty. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY 0
APPLICABLE LAW, THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE"
AND NextRequest MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,WHETHER EXPRESS,
IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE AND
NONINFRINGEMENT, AND ALL WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF
DEALING, USAGE OR TRADE PRACTICE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY
OF THE FOREGOING, NextRequest MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY
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(A) USE OF THE SERVICE WILL MEET CUTOMER'S REQUIREMENTS, (B)THAT
THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR(C) REGARDING
THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY CONTENT.
12.3 Limitation of Liability. NextRequest WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR LOST REVENUES
OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL,EXEMPLARY, OR
PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT
HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE),EVEN IF IT KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT SUCH
DAMAGES WERE POSSIBLE AND EVEN IF DIRECT DAMAGES DO NOT SATISFY A
REMEDY. IN NO EVENT WILL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF NextRequest OR ITS
SUCCESSORS, LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS OR SUPPLIERS UNDER OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ITS SUBJECT MATTER, UNDER ANY
LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY, INCLUDING BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY AND OTHERWISE EXCEED THE
TOTAL AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID BY CUSTOMER TO NextRequest UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT. TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE LAW PROHIBITS THE FOREGOING
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, NEXTREQUEST'S LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE
GREATEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
12.4 Nothing in this Agreement limits or excludes either Party's liability for any loss or
damages resulting from death or personal injury caused by its negligence, or any fraud
or fraudulent misrepresentation. 0
13 Payments Processing. This section applies to Customers who use the Payments Module.
The Payments Module is made available through agreement(s)with Stripe, Inc.,the terms of
which are available at jet ;,pa ���tjjjjrc�� ;r��u� / p�j. By electing to use the Payments Module,
Customer agrees to abide by the relevant terms of NextRequest's agreements with Stripe,
Inc.,including without limitation terms relating to compliance with applicable laws, data
privacy, and permitted and prohibited uses. Transactions processed using the Payments
Module are handled directly between Requesters,Customer and Stripe and NextRequest
does not receive sensitive financial information(such as credit card or bank numbers)
relating to the transactions. The only data made available to NextRequest is a record of the
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14 General
14.1 Governing Law. This Agreement will in all respects be governed by and construed
and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida,without respect to
conflict-of-laws principles.
14.2 Adjudication of Disputes or Disagreements: Customer and NextRequest
agree that all disputes and disagreements shall be attempted to be resolved by meet
and confer sessions between representatives of each of the parties. The CONTRACTOR t0
and COUNTY Representative shall try to resolve the claim or dispute with meet and
confer sessions to be commenced within 15 days of the dispute or claim. If the issue or
issues are still not resolved to the satisfaction of the parties, then any party shall have 0
the right to seek such relief or remedy as may be provided by this Agreement or by
Florida law. This Agreement is not subject to arbitration.
14.3 Notice. Written notice by either Party to the other may be given: (i)in
person, and such notice will be deemed valid on the date of delivery in person;or
(ii)by U.S. Certified Mail to the Party contact identified in the Order Form, and such
notice will be deemed valid as of the proof of delivery date.
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14.4Assignment. Neither Party may assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder,
whether by operation of law or otherwise,without the prior written consent of the
other Party (not to be unreasonably withheld). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
either Party may assign this Agreement in its entirety,without consent of the other
Party,to its affiliate or in connection with a merger, acquisition, corporate
reorganization, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets. Subject to the foregoing,
this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Parties, their respective
successors and permitted assigns. NextRequest may use Service Providers to
perform all or any part of the Service,but NextRequest remains responsible to
Customer under this Agreement for Service performed by its Service Providers to
the same extent as if NextRequest performed the Service itself.
14.517orce Majeure. Neither Party will be in breach of the Agreement if the failure to
perform the obligation is due to an event beyond either Party's control, such as U)
significant failure of a part of the power grid, significant failure of the Internet,
natural disaster, war,riot, insurrection,epidemic, strikes or other organized labor
action,terrorism, or other events of a magnitude or type for which precautions are
not generally taken in the industry.
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14.6Modifications. Unless otherwise expressly permitted in this Agreement, the
Agreement may be amended only by a formal written agreement signed by both
Parties. An Order Form may be amended to modify, add, or remove services by
mutual written agreement of the Parties, agreement by email being sufficient. Any
terms on Customer's purchase order or other business forms by which Customer
orders or pays for Service will not become part of this Agreement.
14.7Entire Agreement. The Agreement, together with the Terms of Use and Privacy 0
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regarding the Service and supersedes and replaces any prior understanding or
communication,written or oral. Customer acknowledges that it has not relied on
any statement,promise or representation made or given by or on behalf of
NextRequest which is not set out in the Agreement.
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14.9Unenforceable Provisions. If any part of the Agreement is found unenforceable by a >_
court,the rest of the Agreement will nonetheless continue in effect, and the
unenforceable part will be reformed to the extent possible to make it enforceable but
still consistent with the business and financial objectives of the Parties underlying
the Agreement.
14.10 No Waiver. Each Party may enforce its respective rights under the Agreement
even if it has waived the right or failed to enforce the same or other rights in the t0
past.
14.11 No Partnership. The relationship between the Parties is that of independent
contractors and not business partners. Neither Party is the agent for the other, and 0
neither Party has the right to bind the other to any agreement with a third party.
14.12 No Third-party Beneficiaries. There are no third-party beneficiaries to this
Agreement.
14.13 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts,
each of which will be considered a legal original for all purposes.
14.14 Maintenance of Records. NextRequest shall maintain all books, records and
documents in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
14.15 Public Entity Crime Statement.NextRegest agrees and understands that a
person or affiliate who has been placed on the convicted vendor list following a
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proposal, or reply on a contract with a public entity for the construction or repair
of a public building or public work, may not submit bids on leases of real
property to public entity, may not be awarded or perform work as a contractor,
supplier, subcontractor, or consultant under a contract with any public entity, and
may not transact business with any public entity in excess of the threshold
amount provided in Section 287.017, for CATEGORY TWO for a period of 36 0
months from the date of being placed on the convicted vendor list.
14.16 Ethics Statement.NextRequest warrants that he/it had not employed, retained
or otherwise had act on his/its behalf any former County officer or employee
subject to the prohibition of Section 2 of Ordinance No. 0 10-1990 or any County
officer or employee in violation of Section 3 of Ordinance No. 020-1990. For
breach or violation of this provision the County may, in its discretion, terminate
this contract without liability and may also, in its discretion, deduct from the U)
contract or purchase price, or otherwise recover the full amount of any fee, 0
commission, percentage, gift, or consideration paid to the former County officer a
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14.17 Nondiscrimination The parties agree that there will be no discrimination
against any person, and it is expressly understood that upon a determination by a
court of competent jurisdiction that discrimination has occurred, this Agreement X
automatically terminates without any further action on the part of any party,
effective the date of the court order. The parties agree to comply with all Federal 0
and Florida statutes, and all local ordinances, as applicable, relating to
nondiscrimination. These include but are not limited to: 1) Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 (PL 88-352), which prohibits discrimination in employment 0
on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin; 2) Title IX of the
Education Amendment of 1972, as amended (20 USC §§ 1681-1683, and 1685-
1686), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex; 3) Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (20 USC § 794), which prohibits
discrimination on the basis of handicaps; 4) The Age Discrimination Act of 1975,
as amended (42 USC §§ 6101-6107), which prohibits discrimination on the basis Ni
of age; 5) The Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act of 1972 (PL 92-255), as N
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amended, relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of drug abuse; 6) The >-
Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and
Rehabilitation Act of 1970 (PL 91-616), as amended, relating to
nondiscrimination on the basis of alcohol abuse or alcoholism; 7) The Public
Health Service Act of 1912, §§ 523 and 527 (42 USC §§ 690dd-3 and 290ee-3),
as amended, relating to confidentiality of alcohol and drug abuse patient records;
8) Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 USC §§ 3601 et seq.), as 0
amended, relating to nondiscrimination in the sale, rental or financing of housing; 0
9) The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 USC §§ 12101), as amended
from time to time, relating to nondiscrimination in employment on the basis of 0
disability; 10)Monroe County Code Chapter 14, Article II, which prohibits
discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, u
sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status or age; and 11) E
any other nondiscrimination provisions in any federal or state statutes which may
apply to the parties to, or the subject matter of, this Agreement. <
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Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the following meanings:
"Business Day" or "Business Hours'means 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, U.S.
Pacific time,excluding public holidays in the United States.
"Confidential Information"means all information disclosed by one Party to the other,whether
before or after the effective date of the Agreement, that the recipient should reasonably
understand to be confidential, including information that is marked or otherwise conspicuously
designated as confidential, and for NextRequest, scripts and other tools used in the Service.
Information that is independently developed by either Party,without reference to the other's
Confidential Information, or that becomes available to either Party other than through breach of
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the Agreement or applicable law,will not be "Confidential Information" of the other Party.
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"Customer Content"means content (such as data, text, audio,video, or images)that Customer 0
or Customer Users transfers to NextRequest for processing, storage or transmission in
connection with Customer's use of the Service, as well as any results (such as redacted versions
of documents) that Customer derives from the foregoing through its use of the Services.
Customer Content does not include Usage Data collected from Customer,Customer Users, or
Requesters.
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use the Service on Customer's behalf. Customer User does not include Requesters.
"Hourly Services"means hourly support or training services to be provided by NextRequest 0
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"Intellectual Property" or "IP"means legally protectable rights related to patents, copyrights,
trademarks,trade secrets, rights of publicity and any other proprietary intellectual property.
"Prohibited Content"means content (i) that violates any third party's rights,including privacy
or Intellectual Property rights; (ii) that is libelous,harassing, abusive,fraudulent, defamatory,
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excessively profane, obscene, abusive,hate related,violent,harmful to minors; (iii)that >_
advocates racial or ethnic intolerance; (iv) intended to advocate or advance computer hacking or
cracking; (v) gambling; (vi) other illegal activity; (vii) drug paraphernalia;(viii) phishing; (ix)
malicious content; and (x) other material,products or services that violate or encourage conduct
that would violate any laws or third-party rights.
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Content does not include Usage Data collected from Requesters. 0
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identifiable information about children, individually identifiable health information,
geolocation information about specific people, Social Security numbers, driver's license
numbers, other confidential ID numbers,financial account numbers, credit or debit card
numbers,personal identification numbers (PINs) or passwords, street addresses,phone
numbers or other personal information.
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"Service"means NextRequest's integrated web-based service,which assists customers in
responding to public records requests. The Service consists of a core web-based application and
any optional modules which may be purchased by Customer. The details of the Service subject
to this Agreement are set forth in the Order Form.
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as Exhibit A to this Agreement and incorporated by reference.
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"Usage Data"means information other than Customer Content or Requester Content that is
collected, directly or indirectly, from Customer, Customer Users, or Requesters by or through U)
the Service,including information that incorporates or is derived from the processing, storage 0
or transmission of information, data or content by or through the Service as well as any
information, data or other content derived from NextRequest's or its Service Providers'
monitoring of Customer's access to or use of the Service such as information reflecting the
access or use of the Service by or on behalf of Customer, any Customer User, or any Requester.
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Service Level Agreement
This Service Level Agreement("SLA") defines the support obligations of NextRequest, LLC
("NextRequest"')to you, a purchaser of NextRequest's service. These terms are incorporated into and 0
subject to the terms of the NextRequest Service Agreement. Capitalized terms not defined in this SLA
shall have the meanings given to them in the NextRequest Service Agreement.
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1. Service Guarantees
1.1 Availability. NextRequest provides hosting for the NextRequest service through Heroku,
Inc. ("Heroku" or "Hosting Partner'),which does not make guarantees about uptime. Based on 0
past performance, NextRequest anticipates 99.9%uptime of the application,with the exception
of planned outages for maintenance and upgrades for which NextRequest notifies the Customer
24 hours in advance ("Uptime"). If NextRequest fails to meet the Uptime,the Customer will be
eligible for credits as described in section 3.2.
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1.2 Security. NextRequest take the security of the Customer's data seriously and protects it
according to the rigorous security practices described in our System Security Plan. Heroku, our
Hosting Partner,utilizes certified data centers managed by Amazon,which implements
industry-leading physical, technical, and operational security measures and has received ISO
27001 certification and Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)Moderate t0
Authorization and Accreditation from the U.S. General Services Administration. If NextRequest U
becomes aware of any unauthorized access to its systems that poses any threat to the Service or
the Customer's data, NextRequest will notify the Customer in writing of the issue no later than
the close of the next business data after NextRequest learns of it.
1.3 Data Integrity. The PG Backups add-on for Heroku makes daily backups of Customers'
systems and data. Seven(7) daily backups and five (5)weekly backups are retained.
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1.4 Location of Service. Service and Customer's data is hosted in the U.S.
2. Service Request Process
2.1 Service Request Definition. A Service Request is any email, phone call, or in-app chat ticket
sent to NextRequest by the Customer indicating support action is necessary or desired. This 0
includes Bug reporting and Customer Support.
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by the party initiating the request. If NextRequest reasonably determines that the Customer has
assigned an incorrect Severity Level to a ticket, NextRequest may assign a different Severity
Level. The Severity Levels are defined below, along with the corresponding Initial Response
Time within which NextRequest (or, in the case of Critical requests, our Hosting Partner)will
respond to the Customer's request and begin work on the issue: '
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Request by opening a ticket via the NextRequest in-app chat system. NextRequest support team
members or systems may also create tickets on the Customer's behalf in response to issues i
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2.3.2 Response and Resolution. Once NextRequest has responded to a Service Request,
NextRequest will work during Business Hours with the Customer's representatives and, as
needed, our Hosting Partner to resolve the problem or provide a workaround. NextRequest
makes no guarantee regarding the time to resolve a Service Request, only that NextRequest will
use the reasonable efforts described above.
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hours of receiving the Customer's report of a Critical Service Request and will work
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the Customer with regular updates until the issue is resolved and will coordinate with the
Customer during Business Hours.
2.5 Customer Responsibilities. The Customer agrees to assist NextRequest as necessary to
resolve Service Requests and to provide any information NextRequest reasonably requests,
including information necessary to duplicate the issue. The Customer agrees to make available
personnel capable of understanding and accurately communicating technical details necessary
to enable NextRequest to review issues, and to assist NextRequest in diagnosing issues.
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reporting Bugs. The Customer may submit a Service Request in order to report a Bug.
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understanding features. Customer Support hours exclude:bug reporting and related
discussions and fixes;regularly scheduled check-ins with NextRequest staff as specified in the
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2.7.2 Premium Customer Support. Customers have an initial amount of Premium Customer
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Service Request response times outlined in Sect. 2. Additional "Premium Customer Support"
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2.7.3 Regular Customer Support. If a customer has exhausted their Premium Customer Support >_
hours they will continue to receive Regular Customer Support. Customers receiving Regular
Customer Support will receive the same level of support regarding Service Requests and
response times outlined in Sect. 2 with the exception that customers with Premium Customer
Support will take priority and have their issues addressed first.
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3.1 Issuance. If NextRequest fails to meet the response time stated above,the Customer will be
entitled to a credit of 2 service hours for each hour during which the response time guarantee is 0
not met,up to a total of 8 hours per incident. The Customer must request a credit in writing via
a support ticket no later than 14 days following the occurrence of the event giving rise to the
credit. Credits will be applied to invoices issued in the future.
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3.2 Sole Remedy. The credits stated in this Agreement are the Customer's sole remedy in the
event NextRequest fails to meet a guarantee for which credits are provided. If NextRequest fails
to perform any obligation for which a credit is not provided,the Customer's sole remedy is to
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have NextRequest perform or re-perform the obligation, as applicable. The maximum total
credit for failure to meet any guarantee during any calendar month shall not exceed one twelfth
of the annual recurring fee for the NextRequest Service.
3.3 Credits for Downtime. During the term of the contract,the application will be operational
and available at least 99.9% of the time in any calendar month, with the exception of planned
outages for maintenance and upgrades in which NextRequest notifies the Customer 24 hours in
advance. If NextRequest does not meet the SLA, the Customer will be eligible to receive the
service credits described below. In order to receive service credits,the Customer must request
the credit in writing via a support ticket within 14 days from the time the Customer becomes
eligible to receive a service credit.
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resulting from denial-of-service attacks,hacking attempts, or any other circumstances that are
not within our control.
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of the Agreement (including the Customer's payment obligations to NextRequest) at the time of N
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from the Customer's prior breach of the Agreement, or (iii) to the extent our failure to meet an
Initial Response Time guarantee results from the Customer's delay or failure to meet the
requirements of Section 2.5 ("Customer Responsibilities') of this SLA.
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