Service Level Agreement
Service Level Agreement
Service Level Agreement
BETWEEN
State Bank of India, a statutory body constituted under the State Bank of India
Act, 1955 having its Corporate Centre at State Bank Bhavan, Madame Cama
Road, Nariman Point, Mumbai-21, through its Marketing & Communication
Department hereinafter referred to as “the Bank/SBI/Client” which expression
shall, unless it be repugnant to the context or meaning thereof, be deemed to mean
and include its successors in title and assigns of the First Part:
AND
The Bank and Service Provider are sometimes individually referred to as a “Party” and
collectively as “Parties” throughout this Agreement, and the words Party and Parties
shall be construed accordingly.
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WHEREAS
(i) “The Bank” is carrying on business in banking in India and overseas and is
desirous to avail video production services and
(ii) Service Provider, is in the business of providing video production services , has
agreed to provide the services as per the scope of work defined in the Annexure
A of this agreement and as defined in the RFP no: CC/M&C/2021-22/01 dated
30.07.2021 issued by the Bank along with its clarifications/ corrigenda, referred
hereinafter as a “RFP” and same shall be part of this Agreement and the Bank
has agreed to engage ‘Service Provider’ for such Services, on a mutually non-
exclusive basis.
(a) ‘The Bank/SBI/Client’ shall mean the State Bank of India (including its
domestic branches and foreign offices), and subsidiaries.
(b) “Documentation” will describe in detail and in a completely self-contained
manner how the User may access and use the software/service including, but not
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limited, to the tracker/dashboard to be employed by the agency and any other
technology based platform used for all tasks assigned to the Agency such that any
reader of the Documentation can access, use and maintain all of the functionalities,
maintenance and upgradation of the software tool/service without the need for any
further instructions.
(c) ‘Services’ shall mean and include the Services offered by the Agency to the
Bank, including but not limited to video production services for SBI as more
particularly described in Statement of Work annexed to this Agreement as
Annexure A and the RFP.
(d) “Confidential Information” shall have the meaning set forth in Clause 15.1.
(e) “Intellectual Property Rights” shall mean, on a worldwide basis, any and
all:
(i) Rights associated with works of authorship, including copyrights & moral
rights;
(ii) Trademarks;
(iii) Trade secret rights;
(iv) Patents, designs, algorithms and other industrial property rights;
(v) Other intellectual and industrial property rights of every kind and nature,
however designated, whether arising by operation of law, contract, license or
otherwise; and
(vi) Registrations, initial applications, renewals, extensions, continuations,
divisions or reissues thereof now or hereafter in force (including any rights in
any of the foregoing).
f. “Territory” shall mean the entire country of India.
g. “Effective Date” shall mean the date on which this Agreement takes effect.
h. “Service Provider/ Agency/Vendor” shall mean the successful Bidder found
eligible as per eligibility criteria set out in the RFP no: CC/M&C/2021-22/01 dated
30.07.2021 whose Bid has been accepted and who has emerged as the
Successful Bidder(s) as per the selection criteria set out in the RFP and to whom
notification of award has been given by Bank.
i. “Reports” shall mean the reports, materials, presentations or other
communications, written or otherwise, in draft or final form, provided by Service
Provider in terms of this Agreement.
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j. “Request for Proposal (RFP)” shall mean CC/M&C/2021-22/01 dated
30.07.2021 along with its clarifications/corrigenda/addenda issued by the bank
from time to time.
k. “Agreement/Contract” shall mean this agreement including all its Annexure.
Schedules, Appendix and all amendments therein agreed by the Parties in writing.
1.2 “Interpretations:
In construing the Agreement:
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1.3 Commencement, Term & Change in Terms
1.3.2 This Agreement shall be in force for an initial period of one year and may be
extended further for a period of one year at a time for up to three years at the sole
discretion of the Bank, if the services provided by the Agency, are found to be
satisfactory. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the agreement may be terminated by
either Party by notice in writing in accordance with the termination clauses of this
Agreement.
1.3.3 Either party can propose changes to the scope, nature or time schedule of
services being performed under this Service Level Agreement. Such changes can
be made only upon mutually accepted terms & conditions maintaining the spirit
(Purpose) of this Service Level Agreement.
2. SCOPE OF WORK
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Affiliate of its obligations under the applicable Statement of Work. Solely in relation
to Services provided under a Statement of Work to any Client Affiliate, any
references to Client in such Statement of Work shall be deemed to be a reference
to the Client Affiliate.
The Client acknowledges that the performance of Services shall be subject to the
rules/guidelines as laid down by the industry bodies like Advertising Agencies
Association of India (AAAI), Indian Broadcasting Federation (IBF), Indian Outdoor
Advertising Association (IOAA), Indian Newspaper Society (INS), Prasar Bharati –
Doordarshan (DD), Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), All India Radio
(AIR) and the rules laid down by the Joint Working Committee of AAAI-IBF and
AAAI-INS.
3. COMPLIANCE
3.1 Time shall be the essence of this Agreement. The agency shall therefore fully
abide by various time limits as prescribed for different assignments and the
performance of the agency shall be judged as per the adherence to such quality and
time parameters as laid down for the respective work.
3.2 The agency will also be responsible to provide innovative ideas/concepts which
can be executed as per requirements of the bank.
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d) Client may request Agency to cancel or amend any plans, schedules or
work in progress forming part of the Services. On Client giving at least 15
days advance prior request, Agency will use reasonable efforts to comply
with any such request provided that Agency is able to do so within its
contractual obligations to third parties. In the event of any such
cancellation or amendment, Client shall promptly pay to Agency:
(i) Agency's Charges covering the cancelled or amended
Services (calculated on a pro rata basis for the period up to
the effective date of cancellation or amendment);
(ii) Any charges, expenses or additional costs paid or payable by
Agency in relation to the cancellation or amendment (including
without limitation retrospective rate adjustments, cancellation
charges or lower discounts from third parties); and
(iii) Any cancellation fee specified in a SOW (together,
“Cancellation Charges”).
The Service Provider shall identify and document the risk in delivering the services.
Service Provider shall identify the methodology to monitor and prevent the risk,
and shall also document the steps taken to manage the impact of the risks.
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by reason of: (a) the reliance of Client on any estimates or targets; or (b) any
Objectionable Display of Client Advertising.
Client understands and acknowledges that a majority of search engines and third
party ad-servers and related technology providers, including, without limitation,
Google and Yahoo as well as online or other media research providers or
publishers and social media platforms (including Facebook) (collectively
“Vendors”), through such Vendor’s terms of service and other policies, restrict
users from engaging in certain activities and/or displaying certain content on or
through the use of the Vendor’s services and/or require certain specific privacy
disclosures (the “Vendor Requirements”). Notwithstanding anything in the
Agreement, Client agrees to abide by such Vendor Requirements and agrees that
Agency is not responsible for any activities undertaken by Client, or that are
approved by Client that violate such Vendor Requirements. Further, Client agrees
that it will ensure that its web site(s) will feature an easy-to-understand privacy
policy and, if applicable, any other privacy disclosures that are necessary to
comply with all applicable laws and regulations (including any applicable industry
self-regulations generally and any Vendor Requirements.
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Service Provider shall be solely liable & responsible for compliance of applicable
Labour Laws in respect of its employee, agents, representatives and sub-Contractors
(if allowed) and in particular laws relating to terminal benefits such as Pension,
Gratuity, Provident Fund, Bonus or other benefits to which they may be entitled and
the laws relating to Contract Labour, Minimum Wages, etc., and the Bank shall have
no liability in these regards. Further, the Service Provider would indemnify/make good
for the losses to the Bank for non-compliance or any claims against the Bank arising
out of any non-compliance as above.
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4. FEES /COMPENSATION
Agency commission fees: The agency will be paid a fees as decided when the video
production job is assigned to the agency. All the payments shall be subject to
deduction of TDS/any other statutory levies as applicable.
The Bank has the sole discretion to pay only for the services they undertake and
may choose to discontinue services for any one or all jobs listed in the scope of
work. However, this clause shall not apply to those Services that have already been
rendered by the Service Provider and payments for the same must be duly made
by the Bank based on the agreed timelines, terms and conditions detailed under
this Agreement.
4.1 All duties and taxes, if any, which may be levied, shall be borne by the
Service Provider and Bank shall not be liable for the same. All expenses, stamp
duty and other charges/expenses in connection with execution of this
Agreement shall be borne by Service Provider.
4.2 Service Provider shall provide a clear description quantifying the service
element and goods element in the invoices generated by them.
4.3 Payments: The Bank will pay properly submitted valid invoices within
reasonable period but not exceeding 60 days after its receipt thereof. If the
Bank defaults and/or delays in making timely payments towards invoices raised
by the Agency for a consecutive period of 3 months, the Agency has the right
to pause the campaigns without any prior notice. All payments shall be made
in Indian Rupees
4.4 The Agency will submit the invoices complete in all respects, on the last
working day of every month for necessary payment of the agency fee. The
invoice should be supported with the list of work initiated /complete during the
month. There will be no additional remuneration towards the delayed
payments.
4.4.1 The Agency will submit all supporting documents and bills as well
as copies of the supplier bills where relevant.
4.4.2 A reconciliation sheet pertaining to the bills will be submitted every
month as well as all necessary supporting documents for which the bills
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are submitted. The Tax component shall be payable as applicable and as
per actuals.
4.4.3 The Bank may withhold payment of any charges that it disputes in
good faith and may set-off penalty amount and any other amount which
Service provider owes the Bank against charges payable to Service
provider under this Agreement post consultation with the Service
Provider and as mutually agreed between the Parties.
5.2 If at any time during performance of the Contract, the Service Provider
shall encounter unexpected conditions impeding timely completion of the
Services under the Agreement and performance of the services, the Service
Provider shall promptly notify the Bank in writing of the fact of the delay, its likely
duration and its cause(s). As soon as practicable, after receipt of the Service
Provider’s notice, the Bank shall evaluate the situation and may at its discretion
extend the Service Provider’s time for performance, in which case the extension
shall be ratified by the Parties by amendment of the Agreement.
5.4 The Service Provider shall be liable to pay penalty as per Clause 24 and
the mutually agreed TAT in respect of any delay beyond the permitted period in
providing the Services and which are solely attributable to the Service Provider.
No penalty shall be levied in case of delay(s) in deliverables or performance of
the contract for the reasons not attributable to the Service Provider.
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6. LIABILITIES/OBLIGATION
Without prejudice to Client’s responsibility and Agency’s other rights and remedies,
Agency and clients are to advise each other if, any one is of the opinion, that such
action may result in violation of any applicable law, regulation, guideline or code of
practice.
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7. REPRESENTATIONS & WARRANTIES
7.1 Service Provider shall assume responsibility under all applicable including,
Labour Laws for its employees, and also hold the Bank harmless from any direct and
actual loss, expense, damage or personal injury, death and any claim for payment
of compensation of its employees, salary, retirement benefits, or any other benefits
asserted by an employee of the Service Provider, and/or any claim arising out
of alleged infringement of intellectual property rights or other proprietary right of any
third party arising out of ‘Service Provider’s performance of Services hereunder.
7.2 Each party represents and warrants that it has all requisite power and
authorization to enter into and perform this Agreement and that nothing contained
herein or required in the performance hereof conflict or will conflict with or give rise
to a breach or default under, or permit any person or entity to terminate, any contract
or instrument to which the party is bound.
7.3 Service Provider warrants the Bank against any license or IPR violations on its
part or on the part of subcontractor, wherever permitted, in use of any technology
/software /product for performing services or developing software for the Bank as
part of this Agreement.
7.4 The Service Provider shall perform the Services and carry out its obligations
under the Agreement with due diligence, efficiency and economy, in accordance with
generally accepted techniques and practices used in the industry and with
professional standards recognized by international professional bodies and shall
observe sound management practices. It shall employ appropriate advanced
technology and safe and effective equipment, machinery, material and methods.
7.5 The Service Provide has the requisite technical and other competence, sufficient,
suitable, qualified and experienced manpower/personnel and expertise in providing
the Services to the Bank.
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7.6 The Service Provider shall duly intimate to the Bank immediately, the changes,
if any in the constitution of the Service Provider.
7.7 The Services and products provided by the Service Provider to the Bank
do not violate or infringe any patent, copyright, trademarks, trade secrets or other
intellectual property rights of any third party.
7.8 The Service Provider shall ensure that all persons, employees, workers and
other individuals engaged by or sub-contracted by the Service Provider in rendering
the Services under this Agreement have undergone proper background check,
police verification and other necessary due diligence checks to examine their
antecedence and ensure their suitability for such engagement. No person shall be
engaged by the Service Provider unless such person is found to be suitable in such
verification and the Service Provider shall retain the records of such verification and
shall produce the same to the Bank as when requested.
8. GENERAL INDEMNITY
8.1 Service provider agrees and hereby keeps the Bank indemnified against all
direct and actual claims, actions, loss, damages, costs, expenses, charges, including
reasonable legal expenses (Attorney, Advocates fees included) which the Bank may
suffer or incur directly on account of any misuse of data /information or deficiency in
Services or breach on any obligations mentioned in clause 6 herein, including without
limitation of confidentiality obligations, from any acts of Commission / omission on
the part of employees, agents, representatives or Sub-Contractors of Service
Provider.
8.2 Service provider further undertakes to promptly notify the bank in writing any
breach of obligation of the agreement by its employees or representatives including
confidentiality obligation and in such an event, the Bank will in addition to and without
prejudice to any other available remedies be entitled to immediate equitable relief in
a Court of competent jurisdiction to protect its interest including injunctive relief.
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8.3 The Service provider shall indemnify and keep fully and effectively indemnified
the Bank against any fine or penalty levied on the Bank for improper payment of tax
for the reasons solely attributable to the Service provider.
8.4 The Service provider hereby undertakes the responsibility to take all possible
measures, at no cost, to avoid or rectify any issues which thereby results in non-
performance of software within reasonable time. The Bank shall report as far as
possible all material defects to the Service provider without undue delay. The Service
provider also undertakes to co-operate with other service providers thereby ensuring
expected performance covered under scope of work.
8.5 Nothing contained in this agreement shall impair the Bank’s right to claim
damages without any limitation for an amount equal to the loss suffered for non-
performance of software.
8.6 Client shall indemnify and hold harmless Agency from and against any and all
costs, expenses, charges, damages, liabilities, claims or actions of any kind which
may be incurred, suffered, brought or threatened against Agency arising out of (and
only to the extent of) a breach by Client of its representations and warranties under
this Agreement or and/or for breach of applicable laws or due to non-payment of
amounts payable to any third parties for the Services which were pre-approved by
the Client.
The party entitled to an indemnity under this Agreement shall take all reasonable
steps to mitigate the applicable costs, expenses, charges, damages, liabilities,
claims or actions.
9. CONTINGENCY PLANS.
The Service provider shall arrange and ensure proper Data Recovery Mechanism,
Attrition Plan and other contingency plans to meet any unexpected obstruction to
the service provider or any employees or sub-contractors of the service provider
in rendering the Services or any part of the same under this Agreement to the
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Bank. The Service Provider at Bank’s discretion shall co- operate with the bank in
case on any contingency.
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Party shall be with the respective employer and not on the Party in whose
premises the accident occurred.
f. For redressal of complaints of sexual harassment at workplace, Parties agree
to comply with the policy framed by the Bank (including any amendment
thereto) in pursuant to the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace
(Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 including any amendment
thereto
12.1 Service provider has to obtain written permission from the Bank before
contracting any work to subcontractors. Bank at its own discretion may permit or
deny the same.
12.2 Even in cases wherein subcontracting has been permitted by the Bank, Service
Provider shall continue to be responsible for all the services provided to the Bank
regardless of which entity is conducting the operations. Service Provider is also
responsible for ensuring that the sub-contractor comply with all
security/confidentiality requirements and other terms and conditions as applicable
to Service provider mentioned in this Agreement. Bank reserves the right to conduct
independent audit in this regard, by appointing a third party independent external
auditor at its own cost, with prior written notice to the Service Provider.
12.3 Before engaging Sub-Contractor, the Service Provider shall carry out due
diligence process on sub-contracting/ sub-contractor to the satisfaction of the Bank
and Bank shall have access to such records.
12.4 In the event of sub-contracting the Service Provider shall ensure that suitable
documents including confidentiality agreement are obtained from the sub-
contractor and the Service Provider shall ensure that the secrecy and faith of
Bank’s data / processes is maintained.
12.5 Service Provider shall provide subcontracting details to the Bank and if
required, Bank may evaluate the same. Notwithstanding approval of the Bank for
sub-contracting, the Service Provider shall remain liable to the Bank for all
acts/omissions of sub- contractors.
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12.6 The Bank reserves the right to ask Service Provider and Service provider
shall change/ amend the clause(s), as mutually agreed between the Parties, entered
between Service Provider and Subcontractor for Bank’s suitability.
13.2 Without the Bank’s prior written approval, Service provider will not use or
incorporate in performing the Services link to or call or depend in any way upon, any
software or other intellectual property that is subject to an Open Source or Copy
right license or any other agreement that may give rise to any third-party claims or
to limit the Bank’s rights under this Agreement.
13.3 Service provide shall, at their own expenses without any limitation, defend and
indemnify the Bank against all third party claims or infringement of Intellectual
Property Right, including Patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or industrial
design rights arising from use of the technology / software / products or any part
thereof in India or abroad, for software developed as part of this engagement. In
case of violation/ infringement of patent/ trademark/ copyright/ trade secret or
industrial design, Service provider shall, after due inspection and testing, get the
solution redesigned for the Bank at no extra cost.
13.4 Service provider shall expeditiously extinguish any such claims and shall
have full rights to defend it there from.
13.5 The Bank will give notice to Service provider of any such claim without
delay/provide reasonable assistance to Service provider in disposing of the claim
and will at no time admit to any liability for or express any intent to settle the claim.
13.6 Service provider hereby grants the Bank a fully paid-up, irrevocable, non-
exclusive license throughout the territory of India or abroad to access, replicate,
modify and use software developed including its upgraded versions available during
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the term of this agreement by service provider as part of this engagement,
including all inventions, designs and trademarks embodied therein perpetually
14.1 The Bank has the right after providing advance notice of 15 days to inspect,
and test the infrastructure, software, and procedures being followed which inter- alia
cover security aspect of the service provider for this engagement at any time, by
appointing a third party independent external auditor or its own staff at its own cost.
14.2 The Bank may conduct audit of the Service Provider’s records by appointing
third party or Bank staff for any or all campaigns both media and commercial during
normal business hours only related to the Services covered under this Agreement.
Should any discrepancies or fraud be established as an outcome of this audit, SBI
will have all the right to this audit, SBI will have all rights to claim all monthly
retainership paid from beginning and pursue legal action.
14.3 Service provider shall, whenever required by the Bank, furnish all relevant
information, records/data to such Bank’s appointed auditors and/or inspecting
officials of the Bank/Reserve Bank of India and or any regulatory authority. The Bank
reserves the right to call and/or retain for any relevant material information / reports
including audit or review reports undertaken by the service provider (e.g., financial,
internal control and security reviews) and findings made on Service provider in
conjunction with the services provided to the Bank.
14.4 Where any deficiency has been observed during audit of the service provider
in its processing facilities and operating practices, the Service Provider shall
correct/resolve the same at the earliest and shall provide all necessary documents
related to resolution thereof and shall further certify in respect with resolution of the
deficiencies.
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or floppy diskettes or otherwise without any limitation whatsoever. Without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Confidential Information shall
include all information about the party and its customers, costing and technical
data, studies, consultants reports, financial information, computer models and
programs, software, contracts, drawings, blue prints, specifications, operating
techniques, processes, models, diagrams, data sheets, reports and other
information with respect to any of the foregoing matters. All and every information
received by the parties and marked confidential hereto shall be assumed to be
confidential information unless otherwise proved. It is further agreed that the
information relating to the Bank and its customers is deemed confidential whether
marked confidential or not. All information relating to the accounts of the Bank’s
customers shall be confidential information, whether labeled as such or otherwise.
15.3 Each party agrees that it will not disclose any Confidential Information
received from the other to any third parties under any circumstances without the
prior written consent of the other party unless such disclosure of Confidential
Information is required by law, legal process or any order of any government
authority. Service provider, in this connection, agrees to abide by the laws
especially applicable to confidentiality of information relating to customers of Banks
and the banks per-se, even when the disclosure is required under the law. In such
event, the Party must notify the other Party that such disclosure has been made
in accordance with law; legal process or order of a government authority.
15.4 Each party, including its personnel, shall use the Confidential Information
only for the purposes of achieving objectives set out in this Agreement. Use of the
Confidential Information for any other purpose shall constitute breach of trust of the
same.
15.5 Each party may disclose the Confidential Information to its personnel solely
for the purpose of undertaking work directly related to the Agreement. The extent
of Confidential Information disclosed shall be strictly limited to what is necessary
for those particular personnel to perform his/her duties in connection with the
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Agreement. Further each party shall ensure that each personnel representing the
respective party agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.
15.6 The non-disclosure obligations herein contained shall not be applicable only
under the following circumstances:
15.7 Where Confidential Information comes into the public domain during or after
the date of this Agreement otherwise than by Disclosure by a Party in breach of
the terms hereof.
15.8 Where any Confidential Information was disclosed after receiving the written
consent of the other Party.
15.8.1 Where if a Party is requested or required by law or by any Court or
governmental agency or authority to disclose any of the confidential
information, then that Party will provide the other party with prompt notice of
such request or requirement prior to such disclosure.
15.8.2 Where any Confidential Information was received by the Party from a
third party which does not have any obligations of confidentiality to the other
Party.
15.9 Service provider shall abide with the Bank’s IT and IS policy in key concern
areas relevant to the project as notified by the Bank from time to time. Specific
requirements will be shared upfront before the start of the work.
15.10 Service provider shall ensure to filter all phishing / spamming / overflow
attacks in order to ensure availability and integrity on continuous basis Service
provider shall also implement any enhanced solutions mandated by security
requirements for any / all types of Software/ support.
15.12 The Service Provider shall not, without the Bank’s prior written consent,
make use of any document or information received from the Bank except for
purposes of performing the services and obligations under this Agreement.
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15.13 Any document received from the Bank shall remain the property of the
Bank and shall be returned (in all copies) to the Bank on completion of the
Service Provider’s performance under the Agreement.
15.15 Service Provider agrees to indemnify and hereby keeps the Bank indemnified
against all actions, claims, loss, damages, Costs, Charges, expenses (including
Attorney / Advocate fees and legal expenses) which the Bank may suffer or incur
on account of breach of confidentiality obligations as per this Agreement by
Service Provider or its employees, agents, representatives, Sub-Contractors.
Service Provider further agrees to make good the loss suffered by the Bank upon
first demand by the Bank which shall be final, conclusive and binding on Service
Provider.
16. OWNERSHIP
16.1 Service provider will provide /digital assets/insignias/creatives/videos
developed specifically for the Bank, without any cost to the Bank, and it will be
treated as the Property of the Bank, on full payment of the professional fees.
16.2 Service provider agrees that the Bank owns the entire right, title and interest
to any inventions, designs, discoveries, writings and works of authorship,
including all intellectual property rights, copyrights.
16.3 Any work made under this agreement shall be deemed to be ‘work made for
hire’ under any Indian applicable copyright laws.
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ii. if service provider fails to perform any other obligation(s) under the
Agreement provided a cure period of not less than 30 days is given to service
provider to rectify the defects or
iii. Laxity in following security standards laid down by the Bank or
iv. Excessive delay in execution of orders placed by the Bank or
v. Discrepancies / deviations in the agreed processes and/or products or
vi. Violation of terms & conditions stipulated in this Agreement
17.2 In the event the bank terminates the Agreement in whole or in part for the
breaches attributable to the Service Provider, the bank may procure, upon such
terms and in such manner, as it deems appropriate, software or services similar
to those undelivered. However, service provider in case of part termination, shall
continue the performance of the Agreement to the extent not terminated.
17.4 The Bank may at any time terminate the Agreement without giving written
notice to Service provider, if Service provider becomes bankrupt or otherwise
insolvent. In this event termination will be without compensation to Service
provider, provided that such termination will not prejudice or affect any right of
action or remedy, which has occurred or will accrue thereafter to the Bank on
payment to the Service Provider for the services rendered.
17.5 In the event of the termination of the Agreement Service Provider shall be liable
and responsible to return to the Bank all records, documents, data and information
including Confidential Information pertains to or relating to the Bank in its
possession.
17.6 In the event of termination of the Agreement for material breach by service
provider, Bank shall have the right to give suitable publicity to the same including
advising the Indian Bank’s Association.
17.7 The Bank and the agency shall have the right to terminate the contract by way
of issuing three months’ notice during the currency of the engagement without
assigning any reason.
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17.8 Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, all rights and obligations of
the Parties hereunder shall cease, except such rights and obligations as may have
accrued on the date of termination or expiration; the obligation of indemnity;
obligation of payment; confidentiality obligation; Governing Law clause; Dispute
resolution clause ; and any right which a Party may have under the Applicable Law.
18.2 If the parties are not able to solve them amicably, either party shall give
written notice to other party clearly setting out there in, specific dispute(s) and/or
difference(s), and shall be referred to a sole arbitrator mutually agreed upon,
and the award made in pursuance thereof shall be binding on the parties.
18.3 In the absence of consensus about the single arbitrator, the dispute may be
referred to an arbitration panel; one to be nominated by each party and the said
arbitrators shall nominate a presiding arbitrator, before commencing the
arbitration proceedings. The arbitration shall be settled in accordance with the
applicable Indian Laws.
18.4 Service provider shall continue work under the Agreement during the
arbitration proceedings and the Bank shall make timely payments for the same,
unless agreed otherwise in writing between the Parties or unless the matter is
such that the work cannot possibly be continued until the decision of the
arbitrator is obtained, or unless the same is so ordered by the
arbitrator/arbitration panel, as the case may be.
18.5 Arbitration proceeding shall be held at Mumbai, India, and the language of
the arbitration proceedings and that of all documents and communications
between the parties shall be in English.
18.6 This Agreement shall be governed by laws in force in India. Subject to the
arbitration clause above, all disputes arising out of or in relation to this
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Agreement, shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts at Mumbai
only.
18.7 In case of any change in applicable laws that has an effect on the terms of
this Agreement, the Parties agree that the Agreement may be reviewed, and if
deemed necessary by the Parties, make necessary amendments to the
Agreement by mutual agreement in good faith, in case of disagreement
obligations mentioned in this clause shall be observed.
19.2 If any change in the work is likely to result in reduction in cost, the parties
shall agree in writing so as to the extent of reduction in payment to be made to
Service Provider, before Service Provider proceeding with the change.
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20 NO WAIVER OF BANK RIGHTS OR SERVICE PROVIDER’S LIABILITY
No delay, failure or omission (in whole or in part) in exercising or pursuing any
right or remedy under this Agreement will be construed as a waiver of that right
or remedy.
21 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
21.1 For breach of any obligation mentioned in this agreement, in no event shall
the Service Provider be held liable for damages to the Bank arising under or in
connection with this agreement for an amount exceeding the total cost of the
project.
21.2 Service provider will ensure Bank’s data confidentiality and shall be
responsible for liability arising in case of breach of any kind of security and/or
leakage of confidential customer/Bank’s related information to the extent of loss
so caused and solely attributable to the Service Provider.
21.3 The limitations set forth in Clauses 21.1 shall not apply with respect to:
• Damage(s) occasioned by the gross negligence or wilful misconduct
of Service Provider,
• Loss/Damages suffered by the Bank due to Non-Compliance of
Statutory or Regulatory Guidelines by Service Provider.
• When a dispute is settled by the Court of Law in India.
21.4 Nothing in this Agreement seeks to limit or exclude liability for death or
personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or for any other type of liability
that cannot be limited or excluded under applicable laws.
21.5 To the maximum extent permitted by law, neither party shall be liable to the
other for any:
• Loss of actual or anticipated income;
• Loss of actual or anticipated profits;
• Loss of contracts; or
• Special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind,
howsoever arising in connection with this Agreement, whether in
contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, breach
of data privacy laws and including under the indemnity obligations
under this Agreement.
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21.6 Nothing in this Agreement shall exclude or limit either Party’s liability for
claims for payments due but unpaid.
22 FORCE MAJEURE
22.1 Any failure or delay by either parties in performance of its obligation, to the
extent due to any failure or delay caused by fire, flood, earthquake or
similar elements of nature, or act of God, war, terrorism, riots, civil
disorders, rebellions or revolutions, acts of government authorities,
pandemic or other events beyond the reasonable control of non-performing
Party shall not be deemed as default.
22.2 If Force Majeure situation arises, the non-performing party shall promptly
notify within 15 days (Term, in days) to the other party in writing of such
conditions and the cause(s) thereof. Unless otherwise agreed in writing,
the non-performing party shall continue to perform its obligations under the
Agreement as far as is reasonably practical, and shall seek all reasonable
alternative means for performance not prevented by the Force Majeure
event.
22.3 If the Force Majeure situation continues beyond 30 days, the either parties
shall have the right to terminate the Agreement by giving a notice to the
other party. Neither party shall have any penal liability to the other in
respect of the termination of this Contract as a result of an event of Force
Majeure. However, Service Provider shall be entitled to receive payments
for all services actually rendered up to the date of the termination of this
Agreement
23 NOTICES
23.1 Any notice or other communication under this Agreement given by either
party to the other party shall be deemed properly given if in writing and;
i. When hand delivered during normal business hours of the recipient,
acknowledgment taken.
ii. If transmitted by facsimile during normal business hours of the recipient;
proof of delivery taken. A copy sent by registered mail/ first class courier,
return receipt requested shall follow all fax notices, to any Fax number of
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Service provider’s office at Mumbai, or any other place advised by Service
provider to the Bank from time to time.
iii. If mailed by registered mail/ first class courier, return receipt requested,
within five working days of posting, properly addressed and stamped with the
required postage, to the intended recipient at its address specified below its
signature at the end of this Agreement.
General Manager
(CC&M)
Marketing and Communication Dept.
9th Floor State Bank Bhavan
Madame Cama Road
Nariman Point
Mumbai-400021
23.3 In case there is any change in the address of one party, it shall be
communicated in writing to the other party with in 3 (days).
24 PENALTY CLAUSE
24.1 Month on month delivery of the solution and performance of the services
made by the Service Provider shall be in accordance with the time schedule,
technical specification, scope of the project, achievement of at least 90%
deliverables of campaign, publishing FLR, publishing authorized
content/creatives and other terms & conditions as specified in the Contract and
the attached SOW, TAT as agreed during allocation of the project. Any
instances in failure of performing the obligation or defect, solely attributable to
any act/omission by the Service Provider, in its performance may result in
deduction from the retainership fee of that particular job list (as more
particularly defined in Clause 3.1 of the Agreement) , as penalty which a sum
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equivalent to 2% of the payable agency commission/fees for that particular Job
list or part thereof, maximum up to 10% of the agency commission/ fee for the
particular job list. For avoidance of doubt, it is hereby clarified that this clause
does not apply to any third-party payments including but not limited to media
spends, made by the Service Provider to third parties on behalf of the Bank
and no penalty shall be levied on such amount.
24.2 The Bank shall, without prejudice to its other remedies under the contract
invoke the Performance Bank Guarantee which the Service Provider has
furnished in favor of the Bank. Once the maximum is reached, SBI may
consider termination of Contract pursuant to the conditions of contract and
amicable discussion with the Service Provider.
24.3 In the event SBI terminates the Contract in whole or in part, SBI may
procure, upon such terms and in such manner, as it deems appropriate,
services similar to those not delivered by the Service Provider. However, the
Service Provider shall continue the performance of the contract to the extent
not terminated.
25 CONFLICT OF INTEREST
25.1 Service Provider shall not receive any remuneration in connection with the
assignment except as provided in the Contract.
25.2 Service Provider shall provide professional, objective and impartial advice and
at all times hold the Bank’s interests paramount, strictly avoiding conflicts with
other assignment(s)/job(s) or their own corporate interests, and act without any
expectation/ consideration for award of any future assignment(s) from the
Bank. Service Provider shall avoid any conflict of interest while discharging
contractual obligations and bring, before-hand, any possible instance of
conflict of interest to the knowledge of the Bank, while rendering Services
under the Agreement.
25.3 Service Provider further undertakes to promptly notify the bank in writing any
breach of obligation of the agreement by its employees or representatives
including confidentiality obligation and in such an event, the Bank will in
addition to and without prejudice to any other available remedies be entitled to
immediate equitable relief in a Court of competent jurisdiction to protect its
interest including injunctive relief.
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25.4 The Service Provider shall be directly and vicariously liable to indemnify the
Bank in case of any misuse of data/information of the Bank by the Service
Provider, deliberate or otherwise.
25.5 The Service Provider shall indemnify and keep fully and effectively
indemnified the Bank against all costs, claims, damages, demands, expenses
and liabilities of whatsoever nature arising out of or in connection with all
claims of infringement of trade mark, patent, copyright, industrial design or any
other intellectual property rights of any third party arising from the Services or
use of software or any other product under this Agreement
26.2 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS: This Agreement shall bind and inure to
the benefit of the parties, and their respective successors and permitted
assigns.
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26.6 ENTIRE AGREEMENT: This Agreement, including all Work orders,
Exhibits, Annexures, RFP and other documents or communications
incorporated herein, represents the entire agreement for the services of
between the parties and supplements all prior negotiations, understandings
and agreements, written or oral, relating to the subject matter herein.
26.7 PRIVITY: Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof is intended
to confer upon any person/s other than the Parties to this Agreement any rights
or remedies hereunder.
26.8 EFFECTIVE DATE: This Agreement shall be effective from the date
mentioned at the beginning of this Agreement.
26.11 The agency will provide all creative and publicity & promotional material
in necessary formats as would be required and conveyed by the Bank.
26.12 The agency will be responsible for copy right issues concerning
usage of images, footage, text material, etc. obtained through various sources.
SBI will not be a party to any disputes arising out of copyright violation by the
agency, unless the images or creatives are provided by the Bank to the
Agency.
26.13 The agency will be responsible for obtaining any permission that may
be required for undertaking work as detailed in this Agreement and the
attached SOW. SBI may assist the agency in this regard, wherever possible.
26.14 The agency will at no time resort to plagiarism. ‘SBI’ will not be a party
to any dispute arising on account of plagiarism resorted to by the agency,
unless the content is provided to the Agency by the Bank.
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purchase, etc. including Taxes/GST will be borne by SBI subject to prior
approval.
26.17 ANTI-BRIBERY
Each party warrants and undertakes that:
• It will comply with all applicable laws, statutes, regulations and codes
relating to anti-bribery and anti-corruption including but not limited to the
Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 of India (“Relevant Requirements”); and
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• It has and shall maintain in place throughout the Term all policies and
procedures necessary to ensure compliance with the Relevant
Requirements.
By: By:
Name: Name:
Designation: Designation:
Date: Date:
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ANNEXURE A
This Statement of Work (“SOW”) dated the last date of signature below, is made
pursuant to and is governed by the Services Level Agreement dated:
_____________________, effective from …….. (“SLA”) entered between State
Bank of India (“Client”) and _____________________ (“Agency”).
The parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Effect of SOW
1.1 Client wishes to obtain and Agency has agreed to provide the Services as
described in this SOW in accordance with the terms of the SLA/PFP.
1.2 Any conflict between the terms and conditions of this SOW and the terms of
the SLA and RFP shall be dealt with in accordance with the clauses of the SLA &
RFP, subject to any express written statement in this SOW that states that a part
of this SOW prevails over the SLA’s Terms and Conditions.
1.3 Unless the context requires otherwise, capitalized terms undefined in this
SOW will have the meaning given to them in the SLA/RFP.
• Agency/Bidder will be responsible to meet the post-production charges such as: Studio
hire for editing charges, Motion graphics Animation charges, Music composition and
voiceover charges (English, Hindi and Regional languages), cinema and TV edits and
any other related charges.
• Editing: Editing is to be done in digital non-linear set up with graphics and animation
workstation in addition to music and narration. Use of special effects shall be done in
the video wherever required.
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• The production should be of extremely high quality, meeting the industry standards.
Competent and approved talent/voices should be used.
Pre-Production:
Production
Post Production:
• Editing of the film.
• Background music of the film.
• Dubbing artists based on the number of characters in the film and voice over artists if
required based on the subject.
• Sound effects based on the subject.
• Sound mixing.
• CG/3d/2d/ title graphics based on the film subject.
• D.I. (colour correction) of the film.
• Voice over and languages for translation of audios.
3D ANIMATION FILMS:
• Concept, Story & Screenplay with Dialogue.
• Story board based on script to finalise the shots exactly to be shown in film.
• Based on story board and script, designing characters, background, production design,
animation.
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• Rough film video with storyboard stills and voice to get an idea on shots, duration of
the film.
• Creating 3d character models once character design finalises.
• Creating background 3d models once background finalise.
• Texturing for character models and BG models
• Rigging for 3d character models once model finalise.
• Rigging for background once background finalise.
• Lighting setup for the scenes.
• Character animation process starts once character model and rigging finalise.
• Animations to be done based on the finalised shots/ camera angle.
• Compositing character 3d models and 3d background.
• Adding special effects, particles if needed based on the quality and subject of the film.
• Final background music once animation done.
• Final voice over dubbing once final animation done.
• Final editing once animation done.
• Final rendering once animation film is approved by SBI.
• Rendering based on the SBI output requirement like Full HD, HD and any other format
if required.
• Voice over and languages for translation of audios.
2D ANIMATION FILMS:
• Concept, Story & Screenplay with Dialogue.
• Story board based on script to finalise the shots exactly to be shown in film.
• Based on story board and script, designing characters, background, production design,
animation.
• Rough film video with storyboard stills and voice to get an idea on shots, duration of
the film.
• Creating 2d character models once character design finalised.
• Creating background once background finalise.
• Rigging for 2d character models once model finalise.
• Rigging for background once background finalise.
• Character animation process starts once character model finalise.
• Animations to be done based on the finalised shots/ camera angle.
• Compositing character models and background.
• Adding special effects, particles if needed based on the quality and subject of the film.
• Final background music once animation done.
• Final voice over dubbing once final animation done.
• Final editing once animation done.
• Final rendering once animation film is approved by SBI.
• Rendering based on the SBI output requirement like Full HD, HD and any other format
if required.
• Voice over and languages for translation of audios.
• The scope also includes videos that may be created using stock videos/images.
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Above list is only indicative and expands to any other work that relates to production
of a video. Empaneled agencies must undertake and deliver any other video related
aspect that SBI may require.
3. Term of SOW
The Client shall be responsible for the payment of the cost as agreed Agency,
irrespective of the success of the campaign.
The parties agree to the terms of this SOW, read with the terms of the SLA.
Name: Name:
Title: Title:
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ANNEXURE B
TAT SHEET
The TAT for the activities awarded to the agency will be decided on the allotment of
the job.
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ANNEXURE C
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ANNEXURE D
NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
AND
The Receiving Party and SBI are hereinafter collectively referred to as “The Parties”
and individually as “the Party”
WHEREAS:
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or deliver to the Receiving Party certain or some of its trade secrets or confidential or
proprietary information, for the purpose of enabling the other party to understand the
business of the Disclosing Party and evaluate the feasibility and/or submit their
proposals for such Transaction (hereinafter referred to as “the Purpose”).
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2. Non-disclosure: The Receiving Party shall not disclose any Confidential
Information or any materials derived therefrom to any other person or entity other
than persons in the direct employment of the Receiving Party, or its affiliates, or
their directors, auditors who have a need to have access to and knowledge of the
Confidential Information solely for the Purpose authorized above. The Receiving
Party may disclose Confidential Information to its advisors, consultants, financiers,
co-investors only for the Purpose mentioned hereinabove and only if such persons
have executed a Non-Disclosure Agreement with the Receiving Party or owe a
professional duty of obligation to the Receiving Party. The Receiving Party shall
take appropriate measures by instruction prior to disclosure to such employees to
assure against unauthorized use or disclosure. The Receiving Party agrees to
notify the Disclosing Party promptly if it learns of any use or disclosure of the
Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information in violation of terms of this Agreement.
Term: This Agreement shall be effective from the date hereof and shall continue in
perpetuity or till the execution of a definitive agreement is relation to the
Transaction with the selected agencies. Upon expiration or termination as
contemplated herein the Receiving Party shall immediately cease any or all
disclosures of Confidential Information; and at the request of the Disclosing Party,
the Receiving Party shall promptly return or destroy all written, graphic or other
tangible forms of the Confidential Information and all copies, abstracts, extracts,
samples, notes or modules thereof save to the extent required to be retained
pursuant to applicable law and regulation. The Receiving Party shall continue to
treat Confidential Information as confidential until such information enters the
public domain
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4. Title and Proprietary Rights: Notwithstanding the disclosure of any
Confidential Information by the Disclosing Party to the Receiving Party, the
Disclosing Party shall retain title and all intellectual property and proprietary rights
in the Confidential Information.
5. Remedies: The Receiving Party acknowledges that if the Receiving Party fails
to comply with any of its obligations hereunder, the Disclosing Party may suffer
irreparable harm for which monetary damages may not be adequate. The
Receiving Party agrees, in addition to all other remedies provided at Law or in
equity, the Disclosing Party shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief hereunder.
8. General: In no event shall the Disclosing Party be liable for the inaccuracy or
incompleteness of the Confidential Information. None of the Confidential
Information disclosed by the parties constitutes any representation, warranty,
assurance, guarantee or inducement by either party to the other with respect to the
fitness of such Confidential Information for any particular purpose or infringement
of trademarks, patents, copy rights or any right of third persons.
In witness whereof, the Parties hereto have executed these presents the day, month
and year first herein above written.
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For and on behalf of State Bank of India
(Designation)
(Designation)
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