Trident Support Proposal
Trident Support Proposal
Trident Support Proposal
TRIDENT’S PROPOSITION TO
Version: 1.0
Date: 18-03-2024
Headquarters
M-31A, M-Block Market, Greater Kailash-II, New Delhi 110 048, India, Phone: +91 11 2921 9927
India | Middle East | Africa | Asia Pacific
www.tridentinfo.com
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Reference Information
RFP/Tender Reference None
Proposal Reference TIS/Burlington/D365BC/2024/V1.0
Trident Information Systems Pvt. Ltd.
Submitted by
M-31A, M Block Market, Greater Kailash II, New Delhi, Delhi 110048
Document Control
Document Name Document Date Version no. Prepared by Reviewed By
Support for Microsoft D365 Business Central 18-03-24 V1.0 Debahuti Phukon Sandarbh Moona
Communication
Organization Name and Designation Contact Details
Burlington English Mr. Anuraag Sharma, CFO +91-9545556474/ Anuraag.s@burlingtonenglish.in
Trident Mr. Sandarbh Moona, VP Sales +91- 9871533241/Sandarbh.moona@tridentinfo.com
Trident Mr. Debahuti Phukon, Sr. BDM +91-9643108700/ Debahuti.phukon@tridentinfo.com
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Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................................4
1.1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.2. TRIDENT – COMPANY BRIEF ........................................................................................................................................... 4
1.3. TRIDENT’S VERTICAL FOCUS ........................................................................................................................................... 5
1.4. TRIDENT’S PRODUCT AND SERVICE PORTFOLIO ............................................................................................................. 5
2. MAINTENANCE SUPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENT ..................................................................................................................6
2.1. SUPPORT SCOPE............................................................................................................................................................. 6
2.2. MODE OF SUPPORT........................................................................................................................................................ 6
2.3. SUPPORT TYPE ............................................................................................................................................................... 6
2.4. SUPPORT ISSUE DEFINITION........................................................................................................................................... 6
2.5. SUPPORT SERVICE WINDOW .......................................................................................................................................... 7
2.6. SERVICE DELIVERY MODE ............................................................................................................................................... 7
2.7. SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT (SLA) ................................................................................................................................. 7
2.8. SUPPORT METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................................................. 8
2.9. VALIDITY ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10
2.10. ADDITIONAL ONSITE VISITS .......................................................................................................................................... 10
2.11. OUT OF SCOPE ............................................................................................................................................................. 10
2.12. ASSUMPTIONS AND EXPECTATIONS............................................................................................................................. 10
2.13. SERVICE FEE AND PAYMENTS ....................................................................................................................................... 10
2.14. SUPPORT TERMS .......................................................................................................................................................... 10
3. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS .................................................................................................................................... 11
3.1. CONTACT POINTS & ESCALATIONS ............................................................................................................................... 13
3.2. SIGNATORIES ............................................................................................................................................................... 13
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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Burlington English Training (India) Pvt. Ltd. is using Microsoft D365 Business Central (SaaS) and is looking for the hand
holding support to manage the implemented solution for the end users.
Trident Information Systems Pvt. Ltd., which is one of the leading Microsoft Dynamics implementation partners in India,
Middle East and Asia with more than two decades experience in various industry vertical.
Trident brings in industry and domain expertise coupled with deep implementation experience in enterprise business
solutions space. The company has a reputation of executing end-to-end implementations in ERP, CRM, LS Central and
Business Intelligence applications and having a high degree of customer retention, repeat customer business and one of
the firsts in certain industry verticals in India. Domain centricity & vertical approach of Trident is the key core strength by
which Trident can expand its customer base year on year.
WHY TRIDENT?
With more than 2 decades of experience of implementation of ERP, CRM
and Surrounding technologies (Microsoft Power Platform- Power BI, Power
Apps, Power Automate etc.) products in various Industry verticals, Trident
proudly boast about more than 250+ customer engagements in domestic
and in international market. Domain expertise of around 180+ consultants
is behind spotless delivery of projects matching the expectation of our
customers.
Microsoft Technology around F&O, BC, NAV, AX and our own vertical
solutions on LS Central engine are indicators of our expertise and
commitment towards Microsoft technologies, which has been suitable
recognized by Microsoft by giving us the President Club Category.
Trident’ expertise lies in trading and distribution, manufacturing, retail, logistics and services verticals. Besides Microsoft
Dynamics line of business, Trident has expertise in Business Intelligence tool Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate etc.
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Acknowledgement &
Function is working but has non-critical error
Assessment within 24 hours Signoff within 2 Business
User's work not affected.
Severity 4 (3 Business Days) Day after resolution
Impact:
Resolution within 7 Business submission
No impact on maintenance & runs
days (in 80% cases)
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Trident will use Issue Ticket monitoring system for supports issue logging and tracking.
The following sections explain the Support process that Trident proposes to follow the L0 and L1 cases support in scope.
The methodology will be fine-tuned as per customer’s requirement during the transition phase.
The applicable service requests/ problem tickets (in-scope applications) will be logged by the Customer’s team. Ticket will
be routed to appropriate Trident support analyst in all the cases by Trident help desk team (Single Point of Contact) to
resolve the ticket item. The support specialist of Trident will be responsible to resolve the tickets assigned to him/ her.
The Trident Support analyst would, in all respects, try and resolve the query and escalate well in time, in case he/ she will
not be able to meet the SLA.
In case of product support where an external resolving group, the Support specialist will liaison with the Product support
group within the products companies for resolution. Support analyst would, however, track and inform the customer team
of the progress accordingly. Once the bug fixes/ resolutions are received from the products company, the same would be
tested and deployed before the query status is marked “Resolved”.
The support team would use scripts to create reports, modules and correct data to support the user.
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Step-7: Escalation
Any support request that does not get resolved within its target resolution time, if found during regular status tracking,
would be escalated to the appropriate point-of-contact as agreed beforehand with the customer.
Progress on complete knowledge phase agenda and its progress will be shared on daily basis.
Stabilization Phase: From this phase, Trident team will own the complete responsibility of supporting the application.
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2.9. VALIDITY
This contract will be valid for a period of one year, post which, it can be renewed based on a fresh agreement.
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• Problems reported in the System, but related to Computer Hardware, Operating System, Database
Management Systems, Local Area Network, etc. will not be in the purview of support.
• The scope of services provided under this contract shall be restricted to the implemented solution of the
System and shall by no means include any data-entry work, maintenance of other software, hardware or
network at the Customer’s premises.
• In case, the issues identified as core product issues/error, the Support specialist will raise the incident with
Microsoft product support team and liaison with them for resolution. Support analyst would, however, track
and inform the Customer team of the issue resolution update / progress accordingly. Once the bug fixes/
resolutions are received from the products company, the same would be tested and deployed before the
query status is marked “Resolved”.
• The support team would use scripts to create reports, modules and correct data to support the user.
• Customer shall not make any attempt to make changes in the System through a third-party or personnel not
authorized and skilled for the same; in such cases, Service Provider shall not be responsible for occurrence of
any errors and shall not be liable to rectify the same.
• Customer shall keep the Annual Enhancement Plan (AEP) subscription active and up to date from Microsoft
for the obvious benefits.
• Customer shall have a suitable Data Backup & Recovery process and tools implemented to ensure data
consistency. Adequate protection from malicious software (Virus etc.) is also strongly recommended through
suitable and updated Anti-virus and Firewall solutions. Service Provider shall not be responsible for data
corruption caused by the referred risks.
• Either party shall have the right to terminate this contract by giving the other one-month prior notice in
writing.
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• Liability: In no event shall Trident and Burlington be liable, one to the other, for special, direct, indirect or any
other damages in connection with or arising out of the furnishing, performance of use of the services,
materials or software provided by Trident under the terms of this agreement. TRIDENT shall not be liable to
the other or any person under this PROPOSAL for any indirect, consequential, incidental, special, exemplary
or punitive damages or for any loss of profits, opportunities or data, howsoever caused.
• Work Product Ownership
o Work Product Ownership: All work, services, and deliverables provided by Trident pursuant to the service
agreement shall be the exclusive property of Trident until the Client has made full and timely payment in
accordance with the terms and conditions outlined herein.
o Transfer of Ownership: Upon the complete and satisfactory receipt of payment by Trident, ownership of
the Work Product shall be promptly and irrevocably transferred to the Client. This transfer of ownership
includes all rights, titles, and interests related to the Work Product.
o Client’s Rights: Until the aforementioned transfer of ownership occurs, the Client shall not possess any
rights, claims, or interests in or to the Work Product created, developed, or provided by Trident. Trident
retains full control and ownership of the Work Product, including any associated intellectual property
rights, during this period.
o Payment Completion: The transfer of ownership to the Client is contingent upon the Client making
payment in full as specified in this agreement. Any partial or incomplete payment shall not constitute a
transfer of ownership, and Trident's rights and ownership of the Work Product shall remain intact until
full payment is received.
• Protection of Interests: The Client agrees not to contest, dispute, or infringe upon Trident's ownership of the
Work Product until full payment is received and the transfer of ownership is formalized. Any such
unauthorized actions may lead to legal action by Trident to protect its rights and interests in the Work Product
• Force Majeure: Should either Burlington or Trident be prevented from performing any of its responsibilities
(as detailed in this proposal) by reason caused by an act of God or any cause beyond its reasonable control
including but not limited to
o Work stoppages, fires, riots, accidents, explosions, floods, cyclones, storms, Pandemic, Lockdowns.
o Wars, revolutions, acts of public enemies, blockages, embargos
o Any orders, proclamations, ordinances, demands or requirements for any government or authority or
representative of any such government including restrictive trade practices or regulations
o Strikes, shutdowns, labour disputes which are not instigated for the purpose of avoiding obligations
herein
o Failures and/or fluctuations in electric power, light, telecommunications or air-conditioning
equipment
• Non-Employment: Neither Trident nor Burlington shall during the term of this project and for two (2) years
thereafter, without written consent from the other party, directly or indirectly employ any person who at any
time during the twenty-four (24) calendar months preceding the commencement of such employment, shall
have been an employee of the other involved in this project.
• WARRANTY/LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
o Trident warrants to Customer that the materials, software, analysis, data, programs and Services to
be delivered or rendered hereunder, will be of the kind and quality designated and will be performed
by qualified personnel. During the warranty period Trident shall resolve and/or correct any defects
noted by customer and reported to Trident. Trident makes no other warranties, whether written, Oral
or implied, including without limitation any warranty of merchantability or of Fitness for a particular
purpose or that the software developed under this agreement would be error free or that the
software shall work in an uninterrupted manner
• Neither party shall in any circumstances be liable to the other whether in contract, tort or otherwise for any
consequential or indirect loss or damage howsoever arising and of whatsoever nature including (without
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limitation) loss of profit, loss of contracts, and loss of use suffered or incurred directly or indirectly by the
other
• Non-disclosure: The data contained in this proposal shall not be disclosed, duplicated, used in whole or in part
for any purpose other than to evaluate the proposal without the written permission of Trident.
• Confidentiality: All information received from Burlington during this project shall be treated as confidential
property of Burlington. Trident shall exercise all reasonable efforts consistent with the generally recognized
and accepted standards in the data processing industry to safeguard the confidentiality of the information.
All Trident resources (onsite and offshore) who are working on the project will sign the NDA (Non-Disclosure
Agreement) as per Burlington NDA format
• Modification, Amendment, Supplement or Waiver: No modification, amendment, supplement to or waiver
of this proposal or any of its provisions shall be binding upon Burlington and Trident unless made in writing
and duly signed by both parties.
• Indemnity: Burlington will, during the period of the coverage of this proposal, indemnify and hold Trident
harmless from any loss, claim or damage unless caused by a wilful act or the negligence of Trident' personnel
to any person or property arising out of the use or possession of the equipment or location by Trident or its
personnel.
• Arbitration: In the event of a dispute or difference, of any nature whatsoever, between Trident and Burlington
during the course of the assignment arising as a result of this proposal, the same will be escalated to the top
management of the two companies for appropriate resolution. If still unresolved, the same will be referred
for arbitration to a Board of Arbitration. This board will be constituted before the commencement of the
arbitration and will comprise two arbitrators and an umpire. Trident and Burlington will each nominate an
arbitrator to the Board and these arbitrators will appoint the umpire. Arbitration will be carried out at the
Trident' Delhi, India office.
3.2. SIGNATORIES
Burlington & Trident hereby agree to the terms and conditions mentioned in this Agreement and shall abide by the same.
Particulars For Burlington English Training (India) Pvt. Ltd. For Trident Information Systems Pvt Ltd.
Name Anuraag Sharma Sandarbh Moona
Designation CFO VP- Sales
Signature
Date
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