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| This page states the "Terms and Conditions" under which
bidISO is
governed. By using this Web site, you accept these Terms and Conditions and
agree to be bound by them. Should a change to these Terms and Conditions occur,
those changes would be reflected on this page so that you are always informed.
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| The terms "You", "Customer ", and "User" as used herein refer to all
individuals and/or entities accessing this Web site for any reason. Firms that
participate in the bidISO network are referred to as a "Customers" or "Users,"
and certification/registration service providers in general are referred to as
"Service Providers" or "Suppliers" or "Registrars".
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| bidISO provides services for the Customer of certification or registration
services and the suppliers of these services. The bidISO site is for use by
individuals, companies or organizations to identify, procure/hire and manage
registrars by submitting basic company information to registrars in order for
them to be able to provide competitive bids and proposals. bidISO is not a
directory. All Affiliated Suppliers in the bidISO network are pre-qualified
based on past performance reviews, and matched according to the customer
specified requirements. bidISO provides a reliable, proven methodology for
specifying, identifying and managing outsourcing needs through a Web hosted
technology combined with professional account managers and service
representatives. bidISO is a Supplier-funded business. There is no fee to
submit a bid request and there is no obligation to hire an Affiliated Supplier
identified through the bidISO solution. However, a Customer does have an
obligation to respond to all inquiries related to their submitted
request for bid
and to the specific "Use of bidISO" terms below.
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| It is agreed that your access and use of the bidISO
engine to hire qualified registrars is for your personal, exclusive use, business
professional use or for your use as an agent of your employer. It is agreed
that your outsourcing project is indeed a real outsourcing need and that your
intent is to hire an Affiliated Supplier (although you are not obligated to do
so). You agree to give bidISO notification within 30 days of the commencement
of a contract or agreement, whether written or oral, between you as the
Customer and the Affiliated Supplier found, hired or identified through the
bidISO engine. You also agree for a period of three (3) years, to give bidISO
ongoing notification for additional project contracts or agreements given to
said Affiliated Supplier or other Suppliers found, hired or identified through
bidISO. Notification shall include Customer name, address and phone number;
Supplier name, address and phone number; date the contract or agreement was
entered into, scope of the project, and schedule of fees or other compensation
to be paid. This information should be accompanied with copies of contracts or
agreements, statements of work, or any other information requested relating to
the need posted by a Customer, any response by a Supplier, or other information
pertinent to the relationship of the Customer and Supplier on the project. By
using this Web site and hiring an identified Supplier, you acknowledge and
agree that if you fail to give proper notification as stated above, that you
will be liable to bidISO for payment of a penalty equal to 20 percent of the
total value of the contract or agreement plus legal and collection fees.
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| bidISO provides a service for Customers to find pre-qualified Suppliers and
for Suppliers to find pre-qualified Customers for certification services.
bidISO is not responsible for any of the obligations entered into in a contract
between a Customer and Supplier. bidISO does not warrant or guarantee the
performance of Customers or Suppliers or the outcome of the use of the bidISO
system to identify Customer needs and/or Suppliers. bidISO is not the agent of
a Customer, nor is it the employer of a Supplier. bidISO has no interest or
control over any Customer or Supplier using its services, except as may be
separately agreed to by a formal bidISO contract. bidISO does not guarantee and
is not responsible for the accuracy of information provided by Users, Customers
or Suppliers. bidISO is not liable for the actions of, failures to act, or the
services sought or provided by Customers or Suppliers through bidISO. bidISO is
not a party to any contract for services between Customers and Suppliers and is
not responsible for any of the obligations of parties to such contract, except
that bidISO shall be an intended third party beneficiary of a contract entered
into between a Customer and Supplier. When a Customer submits company
information for posting, bidISO will review such information to ensure
legitimacy and also in its sole discretion determine how the information is
processed; which includes whether a Customer is invoiced directly by a Supplier
or by bidISO. When bidISO chooses to handle invoicing, the Customer agrees that
they will only pay invoices on the project that come directly from bidISO. All
Customer information is considered confidential and will only be distributed to
potential Service providers that meet the requirements established by the
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| Customer acknowledges that bidISO owns all rights to the content of and
information provided on this Web site, including copyrights. bidISO does not
and will not sell personal or corporate information (i.e. name, title, physical
or email address, certification service inquired, etc.) collected through the
membership or project specification processes to third party vendors for
solicitation. However, you do hereby grant bidISO the ability to refer to you
by your corporate name for the purposes of marketing
without requiring prior notice of consent by you for
such use.
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| This agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State
of Texas. Venue and jurisdiction shall be in the State of Texas.
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| You agree you will NOT do any of the following while using this site or any
of bidISO's services: |
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Violate any applicable law, code or regulation;
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Post or transmit any content that you do not have the right to post or transmit
under any law, agreement, contract, or relationship;
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Post or transmit any information or content that infringes a third party's
intellectual property rights or rights of privacy or publicity;
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Post any information that is libelous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful,
harmful to minors, racially or ethnically objectionable, abusive, tortuous,
threatening, pornographic, or overly disparaging, critical or deprecating of or
to bidISO or other users, or is otherwise objectionable;
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Conduct any business or activity, or solicit the performance of any activity,
that is prohibited by law or is not consistent with this Web site's intended
use as determined by bidISO in its sole discretion;
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Resell any of the information or services provided by bidISO or otherwise
misrepresent that any information or services provided by bidISO are provided
by you;
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Restrict or inhibit any other user from using this Web site or any related
services, or deleting or tampering with the postings of other users;
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Post false or misleading information about you, your company, or your services,
impersonate or misrepresent yourself, your company, or your services, or create
a false identity for the purpose of misleading others;
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Use the Web site or any bidISO service or information in connection with
surveys, contests, pyramid or multi-level marketing schemes, distributorships,
club memberships, chain letters, spamming or unsolicited messages;
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Upload files that contain software or other materials in violation of the
intellectual property or privacy rights of others, that contains viruses worms,
corrupted files, or any other program that may damage another user's property
or the operation of bidISO or their computers;
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Take any action, which would impose or create an unreasonable or
disproportionately large load on this Web site's infrastructure;
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Use your password access for any unauthorized purpose or access, tamper with or
use non-public or non-authorized areas of the web-site; or
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Solicit, harvest or otherwise collect information about other users, including
their names, e-mail addresses, etc., without their express consent or for any
commercial or business purpose or to transmit unsolicited advertising or
communications.
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