SOW Template
SOW Template
SOW Template
STATEMENT OF WORK
This Statement of Work (SOW), between the State of Wisconsin, Department of NAME (hereinafter referred to as the
"State") and CONTRACTOR NAME (hereinafter referred to “Contractor”), is hereby incorporated into the
aforementioned Contract. In the event of any conflict between this SOW and the Contract, the Contract shall control.
The purpose of this SOW is to express the terms and requirements for the performance of work by the Contractor and,
where applicable, the State (collectively referred to as the “Parties”) to achieve the objectives of the NAME OF
PROJECT project. Specifically, the Contractor is required to provide the State with Services; Hardware; Maintenance
and Support; as prescribed herein, subject to Acceptance.
1. SCOPE
The scope of this SOW includes Services; Hardware; Maintenance and Support. In no instance can the scope of this
SOW exceed the scope, cost and term of the master Contract.
1.2 INCLUSIONS
What is specifically included in-scope of this agreement?
1.3 EXCLUSIONS
What should be identified as specific exclusions of the agreement, i.e. are normally connected to these services but
may not be in this case?
In addition to the Contractor’s acknowledgement of the State’s current operations, background and the objectives of
this engagement, the Contractor has the following project assumptions:
Include here any additional project assumptions from the vendor about the basis of the engagement.
3. DEFINITIONS
Include here any definitions applicable to the SOW not otherwise covered by the Contract.
“Change Order” or “Change Request” means a request for authorization to make a change in the Services or
Deliverables under this Contract.
4. TERM
The work performed under this SOW will commence on the effective date of signature or accepted order, or later if
mutually agreed between the Parties in writing, and will conclude as prescribed in this SOW.
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5. LOCATION
Services associated with this SOW will be performed on State premises at ADDRESS, CITY, STATE and/or other locations
as required and mutually agreed upon between the Parties.
The State will provide the following to the Contractor in its performance of work under this SOW:
If none, state “N/A”.
The State shall have the absolute right to approve or disapprove a proposed change of the key or contracted
personnel. The Contractor shall provide to the State, in each instance a resume of the proposed substitute and an
opportunity to interview that person prior to giving its approval or disapproval. The State shall not unreasonably
withhold this approval.
Lead: Take primary responsibility for the delivery of a major task/completion of an activity.
Assist: Active participation and engagement with the goal of aiding the Lead in completing a major task/activity.
Approve: Responsibility to review the deliverable/completion of a major task/activity and confirm that activity was
completed in accordance with applicable requirements.
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9. DELIVERABLES MANAGEMENT
The following deliverables will be completed during the term of this SOW:
10. ACCEPTANCE
All Contractor deliverables are subject to the Acceptance of the State. Each deliverable created under this SOW will
be delivered to the State with a acceptance receipt. This receipt will describe the deliverable and provide the State’s
Project Manager with space to indicate if the deliverable is accepted, rejected, or conditionally accepted.
Conditionally accepted deliverables will contain a list of deficiencies that need to be corrected in order for the
deliverable to be accepted by the Project Manager. The Project Manager will have NUMBER days from receipt of the
deliverable to provide the Contractor with the signed acceptance receipt unless an alternative schedule is mutually
agreed to between the Parties.
11. OWNERSHIP
Deliverables created specifically for the State pursuant to this Contract shall be the property of the State and
ownership of each Deliverable shall automatically transfer to the State upon acceptance and payment for such
Deliverable. Deliverables shall not include Contractor technology; however, upon acceptance of and payment for
the Deliverables, Contractor grants the State a royalty-free, fully paid-up, worldwide, non-exclusive license to use,
access and benefit from, without the right to sublicense unless otherwise negotiated, Contractor technology
incorporated in the Deliverables; provided, however, the State may sublicense such Contractor technology to its
own agents and Subcontractors to permit them to meet their obligations to the State. The State shall not acquire
rights to any Contractor technology, processes, or software used by Contractor in performing the Services (except
for the license to Contractor technology as described above). Contractor may retain a copy of each Deliverable for
archival purposes.
Nothing stated herein shall affect Contractor's ownership in or rights to its preexisting intellectual property and
proprietary rights. Proprietary Contractor materials licensed to the State shall be identified to the State by
Contractor prior to use or provision of Services hereunder and shall remain the property of the Contractor.
Date Amount
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12.2 Travel
Additional travel costs are not permitted.
Access to Facilities
Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, any and all access by Contracted Personnel to the facilities of the State shall
be during normal State office hours and all Contracted Personnel shall be subject to the State site's security
procedures.
Neither party shall require waivers or releases of any personal rights from representatives of the other in connection
with visits to its premises and no such releases or waivers shall be pleaded by them in any action or proceeding.
Mitigation of Delays
The schedule shall not change as a result of time required by Contractor to correct deficiencies, unless otherwise
agreed beforehand in writing by the State. However, the schedule may, through mutual agreement, be extended on
a day-to-day basis to the extent that the State’s review of a Deliverable and review of corrections of deficiencies in
accordance with the Acceptance process is longer than described in the schedule.
Contractor shall continue to perform its obligations that are not affected by the State review and shall mitigate any
impact on Contractor from such delays caused by the State, e.g., redirecting its staff to perform other tasks, to the
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extent reasonably possible. To the extent it cannot redirect staff and mitigate such impacts, then an adjustment, if
any, to the schedule will be made, if appropriate, based upon the Project Director’s reasonable consideration of all
relevant circumstances, including but not limited to Contractor’s opportunity and efforts to mitigate the effect of the
impact and if the State’s failure to perform is not due to an event related to master Contract terms of Force
Majeure.
Rolling Estoppel
The State assumes the obligation for its resources as indicated in this SOW. The State will be conclusively deemed to
have fulfilled its obligations, unless it receives a deficiency report from the Contractor within NUMBER of days of
receipt of any alleged deficiencies and the Contractor identifies specific deficiencies in the State’s fulfillment of its
obligations in that report. Deficiencies must be described in terms of how they have affected the specific
performance requirement of the Contractor.
The Contractor is estopped from claiming that a situation has arisen that might otherwise justify changes in the
project timetable, the standards of performance under the contract or the contract price, if the Contractor knew of
that problem and failed to include it in the applicable report.
In the event the Contractor identifies a situation wherein the State is impairing the Contractor’s ability to perform
for any reason, the Contractor’s deficiency report should contain the Contractor’s suggested solutions to the
situation(s). These suggestions should be in sufficient detail so that the State’s project managers can make a prompt
decision as to the best method of dealing with the problem and continuing the project in an unimpeded fashion.
If the problem is one that allows the Contractor (within the terms of the contract) to ask for changes in the project
timetable, the standards of performance, the project price or all of these elements, the report should comply with
the change order procedures.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party hereto has caused this SOW to be executed by its duly authorized representative.
Title: Title:
Date: Date:
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