Service / Maintenance Contracts Guide And Downloadable Sample Agreement

Author: Brian Karas, Published on Aug 18, 2016

This guide provides in-depth recommendations for service / maintenance and a sample service agreement that integrators can edit and customize for their needs.

It includes:

  • List of 20+ standard inclusion terms
  • List of 9 standard exclusion terms
  • Segmenting first year warranty vs service agreements
  • Listing covered devices
  • Denoting coverage and response times
  • Setting pricing and terms
  • Downloadable / customizable sample service agreement (Word Doc)

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Comments (5)

Undisclosed 1 Integrator

| 08/19/16 01:10pm

“********* * ********** **total ****** ***** is used as the annual price of a maintenance agreement. 8-10% is common for a basic agreement that focuses more on annual preventive maintenance and next-business-day repair.

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Armando Perez

IPVMU Certified | In reply to Undisclosed 1 Integrator | 08/19/16 03:44pm

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Steven Wirz

| 08/22/16 03:05pm

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Brian Karas

IPVM Admin | In reply to Steven Wirz | 08/22/16 03:08pm

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Undisclosed 2 Integrator

| 09/15/16 03:28am

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