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AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH AND BOOPSIE, INC.,
FOR MOBILE LIBRARY APPLICATION
THIS Contract is made and entered into by and between the CITY of Fort Worth, a
home -rule municipal corporation of the State of Texas, located within Tarrant, Parker, Wise and
Denton Counties, (hereinafter referred to as ("Customer" and/or "City"), acting by and through
Thomas Higgins, its duly authorized Assistant City Manager, and Boopsie, Inc. ("Boopsie"), a
Delaware Corporation acting by and through Greg Carpenter, its duly authorized Chief
Executive Officer.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration for the covenants and Contract hereafter set forth,
the parties hereto agree as follows:
CONTRACT DOCUMENTS:
The Contract documents shall include the following:
1. Product Order Forrn
2. Schedule A -- Initial Invoice, Implementation and Subscription Fees
3. Schedule B Boopsie License and Hosted Service Terms and Conditions
4. Schedule C -- Mobile Operating Systems
5. Schedule D o Optimum Library App Product Features
6. Schedule E o Trademarks
7. Schedule F — End User License Agreement
8. Schedule G o Additional Terms and Conditions
All Schedules attached hereto are incorporated herein and made a part of this
Agreement for all purposes. In the event of any conflict between the documents, the terms and
conditions of Schedule G shall control.
CUSTOMER
Fort Worth Library
500 W. 3rd Street
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Customer Contact:
Boopsie Contact:
PRODUCT ORDER FORM
Library Optimum Feature Set
Amy Bledsoe
Digital Resources Manager,
amy.bledsoe@fortworthtexas.gov
817.392.8049
James Gowers
SVP Business Development
fames@boopsie.com
(650) 919 4675
Initial Invoice for Fees Due for Products and Services Specified on Schedule A: The total
cost for the one-year contract is $24, 990.00 (which includes a $15, 995.00 one-year
subscription fee and a one-time implementation fee of $8,995.00). The subscription fee for each
of the two one-year renewal options is $15,995.00 per year.
OFFICIAL RECORD ;
CITY SECRETARY
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Initial License Term: One year term with two one-year renewal options.
Effective Date: Contract Execution Date
LICENSE AND HOSTED SERVICE TERMS The license and purchase of the Boopsie
products and/or services, as applicable, specified on Schedule A attached hereto ("Schedule
A") are subject to Boopsie License and Hosted Service Terms and Conditions ("License and
Hosted Service Terms"), also attached hereto as Schedule B. This Product Order Form,
Schedule A, the License and Hosted Service Terms, and any addenda signed by both parties
constitute the entire agreement ("Agreement") between the parties concerning Customer's use
of the Hosted Service and purchase of Boopsie services. Customer's authorized representative
by his or her signature on this Product Order Form, acknowledges Customer's (i) acceptance of
the License and Hosted Service Terms, and (ii) binding commitment to pay for the products and
services specified on Schedule A in accordance with the payment terms set forth herein and in
the License and Hosted Service Terms. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meaning set forth in the License and Hosted Service Terms.
FEES AND PAYMENT TERMS. The one-time Implementation Fee and the recurring Annual
Subscription Fee for Year 1 are due and payable in US Dollars on the Effective Date described
on this Product Order Form. The Annual Subscription Fee for subsequent years are due in US
Dollars on each anniversary of the Effective Date and payable within thirty (30) days of date of
invoice. Upon execution of this product order document, payment obligations for Year 1 are
non -cancelable and all payments made by Customer are non-refundable, except as expressly
provided in the License and Hosted Service Terms.
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SCHEDULE A
INITIAL INVOICE; IMPLEMENTATION AND SUBSCRIPTION FEES
1. Fees for the First Year of the Agreement from the Effective Date.
• Implementation Fee: $8,995.00, due on the Effective Date
Annual Subscription Fee: $15,995.00, due on the Effective Date
2. Fees for the two one-year renewals options from the Effective Date of the Agreement.
• Annual Subscription Fee: $15,995.00, due on the anniversary date of the Effective Date
SCHEDULE B
BOOPSIE LICENSE AND HOSTED SERVICE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. DEFINITIONS
"Activated Custom Client" means the
downloaded Custom Client (as defined below)
that is actually used by an End User at least
one time.
`Agreement" means collectively (i) the initial
Product Order Form, Schedules and any
follow-on Product Order Forms, (ii) the
License and Hosted Service Terms* and (di)
any addenda signed by both Boopsie and
Customer.
"Confidential Information" means all
information described in Section 9
"Control" means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and operating
policies of an entity.
"Custom Client" means the Customer -
branded version of the Boopsie client software
that acts as the input and display mechanism
for the interactive search of Customer's
information that is directly downloaded to the
mobile devices as set forth in Schedule C.
"Customer" includes the Customer whose
n ame is set forth in the Product Order Form
and any affiliated entity which Controls, is
Controlled by, or is under common Control
with Customer, provided all such entities
o rdering or using Boopsie products or the
Hosted Service have agreed to be bound by
the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
"Customer Features" are features identified
o n Schedule D.
"Customer Contact" means Customer's staff
member who is knowledgeable about
Customer Equipment and Customer's use of
the Hosted Service.
Customer Data" mean all text, files, data,
output, programs, files, or other information or
matenal that Customer provides or uses in
conjunction with the Custom Client or Hosted
Service.
"Customer Equipment" means Customer's
computer hardware, software and network
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infrastructure used to access the Hosted
Service
"Trademarks" means those Boopsie and
Customer trademarks identified on Schedule
E.
`Documentation" means the online help files
and other content relating to use of the Hosted
Service made available by Boopsie on the
Network.
`Effective Date" is set forth on the initial
Product Order Form.
`Extension Term" means each additional
renewal period, which shall be for a period of
one year, for which this Agreement is
extended pursuant to Section 15.
"Hosted Service' means collectively the
Custom Client, any software updates,
documentation and any support or other
services that support the Custom Client to
deliver the Customer Features listed in
Schedule D.
"Initial Term" means the initial license term
specified on the Product Order Form,
commencing on the Effective Date.
"Network" is the hosted network that is
provided by Boopsie.
`Product Order Form" means Boopsie'
Product Order Form or other ordering
document (e.g. Customer's Purchase Order)
that (i) specifies the products or services
purchased by Customer, (ii) references this
Agreement; and (iii) is signed or initialed by
authorized representatives of both parties.
"Scheduled Down Time" means the total
time during which Customer is not able to
access the Hosted Services due to planned
maintenance.
"Software Updates" means updates,
modifications, or new releases of the Boopsie
client software or hosted services that
Boopsie generally makes available via the
Network at no additional charge to its
customers who are current in payment of
Subscription Fees. Software Updates may be
used in accordance with the terms and
restrictions relating to Software hereunder
Software Updates do not include products,
modules or options that are designated by
Boopsie as new products, modules or options
for which Boopsie charges a separate fee.
`Subscription Fees" means the fees paid by
Customer for the right to use the Hosted
Service and receive Support during the
applicable Term.
"System Availability' means the percentage
of total time during which the Hosted Service
is available to be accessed by Customer, not
including the Scheduled Down Time or down
time required for emergency maintenance
outside the Scheduled Down Time periods.
"Term" means the Initial Term and any
Extension Term.
'Work Product" means all work (including
any tools, materials, derivative works and
modifications made to the Boopsie client
software or Documentation) used, developed
or created by Boopsie for Customer during the
course of providing the Hosted Services,
Custom Client, Support, consulting or any
other services to Customer. Work Product
does not include Customer Data.
2. LICENSE GRANT
a. Hosted Services. Subject to the terms of
this Agreement, Boopsie hereby grants
Customer a limited term, non-sublicensable,
non -transferable, and non-exclusive license to
access and use the Hosted Service in
accordance with the Documentation solely for
Customer's intemal business purposes.
Authorized users include Customer
employees and Customer subcontractors,
agents, and Boopsie, provided such
subcontractors, agents, and Boopsie's use the
Hosted Service solely on behalf of Customer
in accordance with this Agreement.
b. Custom Client License. Subject to
Customer's compliance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement (including
without limitation Section 2.c below), Boopsie
grants to Customer a non-exclusive license
during the term of this Agreement: (i) to
distribute the Custom Client via download (or
other means such as CD) directly to End
Users; (ii) to use the Custom Client as
necessary to provide support to End Users;
and (iii) to reproduce the Custom Client solely
as necessary in connection with exercising the
rights granted in the preceding clauses (i) and
(ii) of this Section 2 b
c. EULA for Custom Client. All End Users to
whom Customer distributes the Custom Client
must be bound by and Customer will not
distnbute the Custom Client to any End User
who has not expressly accepted, the terms
and conditions of the Boopsie EULA whether
the Boopsie EULA is incorporated by
reference in Customer's end user license
agreement or linked to from Customer s end
user license agreement or otherwise. The
Boopsie EULA is attached hereto on Schedule
F.
d. Customer License of Custom Data and
Trademarks. Customer grants to Boopsie a
non-exclusive license during the term of this
Agreement to use the Customer Data and
Customer Trademarks only as necessary to
provide the Custom Client and Hosted
Services to Customer pursuant to this
Agreement
3. LICENSE RESTRICTIONS. Customer
acknowledges that the Custom Client, Hosted
Services, Software Updates and Network
(hereinafter collectively referred to as
"Software") contain trade secrets of Boopsie
and its licensors and, in order to protect such
trade secrets and other interests that Boopsie
and its licensors have in the Boopsie
Software, Customer agrees not to
disassemble, decompile or reverse engineer
any of the Boopsie Software, or permit any
third party to do so, except and solely to the
extent, if any, that applicable local law
requires that such activities be permitted.
Except as expressly authorized by this
Agreement, Customer will not: (i) copy or
reproduce the Software, in whole or in part
except as may be permitted under this
Agreement; (ii) modify the Software; or (iii)
provide or make the functionality of the
Software available to third parties except as
may be permitted by this Agreement.
Customer will reproduce on each copy it
makes of the Custom Client, and not alter
remove or obscure, the Intellectual Property
Rights notices of Boopsie and its licensors,
that may appear on the Custom Client or any
Software provided to Customer.
4. CUSTOMER OBLIGATIONS.
a. Customer Service Related. Customer
will at all times: (i) provide and maintain (or
have provided and maintained) a content
delivery system and the computer server(s) on
which the Customer Data is stored and made
available to Boopsie to provide the Hosted
Service; (ii) cooperate with and assist Boopsie
and provide Boopsie with access to such
information and Customer Data as may be
reasonably required by Boopsie in order to
implement and provide the Hosted Service;
and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts
to prevent unauthorized access to or use of,
the Hosted Service, the Custom Client or any
other Software and will notify Boopsie
promptly of any such unauthorized access or
use.
b. Eauipment and Telecommunications
and Internet Services. Boopsie is not
responsible for (i) obtaining and maintaining
any Customer Equipment or any ancillary
services needed to connect to, access or
otherwise use the Hosted Service; (ii) paying
all third -party access charges (e.g. ISP
telecommunications, etc.) incurred while using
the Hosted Service; and (iii) ensuring that the
Customer Equipment and any ancillary
services are compatible with the Hosted
Service and comply with all configuration
requirements set forth in the Documentation.
c. Customer Features Data. Customer
shall provide to Boopsie all data necessary to
create all features listed in Schedule D.
5. OWNERSHIP. Boopsie (or its licensors)
retains all patent, copyright, trademark and
other intellectual property nghts in the Hosted
Service, the Software, and the Custom Client
(except for Customer Data or Customer
Trademarks) and any work product that may
be created for Customer pursuant to this
Agreement. There are no implied rights and
all other nghts not expressly granted herein
are reserved. Unless otherwise agreed to in
writing by the parties, all license, right or
interest to Work Product shall be the property
of Boopsie. Customer retains all right, title and
interest to Customer Trademarks and
Customer Data
6. FEES. The Implementation Fee and the
Annual Subscription Fee and their payment
due dates are set forth on Schedule A.
Boopsie may change or increase the Fees it
charges Customer for the Customer Features
after the Initial Term ends.
a. Collection All fees are payable in US
dollars. Except as expressly provided in this
Agreement, fees specified on a Product Order
Form are non-refundable. Customer shall pay
any and all applicable taxes and duties
imposed as a result of Customer's purchase
of products or services under this Agreement,
except for taxes based on Boopsie's income.
When Boopsie has the legal obligation to pay
or collect such taxes, the appropriate amount
shall be invoiced to and paid by Customer
unless Customer provides Boopsie with a
valid tax exemption certificate authorized by
the appropriate taxing authority. Customer
will reimburse Boopsie for all reasonable
travel and other related expenses pre -
authorized by Customer and incurred by
Boopsie in the performance of any Support or
consulting services as more particularly
described in Schedule A. All consulting
services shall be performed in accordance
with a statement of work signed by Boopsie
and Customer that describes the services to
be performed and references this Agreement.
7 SUPPORT. Boopsie shall provide Support
at no additional charge provided Customer is
current in payment of the applicable
Subscription Fees. Support also includes
Software Updates. Boopsie shall have no
obligation to support problems caused by (i)
Customer's negligence or unauthorized
modification of any part of the Hosted Service.
(ii) Software in any form or configuration other
than as provided by Boopsie; or (iii) other
causes external to the Hosted Service or
beyond the reasonable control of Boopsie. In
addition, Boopsie shall have no obligation to
support the installation or maintenance of
applications or devices external to the Hosted
Service.
8. CUSTOMER INDEMNITY. Customer is
responsible for (i) all Customer Data that
Customer uploads, posts transmits, or
otherwise disseminates using the Hosted
Service; (ii) maintaining secure access to the
Hosted Service; (iii) maintaining reasonable
security mechanism with respect to issuance
of username and password information; (iv)
any and all activities that occur under
Customer's Hosted Service account; and (iv)
using the Hosted Service solely for lawful
purposes and in compliance with all applicable
laws including, without limitation copyright,
trademark privacy, obscenity, defamation,
and anti-spammmg, laws. Customer
acknowledges that Customer is responsible
for complying with privacy laws that apply to
the collection, use and dissemination of
Customer Data. Customer will notify Boopsie
immediately of any unauthorized use of
Customer's Hosted Service account or any
other breach of security regarding Customer's
Hosted Service account. Customer will at its
expense defend and indemnify Boopsie
against and pay all costs and settlement or
damages awarded against Boopsie resulting
from a third party claim related to any breach
of Customer's obligations under this Section
8 as allowed by law.
9. CONFIDENTIALITY. Confidential
Information includes, without limitation, the
Documentation Software Updates, results of
Software or Hosted Service comparative
performance benchmarks passwords
provided to Customer for Hosted Service
access, Customer Data, information related to
past, present or future research, development
or business affairs, any proprietary products,
materials or methodologies, or any other
information that which by its nature is normally
and reasonably considered confidential or
provides the disclosing party with a
competitive advantage. Confidential
Information shall be marked as confidential or
proprietary or, if disclosed verbally, shall be
identified as confidential or proprietary at the
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time of disclosure. The receiving party shall
protect the disclosing party's Confidential
Information with the same degree of care that
it regularly uses to protect its own Confidential
Information from unauthorized use or
disclosure, but in no event Tess than a
reasonable degree of care. The receiving
party shall use the Confidential Information
only for the limited purpose of performing its
obligations under this Agreement.
Confidential Information shall not be provided
or disclosed to anyone except those
employees or contractors of the receiving
party with a need to know under this
Agreement. Confidential Information and any
and all authorized copies thereof shall remain
the property of the disclosing party and
promptly shall be destroyed or returned if
requested by the disclosing party.
Notwithstanding any provision contained in
this Agreement, neither party shall be required
to maintain in confidence any of the following
(i) information that, at the time of disclosure to
the receiving party, is in the public domain; (ii)
information that, after disclosure, becomes
part of the public domain without restriction,
except by breach of this Agreement; (iii)
information that was in the receiving party's
possession at the time of disclosure, and
which was not acquired, directly or indirectly,
from the disclosing party; (iv) information that
the receiving party can demonstrate resulted
from its own research and development
independent of and without reference to
disclosure from the disclosing party; (v)
information that the receiving party receives
from third parties provided such information
was not obtained by such third parties from
the disclosing party on a confidential basis; or
(vi) information that is produced in compliance
with applicable law or a court order, provided
the other party is given reasonable notice of
such law or order and an opportunity to
attempt to preclude or limit such production.
10. LIMITED HOSTED SERVICES
WARRANTY. Boopsie warrants that for the
Term of this Agreement (i) the Hosted Service
will perform in all material respects in
accordance with the Documentation; and (n)
any consulting services will be provided in a
professional and workmanlike manner. As
Customer's sole and exclusive remedy and
Boopsie's entire liability for any breach of the
foregoing warranty, Boopsie will either (a) fix,
provide a work -around or otherwise remedy a
problem that results in the Hosted Service
being nonconforming; or (b) reperform any
nonconforming consulting services so that the
Hosted Service or consulting services operate
as warranted. If, after thirty (30) days from the
date of receipt of written notice of any non-
conforming Hosted Service or consulting
services from Customer, Boopsie does not fix
the non -conforming Hosted Service or re -
perform the non -conforming consulting
services, Boopsie will either (A) refund a pro-
rata portion of the Subscription Fees from the
date of Customer's notice of the Hosted
Service non-conformance through the
remainder of the applicable Term; or (B)
refund fees paid for the nonconforming
consulting services.
11. LIMITED SERVICE LEVEL WARRANTY.
Boopsie will undertake commercially
reasonable efforts to provide Customer with
100% System Availability. The System will
have periodic Scheduled Downtime to, for
example, maintain or improve system
performance. Boopsie will at times have to run
batch process that may slow down Hosted
Service performance. Boopsie will make
commercially reasonable efforts to remedy
any performance problem. If Boopsie fails to
correct such performance problem within 10
days from the date of Boopsie's receipt of
written notice from Customer, as Customer's
sole and exclusive remedy and Boopsie's
entire liability for such failure to correct such
performance problem, Customer may
terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section
15 and Boopsie will refund a pro rata portion
of the Subscription Fees from the time of
termination through the remainder of the
applicable Term.
12. WARRANTY EXCEPTIONS. The Hosted
Service and System Availability warranties set
forth in Sections 10 and 11 are void to the
extent any problem which results in the
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Hosted Service performance or System
Availability to be other than as warranted is
due to (i) use of the Hosted Service outside
the scope described in the Documentation; (ii)
Customer Equipment and/or third party
software, hardware or network infrastructure
outside of the data center supplied by Boopsie
and/or not under the direct control of Boopsie;
(iii) failure of the external Internet beyond
Boopsie's Network; (iv) electrical or Internet
access disruptions; (v) any actions or
inactions of Customer or any other third party
not under the direct control of Boopsie; (vi)
attacks (i.e hacks, denial of service attacks,
malicious introduction of viruses and disabling
devices) caused by third parties; or (vii)
events of force majeure
13. NO OTHER WARRANTIES TO THE
MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, THE EXPRESS
WARRANTIES SET ABOVE IN SECTIONS
10 AND 11 ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU
OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES OR
CONDITIONS, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
AND NON -INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY
WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE
OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
Boopsie disclaims any responsibility for
damages or losses incurred by Customer or
any End User resulting from use of Hosted
Services or the Custom Client or from any
content downloaded through use of the
Boopsie Service or the Custom Client.
14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. EXCEPT (I)
AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 8; (II) FOR
DAMAGES RELATED TO CLAIMS BASED
ON A BREACH OF ITS OBLIGATIONS SET
FORTH IN SECTION 10 OR (III) DAMAGES
RELATED TO CLAIMS BASED ON ITS
GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL
MISCONDUCT, BOOPSIE'S LIABILITY FOR
DIRECT DAMAGES UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL IN NO EVENT
EXCEED THE SUBSCRIPTION FEES PAID
BY CUSTOMER TO BOOPSIE FOR THE
HOSTED SERVICE DURING THE TWELVE
(12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM.
a. EXCEPT FOR (I) DAMAGES RELATED TO
CLAIMS THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF
INDEMNIFICATION UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT; (II) DAMAGES RELATED TO
CLAIMS BASED ON EITHER PARTY'S
BREACH OF ITS OBLIGATIONS SET
FORTH IN SECTION 10; OR (III) DAMAGES
RELATED TO EITHER PARTY'S
UNAUTHORIZED USE DISTRIBUTION, OR
DISCLOSURE OF THE OTHER PARTY'S
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, AND TO THE
MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER
APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL
EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL
OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT
N OT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OR
INACCURACY OF DATA, LOSS OF
P ROFITS OR REVENUE, BUSINESS
INTERRUPTION, HOWEVER ARISING,
EVEN IF IT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
P OSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
b. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING SET
O UT ABOVE OR OTHERWISE IN THIS
AGREEMENT, NOTHING IN THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL ATTEMPT TO LIMIT
O R EXCLUDE ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES
ARISING FROM DEATH OR PERSONAL
INJURY CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE
15. TERM AND TERMINATION. This
Agreement is effective immediately on
execution of the Product Order Form and
unless sooner terminated by either party in
accordance with this Section 15 shall remain
effective for the Term. After the Initial Term, if
Customer is current in payment of all
applicable fees, this Agreement shall
automatically extend for an Extension Term,
unless terminated by either party by giving
notice to the other party not less than thirty
(30) days prior to the end of the Initial Term or
any Extension Term.
a. Termination. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, this Agreement may be terminated
by either party immediately upon written
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notice if the other party: (i) becomes insolvent
or ceases doing business for a period greater
than ninety (90) days, or (ii) materially
breaches any of its obligations under this
Agreement and fails to cure such breach
within thirty (30) days following written notice
to such party.
b. Survival. Terms relating to limitations of
liability, confidentiality, indemnification
obligations, governing law, payment
obligations, and any other term that by its
nature ought to survive termination will survive
the expiration or termination of this
Agreement.
c. Consequence of Termination. Upon the
effective date of termination of this
Agreement (i) Boopsie will immediately cease
providing the Hosted Service to Customer, (ii)
Customer's license to use the Custom Client
and the Hosted Services will cease; (hi) any
and all payment obligations of Customer
incurred prior to the date of termination will
immediately become due; (iv) within thirty (30)
days of such termination each party will return
all copies of Confidential Information of the
other party in its possession except as
required to comply with any applicable legal or
accounting record keeping requirement; (v)
upon Customer's written request, Boopsie will
acknowledge to Customer in writing that all
active Customer Data has been removed and
deleted from its systems within ten (10) days
of termination; and (vi) Boopsie will delete all
backed up Customer Data from Boopsie'
systems within 30 days of termination of this
Agreement.
16. PUBLICITY AND PROMOTION. The
parties may issue one or more mutually
agreed upon press releases at mutually
agreed times. Boopsie may include
Customer's name in a list of its customers
Customer shall prominently promote the
Custom Client download on its website and
other online and offline communication
channels as appropriate.
17. MISCELLANEOUS. This Agreement
represents the complete agreement regarding
the subject matter of this Agreement and
supersedes all prior and contemporaneous
agreements, understandings, negotiations and
discussions, whether oral or written, of the
parties.
a. Amendments. This Agreement may be
amended only by a written document
executed by a duly authorized representative
of each party. No purchase order, other
ordering document or any hand written or
typewritten text which purports to modify or
supplement the printed text of this Agreement
or any Product Order Form shall add to or
vary the terms of this Agreement unless
signed or initialed by authorized
representatives of each party
b. Unenforceable Provisions. If any provision
of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable,
such provision shall be reformed only to the
extent necessary to make the remainder of
the Agreement enforceable.
c. Notices. All notices given under this
Agreement shall be in writing, and shall be
delivered by a form of mail to the addresses
listed on the Product Order Form, which
provides receipt evidencing such delivery.
d. Waiver. No waiver by either party hereto of
any breach of any provision herein shall
constitute waiver of any other provision nor
shall such waiver constitute consent that the
breach may continue or that any other breach
will be waived.. Unless stated otherwise in
this Agreement, the remedies provided are
cumulative, and are in addition to any other
remedies available at law or equity.
e. independent Contractors. The parties
hereto are and shall remain independent
contractors. Nothing herein shall be deemed
to establish a partnership, joint venture, or
agency relationship between the parties.
f. Counterparts. This Agreement may be
executed in several counterparts, all of which
taken together constitute one single
agreement between the parties.
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g. Assionment. Neither party shall assign or
transfer this Agreement or any of its rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of the other, which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld, and any attempt to
do so without such consent will be void;
provided, however, that, upon written notice to
the other party, (i) either party may assign its
rights or obligations hereunder to a parent
corporation or an affiliate in which the
assigning party or its parent corporation holds
a Controlling interest without the consent of
the other party and (ii) either party may assign
its rights and obligations hereunder in
connection with any transaction involving the
merger, acquisition or consolidation of the
assigning party or the sale of all or
substantially all of its assets without the
consent of the other party. This Agreement
shall inure to the benefit of and bind
successors and permitted assigns of the
parties.
h. Force Maieure. Neither party will be liable
for any failure or delay in the performance of
its obligations (except the obligation to pay
money) hereunder on account of events
beyond the reasonable control of such party,
which may include, without limitation,
govemment action, acts of God, war,
terrorism, fire, flood, earthquakes or other
natural disasters denial -of -service attacks or
communication line or power failures or
matenal shortages or labor conditions;
provided that such party gives prompt notice
to the other party, and use its commercially
reasonable efforts to resume performance as
soon as reasonably practicable.
i. Government Rights. The Custom Client is
"commercial computer software," as such term
is used in FAR 12.212 Any use, duplication,
or disclosure of the Custom Client or any
other Software by or on behalf of the U.S.
Govemment is subject to restrictions as set
forth in this Agreement. Manufacturer is
Boopsie.
3rd Party Approval Customer understands
that the Custom Client may require approval
and acceptance by a third party before being
placed in an application store. For example,
Apple, Inc approves any software included in
the AppStore. While Boopsie has extensive
experience in getting applications based upon
the software in the Custom Client accepted by
such third party application stores, such third
party stores exercise complete control over
what is approved Therefore, Boopsie cannot
and does riot guarantee that third parties
asserting such control over their application
stores will accept the Custom Client. If this
occurs, Boopsie will provide a download site
for the Clients for all platforms that support
direct download of the application. All fees
will be due and payable as stated in this
Agreement regardless of any third party
application store acceptance or rejection.
SCHEDULE C
MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEMS
• Android - 1.6 or greater
• BlackBerry 4.0 or greater
• Java CLDC1.1 MIDP 2.0
• Palm OS 5 4 and greater
• Symbian S60 3rd Edition
• Windows Mobile 5.0 — 6.5
• iPhone 3.2 and greater (subject to Customer acquiring an Apple Developer account for
iOS development, which currently will cost the customer an additional $99.00 per year,
subject to Apple approval)
SCHEDULE D
OPTIMUM LIBRARY APP PRODUCT FEATURES
The Customer Boopsie Optimum library app includes the features listed below. Customer can
decide to exclude features.
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Library Locator
Catalog Search using Smart Prefix Search
ILS Integration for holds, renewals
Ask A Librarian
Reading Lists
Events, Calendar
Blogs and Twitter
Additional customer -generated content through 'Boopsie Docs' admin module
BookLook
P ublisher Reviews — integration with library supplied book review providers
Overdnve Access
S panish language support
U sage statistics
For BookLook, the Customer's ILS must support an ISBN search or the MARC records must
contain the ISBN.
For Publisher Reviews, library is responsible for securing access to the review source.
For Overdrive Access — library is responsible for providing access to their existing Overdrive
service
SCHEDULE E
TRADEMARKS
BOOPSIE:
1. Boopsie
2. Mobile Find
3. Smart Prefix
CUSTOMER*
1. All Customer trademarks
SCHEDULE F
END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
PREAMBLE
IMPORTANT' THIS IS THE LICENSE AGREEMENT THAT YOU ARE REQUIRED TO
ACCEPT BEFORE INSTALLING AND USING BOOPSIE, INC. SOFTWARE CAREFULLY
READ ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH THE DOWNLOADING AND/OR INSTALLATION OF THIS
SOFTWARE PRODUCT. YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO DOWNLOAD AND/OR INSTALL
THIS SOFTWARE PRODUCT UNTIL YOU HAVE AGREED TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT
AGREE WITH ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT
AND CHOOSE NOT TO INSTALL THIS SOFTWARE PRODUCT TO OBTAIN A REFUND OF
THE AMOUNT PAID FOR THIS LICENSE, PROMPTLY RETURN THIS SOFTWARE
PRODUCT IN UNMODIFIED FORM TOGETHER WITH WRITTEN CERTIFICATION THAT
THE ORIGINAL SOFTWARE PRODUCT AND ANY COPIES MADE HAVE BEEN RETURNED,
TO EITHER BOOPSIE, INC. OR THE AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTOR WHO PROVIDED THE
SOFTWARE PRODUCT TO YOU, AS APPLICABLE, NO LATER THAN 14 DAYS FROM
YOUR RECEIPT OF THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT. BY ACCEPTING THIS LICENSE
AGREEMENT YOU ALSO REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU ARE DULY
AUTHORIZED TO ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE
AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF YOUR EMPLOYER THIS AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO
BY BOOPSIE, INC. ('BOOPSIEINC') AND YOU AS END USER OF THE SOFTWARE
PRODUCT ('END USER").
1. The Software Product
The subject of this license is the BOOPSIEINC software product in which this license is
embedded and any related updates, provided to END USER, including computer software and,
where applicable, associated media, printed materials and online or electronic documentation
("Software Product").
2. License Grant
END USER is hereby granted, upon the following terms and conditions including payment of
any applicable license fee, a non-exclusive non -transferable license, for its internal, end -use
purposes only (excluding the commercialization of information technology products), in the
ordinary course of END USER'S business to:
2.1. If a single user license is purchased or otherwise agreed to, install and use the
Software Product on a single device only (and not on a computer, network or a server)
2.2. If a server license is purchased or otherwise agreed to, install and use the
Software Product on a single designated server being a single computer which provides
shared services to multiple single computers finked to the server, subject to the number
of concurrent users agreed to in writing by BOOPSIEINC, in each case where such
single device or server is owned, leased or otherwise substantially controlled by END
USER If END USER desires to use this Software Product on more than a single device
(not being a server) or server additional licenses must be obtained from BOOPSIEINC
for each device or server upon which or where the Software Product is to be used.
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END USER agrees that any feedback provided to BOOPSIEINC, which may include bug
reports conferences with BOOPSIEINC representatives and/or written evaluations, in relation to
the Software Product will become the property of BOOPSIEINC and that BOOPSIEINC will
have no confidentiality obligations with respect to such feedback. END USER agrees that
BOOPSIEINC and its designees will be free to copy, modify, create denvative works, publicly
display, disclose, distribute, license and sublicense through multiple tiers of distribution and
licensees incorporate and otherwise use the feedback, including derivative works thereto, for
any and all commercial and non-commercial purposes.
END USER is permitted to make one copy of this Software Product into machine-readable form
for backup purposes only however END USER may not copy the printed materials that are part
of this Software Product. END USER must mark the backup copy media of the Software
Product as "backup". The backup copy of the Software Product is subject to the provisions of
this Agreement, and all titles, trademarks, copyright notices and other legends shall be
reproduced in the backup copy.
3. License Restrictions
THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS AGREEMENT, IS
LICENSED TO END USER, NOT SOLD. END USER MAY NOT USE OR COPY THE
SOFTWARE PRODUCT, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED
FOR IN THIS LICENSE END USER MAY NOT MODIFY, TRANSLATE, REVERSE
ENGINEER, DECOMPILE, DISASSEMBLE OR CREATE DERIVATIVE WORKS OF THE
SOFTWARE PRODUCT OR OTHERWISE ATTEMPT TO (A) DEFEAT, AVOID, BY-PASS,
REMOVE, DEACTIVATE OR OTHERWISE CIRCUMVENT ANY SOFTWARE PROTECTION
MECHANISMS IN THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY
S UCH MECHANISM USED TO RESTRICT OR CONTROL THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE
SOFTWARE PRODUCT OR (B) DERIVE THE SOURCE CODE OR THE UNDERLYING
IDEAS, ALGORITHMS, STRUCTURE OR ORGANIZATION FORM OF THE SOFTWARE
P RODUCT END USER WILL AT ALL TIMES, INCLUDING DURING AND AFTER THE TERM
OF THIS LICENSE, KEEP THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT ALL INFORMATION RELATING TO
END USER'S USE OF THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT INCLUDING ANY BENCHMARKS,
PERFORMANCE RESULTS AND OTHER INFORMATION, CONFIDENTIAL UNLESS
OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY AGREED IN WRITING BY BOOPSIEINC.
The Software Product is provided with Restricted Rights. Use, duplication or disclosure by the
U S. Government is subject to restrictions set forth in subparagraph (c)(1) of The Rights in
Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.227-7013 or subparagraphs
(c)(1) and (2) of Commercial Computer Software - Restricted Rights at 48 CFR 52 227-19, as
applicable. Manufacturer is Boopsie, Inc., Fenwick & West LLP 801 Califomia St, Mountain
View, CA 94041.
4. Ownership
The Software Product is protected by copynght and is proprietary and confidential to
BOOPSIEINC. All right title and interest in and to the Software Product (including associated
intellectual property rights) are and will remain vested in BOOPSIEINC or BOOPSIEINC's
affiliated companies or licensors. These rights are protected by national and other laws and
international treaties. END USER acknowledges that no rights, license or interest to any
BOOPSIEINC trademarks are granted hereunder.
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5. Termination
Without prejudice to any other rights, BOOPSIEINC may terminate this Software License
Agreement if you fail to comply with the terms and conditions of this Software License
Agreement In such event, you must destroy all copies of the Software Product and all of its
component parts.
6 Limitation of Liability
THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT IS PROVIDED "AS IS' WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY
KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WITHOUT LIMITATION, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
ALLOWABLE BY LAW, END USER ASSUMES THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND
PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT. THIS EXCLUSION OF ALL WARRANTIES
OR CONDITIONS EXTENDS WITHOUT LIMITATION TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR
CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABLE QUALITY NON -INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND THOSE
ARISING BY STATUTE OR OTHERWISE IN LAW OR FROM A COURSE OF DEALING OR
USAGE OF TRADE THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT CONTAINS PRE-RELEASE CODE MAY
NOT BE FULLY FUNCTIONAL AND MAY BE SUBSTANTIALLY MODIFIED IN FURTHER
DEVELOPMENT. BOOPSIEINC DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS
CONTAINED IN THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT WILL MEET END USER'S REQUIREMENTS,
OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT WILL BE ERROR FREE OR
UNINTERRUPTED. BOOPSIEINC CAN PROVIDE NO ASSURANCE THAT IT WILL EVER
PRODUCE OR MAKE AVAILABLE A GENERAL RELEASE VERSION. IN NO EVENT SHALL
BOOPSIEINC BE LIABLE UNDER ANY THEORY OF CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY
OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL
DAMAGES, DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST BUSINESS REVENUE OTHER
ECONOMIC LOSS OR ANY LOSS OF RECORDED DATA, EVEN IF BOOPSIEINC HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY
TO USE THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT.
7. General Provisions
The limitations of liability and ownership rights of BOOPSIEINC contained herein and END
USER's obligations following termination of this Agreement shall survive the termination of this
Agreement for any reason. END USER may not sublicense, assign, share, pledge, rent or
transfer any of its rights under this Agreement in relation to the Software Product or any portion
thereof including documentation. No amendments or modifications may be made to this
Agreement except in wnting signed by both parties. If one or more provisions of this Agreement
are found to be invalid or unenforceable, this Agreement shall not be rendered inoperative but
the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect. This Agreement constitutes the
entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and
merges all prior communications except that a 'hard -copy" form of license agreement relating to
the Software Product previously agreed to in writing by BOOPSIEINC and END USER shall
supersede and govem in the event of any conflicting provisions. This Agreement shall be
governed by the laws of the State of California
SCHEDULE G
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. SCOPE OF SERVICES
Boopsie hereby agrees to provide the City with a license and consulting services for a
mobile application for the City's Library.
2. TERM
This Agreement shall commence upon the date that both the City and Boopsie have
executed this Agreement ("Effective Date') and shall continue in full force and effect for a
period of one year from the Effective Date ("Initial Term"), unless terminated earlier in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. The Agreement contains two one year
options to renew if both the City and Boopsie agree in writing to the one year renewals.
3. COMPENSATION
The City shall pay Boopsie an amount not to exceed $24,990.00, which includes the
$8,995.00 one-time implementation fee and the $15,995.00 one-year subscription fee, for the
o ne-year Agreement in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Payment
Schedule attached as Schedule "B", which is incorporated for all purposes herein. If the City
and Boopsie agree to exercise one or both of the two one-year renewal options, then the City
shall pay Boopsie a sum not to exceed $15,995.00 for each one-year renewal subscription.
Boopsie shall not perform any additional services for the City not specified by this Agreement
u nless the City requests and approves in writing the additional costs for such services. The
City shall not be liable for any additional expenses of Boopsie not specified by this Agreement
u nless the City first approves such expenses in writing.
4. ADDITIONAL TERMINATION TERMS
4.1 Non -appropriation of Funds
In the event no funds or insufficient funds are appropriated by the City in any
fiscal period for any payments due hereunder, City will notify Boopsie of such
occurrence and this Agreement shall terminate on the last day of the fiscal period for
which appropriations were received without penalty or expense to the City of any kind
whatsoever, except as to the portions of the payments herein agreed upon for which
funds have been appropriated.
4.2 Duties and Obligations of the Parties
In the event that this Agreement is terminated prior to the Expiration Date, the
City shall pay Boopsie for services actually rendered up to the effective date of
termination and Boopsie shall continue to provide the City with services requested by
the City and in accordance with this Agreement up to the effective date of termination.
5. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
Boopsie hereby warrants to the City that Boopsie has made full disclosure in writing of
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any existing or potential conflicts of interest related to Boopsre's services under this
Agreement. In the event that any conflicts of interest arise after the Effective Date of this
Agreement, Boopsie hereby agrees immediately to make full disclosure to the City in writing.
Boopsie for itself and its officers, agents and employees, further agrees that it shall treat all
information provided to it by the City as confidential and shall not disclose any such
information to a third party without the prior written approval of the City. Boopsie shall store
and maintain City Information in a secure manner and shall not allow unauthorized users to
access, modify, delete or otherwise corrupt City Information in any way. Boopsie shall notify
the City immediately if the security or integrity of any City information has been compromised
or is believed to have been compromised.
6. RIGHT TO AUDIT
Boopsie agrees that the City shall, until the expiration of three (3) years after final
payment under this contract, or the final conclusion of any audit commenced dunng the said
three years, have access to and the right to examine at reasonable times any directly pertinent
books, documents, papers and records of the Boopsie involving transactions relating to this
Contract at no additional cost to the City. Boopsie agrees that the City shall have access
during normal working hours to all necessary Boopsie facilities and shall be provided adequate
and appropriate work space in order to conduct audits in compliance with the provisions of this
section. The City shall give Boopsie reasonable advance notice of intended audits.
7. INSURANCE
Boopsie shall provide the City with certificate(s) of insurance documenting policies of
the following minimum coverage limits that are to be in effect prior to commencement of any
work pursuant to this Agreement:
7.1 Coverage and Limits
(a) Worker's Compensation - Statutory limits
Employer's liability
$100,000 Each accident/occurrence
$100,000 Disease - per each employee
$500,000 Disease - policy limit
This coverage may be written as follows:
Workers' Compensation and Employers' Liability coverage with limits consistent with
statutory benefits outlined in the Texas workers' Compensation Act (Art. 8308 — 1 01 et
seq Tex Rev. Civ. Stat.) and minimum policy limits for Employers Liability of $100 000
each accident/occurrence, $500,000 bodily injury disease policy limit and $100,000 per
disease per employee
(b) Technology Liability (E&O)
$1,000,000 Each Claim Limit
$1,000,000 Aggregate Limit
Coverage shall include but not be limited to, the following:
(i) Failure to prevent unauthorized access
(ii) Unauthonzed disclosure of information
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(iii) Implantation of malicious code or computer virus
(iv) Fraud, Dishonest or Intentional Acts with final adjudication
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Technology coverage may be provided through an endorsement to the Commercial
General Liability (CGL) policy, or a separate policy specific to Technology E&O. Either is
acceptable if coverage meets all other requirements. Any deductible will be the sole
responsibility of the Prime Vendor and may not exceed $50,000 without the written approval of
the City Coverage shall be claims -made, with a retroactive or prior acts date that is on or
before the effective date of this Contract. Coverage shall be maintained for the duration of the
contractual agreement and for two (2) years following completion of services provided. An
annual certificate of insurance shall be submitted to the City to evidence coverage.
7.2 General Reauirements
(a) Certificates of insurance shall document the City of Fort Worth its'
officers, Employees and Volunteers, as "additional insured" on all liability
policies.
(b) The workers' compensation policy shall include a Waiver of Subrogation
(Right of Recovery) in favor of the City of Fort Worth.
(c) The Boopsie shall furnish the City a minimum of thirty (30) days notice of
cancellation or reduction in limits of coverage shall be provided to the
City. Ten (10) days notice shall be acceptable in the event of non-
payment of premium. Notice shall be sent to the Risk Manager, City of
Fort Worth, 1000 Throckmorton, Fort Worth, Texas 76102, with copies to
the City Attorney at the same address.
(d) The insurers for all policies must be licensed and/or approved to do
business in the State of Texas. All insurers must have a minimum rating
of A- VII in the current A.M. Best Key Rating Guide, or have reasonably
equivalent financial strength and solvency to the satisfaction of Risk
Management. If the rating is below that required, written approval of Risk
Management is required.
(e) Any failure on the part of the City to request required insurance
documentation shall not constitute a waiver of the insurance requirement.
(f) Certificates of Insurance evidencing that the Boopsie has obtained all
required insurance shall be delivered to the City prior to Boopsie
proceeding with any work pursuant to this Agreement.
8. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS, ORDINANCES, RULES AND REGULATIONS
Boopsie agrees that in the performance of its obligations hereunder, it will comply with
all applicable federal, state and local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations and that any work
it produces in connection with this agreement will also comply with all applicable federal state
and local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations. If the City notes Boopsie of any violation of
such laws, ordinances, rules or regulations, Boopsie shall immediately desist from and correct
the violation.
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9. NON-DISCRIMINATION COVENANT
Boopsie, for itself, its personal representatives, assigns, subcontractors and successors
in interest, as part of the consideration herein, agrees that in the performance of Boopsie's
duties and obligations hereunder, it shall not discriminate in the treatment or employment of any
individual or group of individuals on any basis prohibited by law. If any claim arises from an
alleged violation of this non-discrimination covenant by Boopsie, its personal representatives,
assigns, subcontractors or successors in interest, Boopsie agrees to assume such liability and
to indemnify and defend the City and hold the City harmless from such claim.
10. NOTICES
Notices required pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall be conclusively
determined to have been delivered when (1) hand -delivered to the other party, its agents,
employees, servants or representatives, (2) delivered by facsimile with electronic confirmation
of the transmission or (3) received by the other party by United States Mail, registered, return
receipt requested, addressed as follows:
City of Fort Worth
Attn: Susan Alanis, Assistant City Manager
1000 Throckmorton Street, 3'd Floor
Fort Worth TX 76102-6311
Facsimile (817) 392-8654
11. SOLICITATION OF EMPLOYEES
Boopsie, Inc.
Attn Greg Carpenter, CEO
464 Linden Street
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Facsimile: (949) 715-2442
Neither the City nor Boopsie shall during the term of this agreement and additionally for
a period of one year after its termination, solicit for employment or employ, whether as
employee or independent contractor, any person who is or has been employed by the other
during the term of this agreement, without the prior written consent of the person's employer.
12. GOVERNMENTAL POWERS/IMMUNITIES
It is understood and agreed that by execution of this Agreement, the City does not waive
or surrender any of its governmental powers or immunities.
13. NO WAIVER
The failure of the City or Boopsie to insist upon the performance of any term or
provision of this Agreement or to exercise any right granted herein shall not constitute a waiver
of the City's or Boopsie s respective right to insist upon appropriate performance or to assert
any such right on any future occasion.
14. GOVERNING LAW / VENUE
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas. If
any action, whether real or asserted, at law or in equity, is brought pursuant to this Agreement,
venue for such action shall lie in state courts located in Tarrant County, Texas or the United
States District Court for the Northem District of Texas, Fort Worth Division.
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15. SEVERABILITY
If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected
or impaired.
16. HEADINGS NOT CONTROLLING
Headings and titles used in this Agreement are for reference purposes only, shall not be
deemed a part of this Agreement, and are not intended to define or limit the scope of any
provision of this Agreement.
17. REVIEW OF COUNSEL
The parties acknowledge that each party and its counsel have reviewed and revised this
Agreement and that the normal rules of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be
resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of this Agreement
or exhibits hereto
18. AMENDMENTS
No amendment of this Agreement shall be binding upon a party hereto unless such
amendment is set forth in a written instrument which is executed by an authorized
representative of each party.
19. ENTIRETY OF AGREEMENT
This Agreement, including the schedule of schedules attached hereto and any
documents incorporated herein by reference, contains the entire understanding and
agreement between the City and Boopsie, their assigns and successors in interest, as to the
matters contained herein. Any prior or contemporaneous oral or written agreement is hereby
declared null and void to the extent in conflict with any provision of this Agreement.
20. SIGNATURE AUTHORITY
The person signing this agreement hereby warrants that he/she has the legal authority to
execute this agreement on behalf of the respective party, and that such binding authority has
been granted by proper order, resolution, ordinance or other authorization of the entity. The
other party is fully entitled to rely on this warranty and representation in entering into this
Agreement.
21. COUNTERPARTS
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and each counterpart
shall, for all purposes be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute
one and the same instrument.
22. NETWORK ACCESS
Boopsie and/or any of its employees, officers, agents, servants or subcontractor agree
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that they will not be accessing the City's computer network. However, if Boopsie, and/or any of
its employees, officers, agents, servants or subcontractors (for purposes of this section
"Boopsie Personnel"), requires access to the City's computer network in order to provide the
services herein, Boopsie shall execute and comply with the City's Network Access Agreement.
If executed, the City's Network Access Agreement would become Schedule "H" and would be
incorporated herein for all purposes.
23. IMMIGRATION NATIONALITY ACT
The City of Fort Worth actively supports the Immigration & Nationality Act (INA) which
includes provisions addressing employment eligibility, employment verification, and
nondiscrimination. Boopsie shall verify the identity and employment eligibility of all employees
who perform work under this Agreement. Boopsie shall complete the Employment Eligibility
Verification Form (I-9), maintain photocopies of all supporting employment eligibility and identity
documentation for all employees and upon request, provide City with copies of all 1-9 forms and
supporting eligibility documentation for each employee who performs work under this
Agreement Boopsie shall establish appropriate procedures and controls so that no services will
be performed by any employee who is not legally eligible to perform such services. Boopsie
shall provide City with a certification letter that it has complied with the verification requirements
required by this Agreement. Boopsie shall indemnify City from any penalties or liabilities due to
violations of this provision. City shall have the right to immediately terminate this Agreement for
violations of this provision by Boopsie.
24. PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT
Boopsie understands and acknowledges that the City is a public entity under the laws of
the State of Texas and as such, all documents held by the City are subject to disclosure under
Chapter 552 of the Texas Government Code. Boopsie shall clearly indicate to the City what
information it deems proprietary. If the City is required to disclose any documents that may
reveal any Boopsie Proprietary Information to third parties under the Texas Government Code,
or by any other legal process, law, rule or judicial order by a court of competent jurisdiction, the
City will notify Boopsie prior to disclosure of such documents, and give Boopsie the opportunity
to submit reasons for objections to disclosure. The City agrees to restrict access to Boopsie s
information to those persons within its organization who have a need to know for purposes of
management of this Contract. The City agrees to inform its employees of the obligations under
this paragraph and to enforce rules and procedures that will prevent any unauthorized
disclosure or transfer of information. The City will use its best efforts to secure and protect
Company's information in the same manner and to the same degree it protects its own
proprietary information; however, the City does not guarantee that any information deemed
proprietary by Boopsie will be protected from public disclosure if release is required by law. The
foregoing obligation regarding confidentiality shall remain in effect for a period of three (3) years
after the expiration of this Contract.