Managed Services Membership
Agreement
CONTRACT CHANGE NOTICE
001/2023
SNOMED International
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SNOMED International is the trading name of the
International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation,
a private company limited by guarantee
Managed Services MSA Contract Change Notice – 001/2023
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WHEREAS the SERVICE PROVIDER entered into the Members Managed Services
Agreement (the “Agreement”), the SERVICE PROVIDER and the MEMBER now wish to
amend the Agreement as follows:
IT IS AGREED that:
With effect from 1st January 2024, The Agreement shall be amended in accordance with
this Contract Change Notice. Save as herein amended, all other terms and conditions of
the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
All capitalised terms in this Change Control Notice are, unless the context otherwise
admits, as defined in the Agreement.
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Paragraph 2 below sets out certain Changes to the Agreement.
1.2 Paragraph 3 below sets out certain Changes to Schedule 1 of the Agreement.
1.3 The objective of these Changes is to update the Agreement to permit the use of more
frequent releases and clarify the meaning of certain existing clauses.
1.4 These Changes do not affect any of the other obligations that exist between the
SERVICE PROVIDER and the MEMBER under the Agreement.
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2. CONTRACT CHANGE
2.1 Clause 1.1:
DEFINITION
Description of Change
New definition to be added as follows:
“Product” means a set of releasable components to be used for a specific purpose, that can
be provided to consumers in an agreed format at a defined frequency. These can include
SNOMED CT content, documents and other files composed of one or more specified
modules. These are released in a release package that form a single SNOMED CT
Extension or Edition.
Reason for Change
To define the use of Product in the changes made in Paragraph 3 below.
Effect on other Agreement provisions
Schedule 1.
2.2 Clause 3.2:
DURATION
Description of Change
The existing clause to be replaced with:
Unless otherwise agreed in writing the Agreement on the then-existing terms and conditions
will renew on an annual basis until terminated in accordance with clause
12:TERMINATION
Reason for Change
To allow the Services to be automatically renewed unless specifically terminated or renewed
for another fixed Agreement Term by the Member
Effect on other Agreement provisions
None
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2.3 Clause 12:
TERMINATION
Description of Change
A new clause to be added as 12.5:
This Agreement will be immediately terminated if the Member terminates their membership
of SNOMED International.
Reason for Change
The ability to use the Members Managed Service is dependent on the Member being a full
member of SNOMED International. The inclusion of this clause is to clarify that the
Member will not be able to continue using the Services if they terminate their membership
of SNOMED International.
Effect on other Agreement provisions
None
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3. SCHEDULE CHANGE
3.1 Table 1.1(b)
Frequency of Releases
Description of Change
The existing description in the table to be replaced with:
This Service allows the Member the ability to request releases of a single Product
containing their national extension or edition, including QA and packaging, at an agreed
frequency not exceeding once per calendar month. At the Service Providers discretion,
country specific QA rules may be used in addition to the standard SNOMED International
QA rules during the release process. All national extensions or editions will be published
on the SNOMED International Members Licensing and Distribution Service (MLDS) and/or
the SNOMED International browser as part of this service, if requested.
Reason for Change
The Services are now expanded to allow the Member to release more frequently than the
previous frequency of 2 releases per annum. The Member may now request a release up to
and including one release per month. This is constrained to a single Product as defined in
section 2.1 above.
Effect on other Agreement provisions
None
3.2 Table 1.1(b)
Product Restrictions
Description of Change
A new paragraph to be added to the description in the table:
Release of more than one Product can be requested as Additional Services which will incur
additional Service Charges equivalent to the current Annual Fee for each Product as per
Schedule 3.
Reason for Change
To make provision for the Member to add additional Products if required due to the
constraint added at 3.1.
Effect on other Agreement provisions
Schedule 3
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For and on behalf of the SERVICE Name:
PROVIDER:
International Health Terminology
Standards Development Organisation
Position:
Date:
For and on behalf of the MEMBER: Name:
Health and Welfare Information Systems
Centre, Estonia
Position:
Date:
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