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TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO TESTING SERVICES PROVIDED BY CDI BIOSCIENCE
CDI Warranty
CDI Bioscience("CDI") agrees to perform its services in keeping with the standards
set forth in CDI proposals, quotes, Customer Approved Study Protocols, generally
prevailing industry standards, Good Laboratory Practice Regulations (“Regulations”)
or cGMP Testing Procedures applicable to the Study being performed, as amended from
time to time.
Service Commitment
CDI will endeavor to perform its services in a timely fashion, and will advise its
Customer in a timely manner in the event of circumstances which may occasion any
significant delay.
Proprietary information
Proprietary Rights. Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable Statement of Work:
Customer Intellectual Property. Subject to CDI’s rights in the CDI Tools, upon full
payment to CDI of the fees due for the applicable Project, CDI hereby assigns to
Customer all rights and title to, and Customer shall own, the Research Work Product
and/or Test Data and Information, including all patent, copyright, trade secret,
and other intellectual property rights therein (“Customer Intellectual Property”).
Customer shall also retain all right, title, and interest in the Samples provided
by Customer hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, CDI shall
retain and own all right, title, and interest in the CDI Tools, including all intellectual
property rights therein. “CDI Tools” means CDI’s processes, techniques, methods,
programs, equipment, samples, materials, technology, skills, information and know-how
of general application that CDI may use in connection with providing the Services.
Limitation of liability
CDI makes no warranty, express or implied, except as set forth herein. CDI shall
not be liable for any claim of breach of warranty unless such claim is submitted
in writing to the offices of CDI within three (3) months following the date the
services giving rise to the claim were performed. Except as provided herein, CDI
shall not be liable to the Customer or any third party for any claim, whether based
upon breach of warranty or any other theory. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, CDI shall not be liable for any consequential, incidental or other
damages, including, without limitation, loss of profits, business or damage to goodwill,
regardless of the foreseeability of any of the foregoing. CDI's liability for breach
of the CDI Laboratory Services Warranty or any implied or statutory warranties or
any claimed to arise by operation of law shall be limited to either 1) Refund of
the price paid by Customer to CDI for any test, protocol or part thereof, adjudged
or mutually agreed not to have been performed in accordance with the CDI Laboratory
Services Warranty or 2) Reperformance of the test, protocol or part thereof. THE
WARRANTIES SET FORTH IN THIS PARAGRAPH ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES,
WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ALL OF WHICH ARE WAIVED BY CUSTOMER.
Change in scope of work
Customer shall have the right to request reasonable changes and/or modifications
(“Changes”) to the Protocol of a Study which CDI has agreed to conduct and which
has not been completed. All such Changes in a Protocol shall be in writing and shall
be signed by authorized representatives of CDI and Customer to be considered effective.
If such Changes result in a change in the cost of the Study, the fee for the Study
shall be adjusted commensurate with such change. If such Changes affect the projected
completion date and/or report date of the Study, the completion and report due dates
shall be adjusted commensurate with such effect. CDI reserves the right to change/modify
its test methods. CDI will notify Customer of such changes and Customer must approve
the changes in writing prior to implementation by CDI with Customer’s test articles.
Customer will not unreasonably withhold approval of these changes. Unplanned deviations
to a test method during the performance of that method are not Changes as defined
in this paragraph and are therefore not subject to Customer review/approval before
implementation.
Study report
CDI shall deliver a report of findings for each study performed. If Customer
requests a draft report, Customer shall have fourteen (14) days from receipt of
the draft report to review the report and provide comments to CDI. Within twenty
one (21) days of receipt of Customer comments, CDI will provide Customer with the
final report that will have had CDI Quality Assurance (QA) or Technical Management
(if appropriate for the Study) review and approval prior to being sent to Customer.
If no comments are received from Customer within fourteen (14) days following delivery
of the draft report, the draft report shall become the final report, a copy of which
shall be delivered to Customer after CDI QA or Technical Management (if appropriate
for the Study)review and approval.
Termination of study
If any study, protocol or part thereof shall be terminated, as a result
of Customer preference or inherent test article condition which would prevent the
completion of a valid study, Customer shall be liable to CDI for the services actually
performed and materials, reagents, expenses, etc. consumed, employed, or specially
obtained for such study, protocol or part thereof. If Customer cancels any study,
protocol or part thereof before commencement, Customer shall pay CDI a test cancellation
fee equal to the lesser of 50-75% of the price of the test or $200.00 per test article,
plus the cost of any materials or reagents specially obtained by CDI for such study,
protocol or part thereof.
Unexpected study result / Invalid result/ Out of specification result
If, within fourteen (14) days of receiving a valid study result, Customer
notifies CDI in writing that the result is unexpected, CDI will initiate a laboratory
investigation of the result. The Customer and CDI will agree on an appropriate course
of action pending the results of the laboratory investigation. If CDI observes an
invalid result it will notify Customer within 48 hours of learning of such result.
Customer and CDI will agree on the appropriate course of action to investigate the
invalid result. In cases where Customer specifications have been provided to CDI,
if CDI observes an Out Of Specification (OOS) result it will notify Customer within
48 hours of learning of such result. Customer and CDI will agree on the appropriate
course of action to investigate the OOS result. If CDI determines that an unexpected,
invalid, or OOS result is due to the inherent condition of the test article and
not due to laboratory error, Customer shall be liable to CDI for the services performed,
including any retests, and materials, reagents, expenses, etc. consumed, employed,
or specially obtained during the course of the laboratory investigation. If the
unexpected, invalid, or OOS result was caused by a combination of test article condition
and laboratory error, or a reasonable determination of cause cannot be ascertained,
Customer shall be liable for 50% of the services performed, including any retests,
and 100% of the cost of any materials or reagents specially obtained by CDI during
the course of the laboratory investigation. Customer is not liable to CDI for unexpected,
invalid, or OOS results due to CDI laboratory error, and CDI at its discretion shall
perform a retest, or provide a refund of any payments made by Customer. In the event
of an unexpected/OOS result where CDI does not feel an investigation is warranted
based on the scientific evidence from the original test, CDI reserves the right
to charge for the investigation. The customer will be made aware of and required
to approve these charges prior to the start of the investigation.
Indemnification
Customer shall indemnify and hold harmless CDI, its officers, directors, agents
and employees from and against any and all losses, costs, damages and/or expenses
(including, without limitation, reasonable costs of counsel), incurred by any such
indemnitee as a result of or in connection with any claim by any party for injury
(physical, emotional, psychological or other) or death of any person or physical
damage to any property arising out of the testing, development, manufacture, sale
or other use or distribution of any material or product which is the direct or indirect
subject of any study, protocol, or part thereof performed by CDI, provided such
injury, death or property damage is not the result of CDI's reckless or willful
misconduct in carrying out its obligations under this Agreement.
Force majeure
CDI shall not be held responsible for failure or delay in performance of
its obligations under or in connection with this Agreement due to, but not limited
to, the following: acts of God, government actions, labor disputes, civil disturbances,
power outages, fire, natural disasters, material shortages, failure of suppliers
or subcontractors.
Invoicing
Unless otherwise specified in a CDI Price Quotation or Proposal submitted to Customer,
invoicing for work performed shall be submitted by CDI to Customer when a Final
Report is sent to Customer. In the event that Customer requests a Draft Final Report,
Customer will be invoiced at the time the Draft Final Report is issued.
Price adjustments
The Pricing for testing services is subject to change with 30 Day notice or as otherwise
agreed to in the Statement of Work and Price Quote provided to the Customer.
Dispute resolution
In the event of any dispute arising under this Agreement, senior executives of CDI
and Customer (“the parties”) with decision making authority will enter into good
faith negotiations to resolve the dispute. The parties agree to submit any unresolved
dispute to a sole mediator selected by the parties as soon as reasonably possible
(but no later than sixty (60) days after notice). If not thus resolved, the matter
shall be submitted to an arbitration proceeding in Madison, WI and the parties shall
share equally the filing fees, arbitration fess, or other costs of such proceedings,
except that each party shall be responsible for it own attorney’s fees and other
out-of-pocket arbitration expenses unless the arbitrators decide otherwise. The
proceeding shall be conducted under the then prevailing rules for commercial arbitration
of the American Arbitration Association, by a panel of three (3) arbitrators reasonably
acceptable to both of the parties, one of whom must have substantial experience
in the field of contract testing services. The arbitrators shall have the authority
to permit limited discovery to the extent required by a party in order to establish
its case. The decision of the arbitrators shall be final and binding and may be
entered and enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction. Any monetary award
shall be payable in U.S. dollars, free of any tax, offset or other deduction. Any
determination of the arbitration shall be confidential to the parties hereto and
binding solely on the parties hereto.
Entire agreement
This Agreement and any schedules or protocols part thereof contains the
complete and final agreement between the parties, and supersedes all previous understandings
relating to the subject matter hereof, whether oral or written. This Agreement may
only be modified by a written agreement signed by duly authorized representatives
of the parties.
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