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Home My WebLink AboutCORRESPONDENCE - AGREEMENT MISC - CCS PRESENTATIONS SYSTEMS INCNON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT THIS NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) made and entered into by and between the City of Fort Collins, a municipal corporation (“City”) and CCS Presentations Systems Inc. (“Professional”) (collectively, the “Parties”). WITNESSETH WHEREAS, the Parties desire to assure the confidential and/or proprietary status of the information which may be disclosed to each other in connection with their discussions relating to the RFP Design & Documentation per quote #36355 dated 6/20/17. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of terms and covenants contained herein, the Parties agree as follows: 1. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the party who owns the confidential information and is disclosing same shall be referenced as the “Disclosing Party.” The party receiving the Disclosing Party’s confidential information shall be referenced as the “Receiving Party.” 2. Confidential Information. Confidential Information controlled by this Agreement refers to information which is not public and/or is proprietary and includes by way of example, but without limitation, City customer information, utility data, service billing records, customer equipment information, location information, network security system, business plans, formulae, processes, intellectual property, trade secrets, designs, photographs, plans, drawings, schematics, methods, specifications, samples, reports, mechanical and electronic design drawings, customer lists, financial information, studies, findings, inventions, and ideas. To the extent practical, Confidential Information shall be marked “Confidential” or “Proprietary.” Nevertheless, Professional shall treat as Confidential Information all customer identifiable information in any form, whether or not bearing a mark of confidentiality or otherwise requested by the City, including but not limited to account, address, billing, consumption, contact and other customer data. In the case of disclosure in non- documentary form of non-customer identifiable information, made orally or by visual inspection, the Disclosing Party shall have the right, or, if requested by the Receiving Party, the obligation to confirm in writing the fact and general nature of each disclosure within a reasonable time after it is made in order that it is treated as Confidential Information. Any information disclosed to the other party prior to the execution of this Agreement and related to the services for which Professional has been engaged shall be considered in the same manner and be subject to the same treatment as the information disclosed after the execution of this Agreement with regard to protecting it as Confidential Information. 3. Use of Confidential Information. Receiving Party hereby agrees that it shall use the Confidential Information solely for the purpose of performing its obligations under this Agreement and not in any way detrimental to Disclosing Party. Receiving Party agrees to use the same degree of care Receiving Party uses with respect to its own proprietary or confidential information, which in any event shall result in a reasonable standard of care to prevent unauthorized use or disclosure of the Confidential Information. Except as otherwise provided herein, Receiving Party shall keep confidential and not disclose the Confidential Information. The City and Professional shall DocuSign Envelope ID: 82F44D69-ABBE-494E-9E8A-7CF9A5F1F819 cause each of their directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, and subcontractors to become familiar with, and abide by, the terms of this section, which shall survive this Agreement as an on-going obligation of the Parties. The Professional shall not use such information to obtain any economic or other benefit for itself, or any third party. 4. Exclusions from Definition. The term “Confidential Information” as used herein does not include any data or information which is already known to the Receiving Party or which before being divulged by the Disclosing Party (1) was generally known to the public through no wrongful act of the Receiving Party; (2) has been rightfully received by the Receiving Party from a third party without restriction on disclosure and without, to the knowledge of the Receiving Party, a breach of an obligation of confidentiality; (3) has been approved for release by a written authorization by the other party hereto; or (4) has been disclosed pursuant to a requirement of a governmental agency or by operation of law. 5. Required Disclosure. If the Receiving Party is required (by interrogatories, requests for information or documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process, or by federal, state, or local law, including without limitation, the Colorado Open Records Act) to disclose any Confidential Information, the Parties agree the Receiving Party will provide the Disclosing Party with prompt notice of such request, so the Disclosing Party may seek an appropriate protective order or waive the Receiving Party’s compliance with this Agreement. The Receiving Party shall furnish a copy of this Agreement with any disclosure. 6. Notwithstanding paragraph 5, Professional shall not disclose any such Confidential Information to any person, directly or indirectly, nor use it in any way, except as required or authorized in writing by the City. 7. Confidential Information is not to be stored on any local workstation, laptop, or media such as CD/DVD, USB drives, external hard drives or other similar portable devices unless the Professional can ensure security for the Confidential Information so stored. Work stations or laptops to be used in the Work will be required to have personal firewalls on each, as well as have current, active anti-virus definitions. 8. The Agreement not to disclose Confidential Information as set forth in this document shall apply during the term of the project and at any time thereafter unless specifically authorized by the City in writing. 9. If Professional breaches this Agreement, in the City’s sole discretion, the City may immediately terminate this Agreement and withdraw Professional’s right to access Confidential Information. 10. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, all material, i.e., various physical forms of media in which Confidential Information is contained, including but not limited to writings, drawings, tapes, diskettes, prototypes or products, shall remain the sole property of the Disclosing Party and, upon request, shall be promptly returned, together with all copies thereof to the Disclosing Party. Upon such return of physical records, all digital and electronic data shall also be deleted in a non-restorable way by which it is no longer DocuSign Envelope ID: 82F44D69-ABBE-494E-9E8A-7CF9A5F1F819 available to the Receiving Party. Written verification of the deletion (including date of deletion) is to be provided to the Disclosing Party within ten (10) days after completion of engagement, whether it be via termination, completion or otherwise. 11. Professional acknowledges that the City may, based upon the representations made in this Agreement, disclose security information that is critical to the continued success of the City’s business. Accordingly, Professional agrees that the City does not have an adequate remedy at law for breach of this Agreement and therefore, the City shall be entitled, as a non- exclusive remedy, and in addition to an action for damages, to seek and obtain an injunction or decree of specific performance or any other remedy, from a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin or remedy any violation of this Agreement. 12. No act of omission or commission of either the City or Professional, including without limitation, any failure to exercise any right, remedy, or recourse, shall be deemed to be a waiver, release, or modification of the same. Such a waiver, release, or modification is to be effected only through a written modification to this Agreement. 13. Neither party shall assign any of its rights, privileges or obligations under this Agreement to any third party without prior written consent of the other party. 14. This Agreement is to be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado. Venue and jurisdiction for any cause of action or claim asserted by either party hereto shall be in the District Court of Larimer County, Colorado. THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO By: Gerry Paul Purchasing Director Date: CCS Presentations Systems Inc. By: Printed: Title: Date: DocuSign Envelope ID: 82F44D69-ABBE-494E-9E8A-7CF9A5F1F819 CEO Scot Bestick 7/17/2017 7/17/2017