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Borealis Master Subscription Agreement
Revision: 20240731
This Borealis Master Subscription Agreement (this "MSA") is entered into effective as of the Effective Date
by and between Boreal — Informations Strategiques 2014 Inc. (`Borealis") and Customer identified below.
PREAMBLE
This MSA governs the access to and use of the Online Service by the Customer. Customer is authorized to
enter into this agreement by and through M&C P-12275 and its purchase agreement with SHI Government
Solutions, Inc., identified by Customer as City Secretary Contract No. 56024 (CSC No. 56024).
INTENDING TO BE LEGALLY BOUND, THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
1. DEFINITIONS
All capitalized terms used in this MSA have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 1 of Schedule A.
2. DOCUMENTS FORMING AGREEMENT; ORDER OF PRECEDENCE
The documents forming this MSA are this document (the "Main Document"), Schedule A — General Terms
and Conditions, Schedule B — Service Levels, Schedule C — Privacy and Personal Information Protection and
the Orders, which are incorporated by reference into the MSA and bind the Parties. Reference to a Schedule
includes any appendices thereto. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of documents
forming this MSA, the terms of such documents will be interpreted according to the following order of
precedence: 1) this Main Document, 2) Schedule A, 3) Schedule B and 4) the terms and conditions of the
applicable Order.
3. CUSTOMER IDENTIFICATION AND CONTACT PERSONS
Customer City of Fort Worth
Identification 100 Fort Worth Trail
("Customer") Fort Worth, TX 76102
Customer Contact Michelle Gutt
Persons Communications & Public Engagement Director
817-392-6248
Michelle.Gutt@fortworthtexas.gov
SIGNED by the Parties:
By: BOREAL — INFORMATIONS
STRATEGIQUES 2014 INC.
Sign.:
Name: ar�kR
Title: General Counsel
Date: 2024-11-01
By: CITY OF FORT WORTH
Sign.: �-44414
Name: Mark McDaniel
Title: Deputy City Manager
Date: Nov 4,2024
OFFICIAL RECORD
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SCHEDULE A
General Terms and Conditions
1 DEFINITIONS
The following terms have the following
meanings:
1.1 "Affiliate" means any entity that directly
or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with the subject entity. For
purposes of this definition, "control" means the
power to direct or cause the direction of the
management or policies of such entity, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise.
1.2 "Authorized Users" means Customer's
or its Affiliates' employees, consultants,
contractors, agents, suppliers, stakeholders or
other third parties who are authorized by
Customer or its Affiliates to access and use the
Online Service and who have been supplied user
identifications and passwords for such purpose.
1.3 "Borealis Access Codes" has the
meaning set out in Section 2.7.
1.4 "Borealis Parties" has the meaning set
out in Section 4.1.
1.5 "Confidential Information" means all
confidential or proprietary information of a party
(the "Disclosing Party") disclosed to the other
party (the "Receiving Party"), whether orally or
in writing, that is designated as confidential or
that reasonably should be understood to be
confidential given the nature of the information
and the circumstances of disclosure. Without
limiting the scope of this confidentiality
undertaking, the parties acknowledge and agree
that: (a) Customer Confidential Information
includes the Customer Data; (b) Borealis
Confidential Information includes the Online
Service; and (c) Confidential Information of each
party includes the terms and conditions of this
MSA, pricing and other terms set out in Orders,
as well as marketing plans, budgets, financial
information, technology, technical information,
methods, processes, techniques, designs,
computer programs and other business
information disclosed by such party.
1.6 "Customer" has the meaning set out in
Section 3 of the Main Document.
1.7 "Customer Data" means all data
submitted, stored, posted, displayed,
transmitted, or processed by Customer using the
Online Service.
1.8 "Disclosing Party" has the meaning set
out in Section 1.5.
1.9 "Documentation" means any written or
electronic documentation, images, video, text or
sounds specifying the functionalities of the
Online Service provided or made available by
Borealis to Customer in the applicable Borealis
help center(s); provided, however, that
Documentation specifically excludes any
"community moderated" forums as provided or
accessible through such knowledge base(s).
1.10 "Effective Date" means the last (or only)
date of the signatures on the Main Document.
1.11 "Feedback" has the meaning set out in
Section 4.1.
1.12 "Force Majeure Event" has the meaning
set out in Section 10.11.
1.13 "Main Document" means the main
document of this MSA, to which this Schedule is
attached.
1.14 "Online Service" means the corporate
social responsibility management software
application hosted and provided in software -as -
a -service form by Borealis, including: (a) all
proprietary technology (software, hardware,
algorithms, code, processes, user interfaces,
know-how, techniques, templates, designs and
other tangible or intangible technical material or
information) of Borealis, its licensors and service
providers used by Borealis to provide the Online
Service, (b) system administration, system
management, and system monitoring activities
performed by Borealis in connection with the
software applications made available by Borealis;
(c) enhancements, updates and upgrades
brought to the Online Service during the
Subscription Term; and (d) associated technical
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support and software maintenance Online
Service, as may be applicable.
1.15 "Order" means the quote(s) issued by
Borealis and accepted in writing by Customer, the
purchase order issued by Customer in response
to the quote(s) issued by Borealis or, in the
absence of which, the invoice issued by Borealis
to confirm and document the description,
quantity and prices for the Online Service
purchased by Customer pursuant to this MSA.
1.16 "Receiving Party" has the meaning set
out in Section 1.5.
1.17 "Subscription Term" has the meaning
set out in Section 9.1.
1.18 "Taxes" has the meaning set out in
Section 3.6.
1.19 "Third -Party Technologies" means
third -party software or online services that
Customer wishes to integrate or interoperate
with the Online Service. Examples of Third -Party
Technologies include third -party single sign -on
platforms, project management and enterprise
resource planning (ERP) systems that
interconnect with the Online Service through an
application programming interface (API).
2 ONLINE SERVICE
2.1 Provision of Online Service. Borealis will
make the purchased Online Service available to
Customer pursuant to this MSA and the Order(s)
and allow the Authorized Users to access and use
the Online Service during the Subscription Term.
Customer Affiliates may also purchase Online
Service access rights in accordance with the
terms of this MSA by executing one or more
Orders referencing this MSA. Borealis may from
time to time update the Online Service but
agrees not make any changes to the Online
Service during the Subscription Term that would
result in a material reduction of the performance,
functionality, availability, or security of the
Online Service. Customer may purchase
additional Online Service, such as to allow
additional users to use the Online Service, by
executing additional Orders. The Subscription
Term of such added Online Service will be
coterminous with the then -current Subscription
Term as set forth in the Order.
2.2 Availability. Subject to the terms and
conditions set out in Schedule B, Borealis will
host and operate the infrastructure to make the
Online Service available to Customer with
minimal downtime 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
and deploy commercially reasonable efforts to
achieve the monthly availability target set out in
Schedule B.
2.3 Support. Borealis will provide support to
Customer through email and telephone, in
accordance with the target response and
resolution times described in Schedule B.
Support tickets can be initiated by email at
helpdesk(@boreal-is.com and by such other
methods implemented by Borealis from time to
time.
2.4 Use of Customer Data. Subject to this
MSA, including Borealis' confidentiality
obligations, Customer hereby allows Borealis to
host and store the Customer Data and perform
such acts with respect to the Customer Data but
solely as may be necessary for Borealis to provide
functionality of the Online Service to Customer.
2.5 Data Security, Privacy and Personal
Information Protection. Borealis agrees to
maintain administrative, physical, and technical
safeguards for the protection of the
confidentiality and integrity of Customer Data
and will process personal information contained
in the Customer Data in accordance with the
provisions of Schedule C.
2.6 Customer's Responsibilities.
2.6.1 Permitted Use; Restrictions. Customer
must not allow access to, or use of, the Online
Service by anyone other than Authorized Users.
Customer is responsible for its Authorized Users'
compliance with this MSA, for its Authorized
Users' use of the Online Service, and for ensuring
that Authorized Users maintain the
confidentiality of their access credentials.
Customer agrees that it will not: (a) license,
sublicense, sell, resell, rent, lease, transfer,
assign, distribute, time-share or otherwise
commercially exploit the Online Service or make
the Online Service available to any third party,
other than to Authorized Users or as otherwise
contemplated by this MSA; (b) use the Online
Service to collect, transmit or process any
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material that is infringing, obscene, threatening,
libelous, or otherwise unlawful or tortious,
including material that is harmful to children or
violates third party privacy rights; (c) use the
Online Service to send, store, publish, post,
upload or otherwise transmit any malware,
corrupted files or other computer programming
routines that are intended to damage,
detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously
intercept or expropriate any systems, data,
personal information or property of another; (d)
interfere with or disrupt the integrity or
performance of the Online Service; (e) attemptto
gain unauthorized access to the Online Service or
their related systems or networks; (f) use or
knowingly permit others to use any security
testing tools in order to probe, scan or attempt
to penetrate or ascertain the security of the
Online Service; (g) access the Online Service for
the purpose of building a similar or competitive
product; (h) copy, translate, create a derivative
work of, reverse engineer, reverse assemble,
disassemble, or decompile the Online Service or
any part thereof or otherwise attempt to
discover any source code or modify the Online
Service.
2.6.2 Customer Data. Customer is solely
responsible for the accuracy, quality, integrity,
legality, reliability, and appropriateness of all
Customer Data. Customer represents and
warrants that it has obtained all rights,
permissions, and consents necessary to use and
transfer the Customer Data within and, when
requested by Customer, outside of the country in
which Customer is located in conjunction with
Borealis' provision of the Online Service
(including providing adequate disclosures and
obtaining legally sufficient consent from
Customer's employees, agents, contractors,
suppliers, projects stakeholders and other
persons whose personal information is or will be
stored and processed through the use of the
Online Service).
2.7 Third -Party Technologies. At
Customer's request (and provided such request
falls within the functional capabilities of the
Online Service), the Online Service may integrate
or interoperate with Third -Party Technologies
through application programming interfaces
(APIs) calls. If Customer elects to use the Online
Service with Third -Party Technologies, Customer
agrees that this provides Borealis the right to
export and import Customer Data to and from
such Third -Party Technologies for purposes of
delivering the Online Service purchased by
Customer. Customer understands and agrees
that, when used with Third -Party Technologies,
the availability of the Online Service, or certain
features and functions of the Online Service, are
dependent on the corresponding availability of
Third -Party Technologies or specific features and
functions of Third -Party Technologies; in such a
case, Borealis will not be liable to Customer or
any third party if changes in Third -Party
Technologies cause the unavailability of the
Online Service or any feature or function of the
Online Service. To the extent that Borealis
requires authorizations, passwords, or other user
credentials to a Third -Party Technology
("Borealis Access Codes") to retrieve Customer
Data or to enable interoperability with the Online
Service, Customer will promptly provide such
Borealis Access Codes. Borealis will not share,
reassign, divulge, or disclose any Borealis Access
Codes except to Borealis employees or
authorized contractors specifically engaged in
the performance of the Online Service. Borealis
Access Codes constitute Customer's Confidential
Information under this MSA.
2.8 Service Providers' Certifications. Most
datacenters facilities used by Borealis conduct
Service Organization Control SOC 1 and SOC 2
compliance audits. While third party SOC1/SOC2
compliance audit reports of its datacenter
facilities providers are confidential, Borealis
normally receives summary versions of such
reports for confidential communication to its
customers. Borealis itself is ISO/IEC 27001:2017
certified, demonstrating its commitment to
maintaining the highest standards of information
security and ensuring the confidentiality,
integrity, and availability of customer data.
3 FEES AND PAYMENT TERMS
3.1 Fees. Customer agrees to pay the fees
specified in all Orders in accordance with CSC No
56024..
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4 PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
4.1 Online Service. Borealis, its licensors
and service providers (together the "Borealis
Parties") own all right, title, and interest in and to
the Online Service, including all related
intellectual property rights. Borealis reserves all
rights not expressly granted to Customer under
this MSA. Neither Customer nor any Authorized
User will delete or in any manner alter the
copyright, trademark, and other proprietary
notices of Borealis appearing on the Online
Service or any portion thereof. Additionally,
Borealis can freely and without compensation
use suggestions, enhancement requests,
recommendations or other feedback provided by
Customer and its Authorized Users relating to the
Online Service ("Feedback"), and Customer
hereby grants Borealis an irrevocable,
worldwide, royalty -free right to use or
implement all Feedback (or any portion of it),
including all intellectual property rights
associated with it.
4.2 Customer Data. As between Borealis
and Customer, Customer is the exclusive owner
of all right, title, and interest in and to the
Customer Data. Customer Data is deemed
Confidential Information of Customer under this
MSA.
4.3 Statistical Information. Borealis may
monitor Customer's use of the Online Service and
use data related to Customer's use in an
aggregate and anonymous manner, including to
compile statistical and performance information
related to the provision and operation of the
Online Service or to support benchmarking or
other similar current or future features of the
Online Service. Customer agrees that Borealis
may make such information publicly available,
provided that such information does not
incorporate any Customer Data and/or identify
Customer or its Confidential Information.
Borealis is the owner and retains all intellectual
property rights in such statistical and
performance information.
5 CONFIDENTIALITY
5.1 Treatment of Confidential Information.
The Receiving Party must: (a) use the same
degree of care to protect the confidentiality of
the Disclosing Party's Confidential Information
that it uses to protect its own Confidential
Information (but in no event less than reasonable
care); and (b) not use or disclose any Confidential
Information of the Disclosing Party for any
purpose outside the scope of this MSA, except
with the Disclosing Party's permission.
5.2 Exceptions. Confidential Information
does not include information that: (i) is or
becomes publicly available without breach of any
obligation owed to the Disclosing Party; (ii) is
already known to the Receiving Party at the time
of its disclosure by the Disclosing Party, without
a breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing
Party; (iii) following its disclosure to the Receiving
Party, is received by the Receiving Party from a
third party without breach of any obligation
owed to the Disclosing Party; or (iv) is
independently developed by the Receiving Party
without reference to or use of the Disclosing
Party's Confidential Information.
5.3 Compelled Disclosure. The Receiving
Party may disclose Confidential Information of
the Disclosing Party to the extent required by
applicable law, regulation, or legal process.
Unless such compelled disclosure is to enforce
the provisions of this MSA, the Receiving Party
must, however: (i) provide the Disclosing Party
with prompt written notice of the requirement to
disclose, (ii) provide the Disclosing Party with
reasonable assistance in the event the Disclosing
Party wishes to oppose or contest such
disclosure, and (iii) limit its disclosure to what is
strictly required by law, regulation, or legal
process.
5.4 Injunctive Relief. The Parties agree that
any unauthorized disclosure of Confidential
Information may cause immediate and
irreparable injury to the Disclosing Party and
that, in the event of such breach, the Disclosing
Party will be entitled, in addition to any other
available remedies, to seek immediate injunctive
and other equitable relief.
6 WARRANTIES; DISCLAIMERS
6.1 Warranties. Each party warrants that it
has the legal authority to enter into this MSA.
Borealis warrants to Customer that the Online
Service will (i) materially conform with the
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relevant Documentation and (ii) not infringe the
copyrights or patents of third parties.
6.2 Disclaimers. Except as expressly set
forth in Section 6.1, the Borealis parties make no
warranties of any kind, whether express, implied,
statutory or otherwise in connection with this
MSA or the Online Service. Without limiting the
foregoing, except as expressly set out in Section
6.1, and to the maximum extent permitted by
applicable law, the Borealis parties expressly
disclaim all implied warranties including any
warranties of merchantability or fitness for a
particular purpose. The Borealis parties do not
represent or warrant that: (a) the use of the
Online Service will be timely, uninterrupted or
operate in combination with any other hardware,
software, system, or data; (b) the Online Service
will meet customer's requirements or
expectations; or (c) the Online Service will be
error -free or that all errors or defects in the
online service will be corrected. The Online
Service may be subject to limitations, delays, and
other problems inherent in the use of the
internet and electronic communications. The
Borealis parties are not responsible for any
delays, delivery failures, or other damages
resulting from such problems.
7 INDEMNIFICATION
7.1 Indemnification by Borealis. Borealis, at
its expense, will defend and pay any settlement
amounts and damages, costs, and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys' fees) awarded
by a court of final jurisdiction arising out of any
third -party claim, suit or proceeding alleging that
Customer's use of the Online Service in
accordance with this MSA infringes a third party's
copyright or patent issued as of the Effective
Date. The foregoing obligations do not apply with
respect to a claim of infringement if such claim
arises out of (i) Customer's use of infringing
Customer Data (ii) use of the Online Service in
combination with any software, hardware,
network or system not supplied by Borealis
where the alleged infringement relates to such
combination, (iii) any modification or alteration
of the Online Service other than by Borealis, (iv)
Customer's continued use of the Online Service
after Borealis notifies Customer to discontinue
use because of an infringement claim, or (v)
Customer's violation of applicable law. If any
claim which Borealis is obligated to defend has
occurred, or in Borealis' determination is likely to
occur, Borealis may, in its sole discretion and at
its option and expense (a) obtain for Customer
the right to use the allegedly infringing item, (b)
substitute a functionally equivalent, non -
infringing replacement for such item, (c) modify
such item to make it non -infringing and
functionally equivalent, or (d) terminate this MSA
and refund to Customer any prepaid amounts
attributable to the period of time between the
date Customer was unable to use the Online
Service due to such claim and the remaining days
in the then -current Subscription Term.
7.2 Conditions. The parties' obligations
under this Section 7 are contingent upon the
indemnified party (i) giving prompt written
notice to the indemnifying party of any claim
under this Section, (ii) giving the indemnifying
party sole control of the defense or settlement of
the claim, and (iii) cooperating in the
investigation and defense of such claim(s). The
indemnifying party must not settle or consent to
judgment in any such claim that adversely affects
the rights or interests of the indemnified party or
imposes additional obligations on the
indemnified party, without the prior express
written consent of the indemnified party. The
rights and remedies set forth in this Section 7 are
the sole obligations of the indemnifying party
and exclusive remedies available to the
indemnified party in the event of an applicable
third -party claim.
8 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
8.1 Exclusion of Indirect, Consequential
and Other Related Damages. Except as set out in
Section 8.3 below, in no event will either party be
liable to the other party for any indirect, punitive,
special, exemplary, incidental, consequential or
other damages of any type or kind (including loss
of data, revenue, profits, use or other economic
advantage) arising out of, or in any way
connected with the Online Service and/or this
MSA, including but not limited to the use or
inability to use the Online Service, or for any
content obtained from or through the Online
Service, any interruption, inaccuracy, error or
omission, regardless of cause, even if Borealis
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and/or its licensors have been previously advised
of the possibility of such damages or could have
reasonably foreseen them.
8.2 Exceptions. The limitations and
exclusions of Sections 8.1 and 8.2 above do not
apply to any liability resulting from a party's
indemnification obligations or breach of
confidentiality.
9 TERM AND TERMINATION
9.1 Term of Subscriptions to Online Service.
This MSA commences as of the Effective Date and
remains in force until the expiration or
termination of the last Order then in force.
Customer's right to use the Online Service begins
on the start date specified in the Order and
continues for the period set out therein, which
cannot be less than 1 year (each a "Subscription
Term"). At the expiration of the Subscription
Term, each Order may be renewed by the mutual
agreement of the Parties for successive
additional periods of one (1) year each (each such
renewal period will also be referred to as the
Subscription Term).
9.2 Termination for Cause. This MSA and
applicable Orders may be terminated by either
party for cause as follows: (i) upon thirty (30)
days written notice if the other party breaches or
defaults under any material provision of this MSA
and does not cure such breach prior to the end of
such thirty (30) day period, (ii) effective
immediately and without notice if the other party
ceases to do business, or otherwise terminates
its business operations, except as a result of an
assignment permitted hereunder. Borealis may
temporarily cease performance of its obligations
during any Customer cure period.
9.3 Termination for Convenience. This MSA
and applicable Orders may be terminated for
convenience by Customer by transmitting a 30-
day termination notice to Borealis. Any prepaid
fees corresponding to the then -remaining
portion of the Subscription Term will be refunded
by Borealis (except for any setup, onboarding,
training, etc. fees, which are not reimbursable in
any circumstances).
9.4 Retrieval of Customer Data. In the event
of termination or expiration of the Subscription
Term under an Order and provided no amount is
then owed to Borealis by Customer, upon
Customer's request made within 30 days after
the effective date of applicable termination or
expiration, Borealis will make Customer Data
available for download by Customer in CSV or
PDF formats. After such 30-day period, Borealis
will have no obligation to maintain or provide any
Customer Data and will thereafter, unless legally
prohibited, delete all Customer Data in its
systems or otherwise in its possession or under
its control.
9.5 Survival. Except to the extent expressly
provided to the contrary herein, Sections 4
through 10 will survive the termination of this
MSA.
10 GENERAL
10.1 Anti -Corruption. Both parties warrant
that each will not, directly or indirectly, and that
each has no knowledge that other persons will,
directly or indirectly, make any payment, gift or
other commitment to its customers, to
government officials or to agents, directors and
employees of each party, or any other party in a
manner contrary to applicable laws (including the
Canadian Corruption of Foreign Public Officials
Act (CFPOA), the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act 1977, the UK Bribery Act 2010 and, where
applicable, legislation enacted by member states
and signatories implementing the OECD
Convention Combating Bribery of Foreign
Officials), and will comply with all relevant laws,
regulations, ordinances and rules regarding
bribery and corruption. Nothing in the MSA will
render either party liable to reimburse the other
for any such consideration given or promised.
10.2 Relationship. Borealis and Customer are
independent contractors, and this MSA does not
create a partnership, joint venture, employment,
or agency relationship between the parties. This
is a non-exclusive arrangement.
10.3 Entire Understanding; Modifications.
This MSA, including all Orders, constitute the
entire agreement between the parties and
supersede all prior and contemporaneous
agreements, proposals or representations, oral
or written, regarding the subject matter covered
by this MSA. To the extent of any conflict or
inconsistency between the provisions of this MSA
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and any Order, the terms of this MSA will prevail
unless the parties clearly indicate their intent to
supersede the terms of this MSA.
Notwithstanding any language to the contrary
therein, no terms or conditions stated in
Customer's purchase order or in any other
ordering documentation will be incorporated
into or form any part of this MSA, and all such
terms or conditions will be null and void.
10.4 Waiver. No waiver of any breach of this
MSA, and no course of dealing between the
parties, will be construed as a waiver of any
subsequent breach of this MSA.
10.5 Severability. If any provision of this MSA
is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid or unenforceable, the provision will be
modified and interpreted by the court so as best
to accomplish the intent of the original provision.
The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision
will not affect any of the other provisions of this
MSA.
10.6 Governing Law and Venue. This MSA
will be governed by and construed underthe laws
in force within the state of Texas, excluding its
conflict of law rules. The parties agree that the
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the
International Sale of Goods is specifically
excluded from application to this MSA. The
courts located in Tarrant County, Texas, United
States, will have exclusive jurisdiction to
adjudicate any dispute relating to this MSA. Each
party hereby irrevocably consents to the
exclusive jurisdiction of such courts.
10.7 Publicity. Borealis may reference
Customer's name and trademarks and may
disclose the nature of the Online Service
provided hereunder in Borealis business
development and marketing efforts, including
without limitation its web site.
10.8 Assignment. Customer may not assign
this MSA, or Orders to any third party without the
prior written consent of Borealis, such consent
not to be unreasonably withheld. Any purported
assignment in violation of this Section shall be
void. This MSA binds and benefits the parties,
their respective successors and permitted
assigns. There are no third -party beneficiaries to
this MSA.
10.9 Notices. Borealis may give notice to
Customer by means of electronic mail to
Customer's e-mail address on record in Borealis'
account information, or by written
communication sent by postal mail or nationally
recognized overnight delivery service to
Customer's address on record in Borealis'
account information. Customer may give notice
to Borealis by electronic mail or by written
communication sent by postal mail or nationally
recognized overnight delivery service addressed
to Boreal — Information Strategies 2014 Inc., 107
Main Street West, Office 250, Magog, Qc J 1X 2A6,
Attention: Legal Department. Notice will be
deemed to have been given upon receipt or, if
earlier, two (2) business days after mailing, as
applicable.
10.10 Local Laws and Export Control. Each
party will comply with applicable export laws and
regulations in providing and using the Online
Service. Without limiting the foregoing, (i) each
party represents that it is not named on any U.S.
government list of persons or entities prohibited
from receiving exports, and (ii) Customer must
not permit Authorized Users to access or use
Online Service in violation of any U.S. export
embargo, prohibition, or restriction.
10.11 Force Majeure. Except for performance
of a payment obligation, no party will be liable
under this MSA for delays, failures to perform,
damages, losses or destruction, or malfunction of
any equipment, or any consequence thereof,
caused or occasioned by, or due to a cause
beyond a party's reasonable control (a "Force
Majeure Event"). If the Force Majeure Event
continues for more than thirty (30) calendar
days, then either party may terminate the MSA
for convenience upon written notice to the other
party.
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SCHEDULE B
Service Levels
1 SERVICE LEVELS
1.1 Help Desk Response and Resolution Times.
Help desk response time and resolution of problems will be measured for service calls (telephone or email)
placed by Customer to Borealis' help desk each calendar month. Borealis' response time to service calls to
the help desk will be measured as the time between the reception of a call or email and the
acknowledgement of its reception by Borealis during regular business hours (Monday to Friday, gam to
5pm: Eastern Time — GMT-4(-5) / Sydney, NSW, Australia — GMT+10(+11) / Paris, France — GMT+1(+2)).
Borealis' resolution time of problems reported in a service call will be measured as the time between the
acknowledgement of the reception of the service call by Borealis and the implementation by Borealis of a
fix or workaround for the problem reported. The Service Level for response and resolution times to
technical problems are the following:
Severity Target Response Time
Priority 1 1 hour
Priority 2 8 business hours
Priority 3 8 business hours
Priority 4 8 business hours
Target Resolution Time
24 hours
3 Business Days
Next release +1
Subject to analysis
Irrespective of the above priority levels and their descriptions below, should Customer experience a full
system outage or other event whereby the Online Service is inaccessible for reasons confirmed to be
associated with the Online Service, Customer may contact Borealis by phone, using the On -Call Emergency
phone number. The call will be answered by a voicemail on which Customer will be asked to leave their
contact's name, phone number, email address and appropriate details about the emergency to allow the
system administrators to prioritize the resolution of the outage. Customer will receive an update by email
on the resolution and/or the next steps from our system administrators in the next 60 minutes. If no contact
information is provided on the voicemail, Borealis will send an update by email to the identified superusers
in Borealis application.
Team
On -Call Emergency
Customer Success
+1819-481-1369 ext.
pin: 5987
Su000rt.now(@boreal-is.com
heli)desk @boreal-is.com
+1-819-481-1371
136195
For the purposes of this Section, the priority levels and corresponding description referred to in the table
above have the following meanings:
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Priority 1 (P1):
• A problem with the infrastructure in a production environment that renders the environment
inoperative; e.g., critical system impact, system down;
• A problem with a direct security impact on the Online Service;
• A reported error in the production environment that cannot be reasonably circumvented and in
which comprises an emergency condition that significantly restricts the use of the Online Service
to perform necessary business functions; or inability to use the Online Service or a critical impact
on operation requiring an immediate solution.
Priority 2 (P2):
• An error isolated to the infrastructure that substantially degrades the performance of the Online
Service or materially restricts business; e.g., major system impact, temporary system hanging;
• A reported error in the production environment, which restricts the use of one or more features
to perform necessary business functions but does not completely restrict use; or ability to use
while an important function is not available, and operation is severely impacted.
Priority 3 (P3)
• An error isolated to the infrastructure that causes only a moderate impact on the use of the Online
Service; e.g., moderate system impact, performance/operational impact;
• A reported error in the production environment that restricts the use of one or more features of
the Online Service to perform necessary business functions, although the error can be
circumvented.
• An error that can cause some functional restrictions, but it does not have a critical or severe impact
on operation.
Priority 4 (134)
• A reported anomaly in the production environment that does not substantially restrict the use of
one or more features of the Online Service to perform necessary business functions; this is a minor
problem and is not significant to operation.
• An anomaly applying specifically to servers, storage internal network or facility, exclusive of
application specific failures, that may be easily circumvented or may need to be submitted to
Borealis.
Issue Escalation. In the event Borealis fails to meet a response or resolution time set forth above or fails to
meet the Availability Target for 2 consecutive months, Customer may escalate the issue to the relationship
managers identified below and thereafter to the senior management identified below:
• 15t escalation step: Account director;
• 2"d escalation step: Patrick Gregoire
President
patrick.gregoire@boreal-is.com
Borealis will promptly respond to any Issue Escalation raised by Customer and use good faith efforts to
promptly resolve any issues raised by Customer. If Customer and Borealis are unable to resolve such issues
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to the satisfaction of the Customer, acting reasonably, Customer may terminate the MSA with no liability
by providing Borealis with a seven (7) days notice.
1.2 Availability. Borealis will make the Online Service available at least 99.5% of the time ("Availability
Target"), except as provided below. Availability will be calculated per calendar month, as follows:
(Total — Downtime)
< 100 >_ Availability Target
Total
Where:
• "Total": means the total number of minutes in the calendar month minus the number of minutes
of Excluded downtime during such month;
• "Excluded" means:
• Any planned downtime; Borealis will use commercially reasonable efforts to schedule all
planned downtime during 12 AM to 8 AM on Saturdays or Sundays (in the relevant
datacenter's time zone), except downtime for major service releases, which Borealis will
use commercially reasonable efforts to schedule during the hours from 6:00 p.m. Friday
to 3:00 a.m. Monday; and
• Any unavailability caused by a problem with a Third Party Offering or a Force Majeure
Event, including, without limitation, strikes or other labor problems (other than those
involving Borealis employees), delays caused by failures of hardware, software or
network assets outside of Borealis' infrastructure, or denial -of -service or other similar
attacks out of Borealis' control.
• "Downtime": means downtime that is not Excluded.
1.3 Service Levels Exclusions. The service levels set out in this Schedule B do not apply to any
performance or availability issues:
(a) Due to factors outside of Borealis' reasonable control;
(b) That resulted from Customer's or third -party hardware or software;
(c) That resulted from actions or inactions of Customer or third parties;
(d) Caused by Customer's use of the Online Service after Borealis advised Customer to modify its use
of the Online Service, if Customer did not modify its use as advised; or
(e) Attributable to the acts or omissions of Customer or Customer's employees, agents, contractors,
or vendors, or anyone gaining access to the Online Service by means of Customer's Authorized Users'
accounts or equipment.
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SCHEDULE C
Privacv and Personal Information Protection
Under this Schedule and applicable laws regulating the Processing of Personal Information ("Applicable
Privacy Laws"), Customer is the data controller and Borealis is the data processor.
Customer and Borealis warrant that they will comply with all obligations under Applicable Privacy Laws in
connection with the Processing of Personal Information that is collected by or disclosed to it under the MSA.
1. DEFINITIONS
The terms "Personal Information", "Process" and "Processing" have the meaning under Applicable Privacy
Laws, and "Customer Personal Information" means Personal Information disclosed to Borealis by
Customer, including all Personal Information about or concerning users and stakeholders with which
Customer engages through its usage of the Online Service.
Unless otherwise specifically provided, all terms with a capital letter have the same meaning than under
the MSA. If a term is not defined, it will have the meaning given under Applicable Privacy Laws.
• Subject matter and Purpose of the processing: Stakeholder engagement and grievances
management in connection with Customer's operations or development projects.
• Duration of the processing: During the Subscription Term.
• Type of Personal Information processed: Personal coordinates (name, physical and email
addresses, phone number, etc.) of data subjects.
• Categories of data subject: third party stakeholders.
2. DATA PROCESSING OBLIGATIONS
Borealis agrees that, in relation to Customer Personal Information, it must (a) only Process it for the
purposes of providing the functionality of the Online Service to Customer; (b) not disclose Customer
Personal Information to any other person without Customer's prior written consent, unless the disclosure
is required by applicable law (and Borealis immediately notifies Customer, unless such notification is
prohibited by that law); (c) take appropriate action to ensure any Borealis personnel who Process Customer
Personal Information understand and comply with the Borealis' privacy and confidentiality obligations
under the MSA and this Schedule; (d) upon request, provide all reasonable assistance to Customer to
facilitate the exercise of rights of Data Subjects; (e) provide information reasonably required by Customer
to meet its obligations under Applicable Privacy Laws and to demonstrate compliance with this Schedule;
and (f) promptly notify Customer as soon as it has received a complaint from any individual regarding the
way his or her Personal Information has been processed and cooperate when Customer is investigating any
claim related to individual complaints.
3. PERSONAL INFORMATION TRANSFERS
Borealis must not transfer Customer Personal Information outside of the country where it is hosted as of
the Effective Date, unless approved in writing by Customer.
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4. INFORMATION SECURITY AND BREACH NOTIFICATION
4.1. Borealis has implemented and agrees to maintain during the Subscription Term appropriate,
technical and organisational measures to secure Customer Personal Information, having regard to the risk
of accidental or unauthorised access, loss, destruction, misuse, modification, disclosure or damage to
Personal Information. Borealis is ISO/IEC 27001:2017 certified, demonstrating its commitment to
maintaining the highest standards of information security, including regular audits and continuous
improvements to its information security management system.
4.2. If Borealis has knowledge of any (i) accidental loss or destruction of, or unauthorised disclosure of
or access to Customer Personal Information; or (ii) data security breach on any of the systems used in the
provision of the Online Service, Borealis must (A) expeditiously report such incident to Customer; (B)
mitigate, to the extent practicable, any harmful effect of such disclosure or access that is known to Borealis
or its subcontractors; (C) cooperate with Customer in providing any notices to affected individuals regarding
the incident, as directed by Customer; and (D) cooperate with any investigation into the incident that is
subsequently undertaken by any data privacy authority, in consultation with Customer.
S. COMPLIANCE
Borealis will provide Customer (and its auditors and other advisers) with all reasonable co-operation and
assistance in relation to any compliance request pursuant to this Schedule, including as a result of a request
by any regulatory body.
6. SUB -CONTRACTORS
In the event Borealis wishes to delegate the Processing of Customer Data to a sub -contractor or change a
previously appointed sub -contractor, Borealis will provide a notice of such appointment or change in
appointment to Customer. All sub -contractors retained by Borealis and having access to unencrypted
Customer Personal Information will be retained pursuant to written agreements providing terms and
obligations equivalent to that of this Schedule and the relevant portions of the MSA.
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[Executed effective as of the date signed by the Deputy City Manager above.] / [ACCEPTED
AND AGREED:]
CITY OF FORT WORTH INTERNAL ROUTING PROCESS:
Approval Recommended:
Contract Compliance Manager:
By signing I acknowledge that I am the person
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performance and reporting requirements.
Name: Kevin Gunn
Title: Director, IT Solutions
By: Steven Vandever (Oct 31, 202411:27 CDT)
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OFFICIAL RECORD
CITY SECRETARY
FT. WORTH, TX