1. Items COVERED by the Support Contract
1.1. Support for agreed upon users as per the signed Customer Order Form.
1.1.1. Relates to specific sites as per signed Customer Order Form.
1.1.2. Relates to equipment with a Windows, Mac OS or Linux operating system permanently installed and monitored by Qlic IT’s screenconnect software.
1.2. Third Party support for issues relating to commercially available line of business software where a current vendor support contract is in place.
1.3. Individual line of business software installations, where the installation takes less than 15 minutes.
1.3.1. Server-side line-of-business software patches (excluding version upgrades).
1.3.2. Important firmware updates for supported hardware, including Network Routing Equipment, Firewall and Servers.
1.4 Permission auditing and changes up to a maximum of 45 minutes per request
1.5 Software re-installation and device for configuration for workstations where required for a support requests COVERED here.
1.6 Software re-installation and device for configuration for workstations purchased through Qlic IT and repaired under warranty.
2. Items NOT covered by the Support Contract
2.1. In line with best practice guidelines, Qlic IT are not obliged to provide administrator logins (although we may do so at our discretion) – either directly to the client or to a nominated third party – whilst the client is in a support contract with Qlic IT. This is to negate the scenario of conflicting authorities on the same domain for compliance purposes and to denote whom it is that is responsible for the sole maintenance of the network.
2.2. Devices running a Windows, Mac OS or Linux operating system that are outside of vendor support.
2.3. Configuration of any imaging or print device installed by a third party vendor.
2.4. Unless specifically stated on the Customer Order Form, any work requested that doesn’t fit with your line of business, including work of a domestic or non-commercial nature, including (but not limited to) the installation, configuration or support of):
2.4.1. A personal email account
2.4.2. Domestic networking equipment, other than at a supported site for your primary internet connection
2.4.3. Software of a domestic nature (iTunes, Spotify, etc.)
2.4.4. Hardware that doesn’t fit with your primary line of business (gaming peripherals and components, novelty USB peripherals, personal mobile devices, etc.)
2.5. Installation, configuration and / or support of equipment not provided by Qlic IT, unless we specifically agree to add the equipment to your Customer Order Form.
2.6. Broadband installations and migrations.
2.7. Site moves or physical relocation of any equipment, whether supported by Qlic IT or not.
2.8. Major network reconfiguration.
2.9. Any work required following a disaster event; including but, not limited to;
2.9.1 Data recovery, and assistance rebuilding systems or services following data corruption, hardware failure, fire or theft
2.9.2 Data, network or cloud services recovery following unauthorised access, system breach or ransomware event
2.9.3 Data recovery / restoration from AWS (Amazon) backups is chargeable at £0.13p per GB of data.
2.10.Major data migration.
2.11.Disaster recovery planning or backup testing.
2.12. Installation, configuration or support for software that is not licenced or no longer supported by the vendor or manufacturer.
2.13. Installation, configuration or support for non-commercial software, including (but not limited to):
2.13.1. Open source software
2.13.2. Freeware software
2.13.3. Software not designed or licenced for commercial use
2.14.Major software installations & upgrades, including (but not limited to):
2.14.1. Situations where additional scoping or planning is required
2.14.2. Where there is a high risk of data loss
2.14.3. Where there is a significant time investment in installing the software or upgrade
2.15.Any damage or disruption, whether hardware or software related, caused by the actions of the client, the client’s employees or a third party, whether intentional or accidental.
2.16.Consumable or loan equipment.
2.17.Accreditation / compliance / GDPR Data access requests or assistance.
2.18.Auditing of hardware and/or software requested by a third party.
2.19.Cleaning and/or tidying of hardware/comms room/network rack.
2.20.Data cabling installation/repair.
2.21 Software re-installation and device for configuration for workstations where required that have not previously been onboarding by Qlic IT, or that require re-installation due to support requests NOT COVERED.
2.22 On-site workstation re-installation; all re-installation / re-imaging of workstations is required to be completed remotely or sent back to Qlic offices by courier (charges may apply) for re-installation.
2.23 Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR) are not covered in our support contract
3. Telecoms SLAs
3.1. Connectivity SLAs
3.1.1. SoGEA & FTTP
3.1.1.1. Standard Care: Business hours support; next business day repair via Openreach
3.1.1.2. Enhanced Care: 24/7 support, 3-hour response, 20-hour repair – available at additional cost
3.1.1.3. Critical Care: 24/7 support, 3-hour response, 7-hour repair – available at additional cost
3.1.2. FibreLight
3.1.2.1. Office hours support
3.1.2.2. Business hours 24-hour repair
3.1.3. FibreBright
3.1.3.1. 24/7/365 support
3.1.3.2. 6-hour fix time as standard
3.1.3.3. Note: 24/7 support only available through Qlic IT at additional cost
3.2. VoIP SLA
3.2.1. Service Availability
3.2.1.1. Guaranteed 99.999% uptime for core voice services (Cloud PBX, conferencing, SIP trunking), measured monthly
3.2.2. Scope of SLA
3.2.2.1. Covers call attempts and completions
3.2.2.2. Excludes ancillary services such as voicemail
3.2.3. Maintenance Windows
3.2.3.1. Scheduled: Minimum 10 business days’ notice; max 60 minutes/month – excluded from uptime calculation
3.2.3.2. Emergency: May occur without notice – also excluded from SLA metrics
3.2.4. Service Credits for Downtime
3.2.4.1. Applicable if uptime drops below 99.999% in any calendar month
3.2.4.2. Maximum credit: up to 50% of the affected month’s service fees
3.2.4.3 How to Claim:
Report issue via support portal within 72 hours
Follow up with written request to billing in the following month
Include timestamps and affected service details
3.2.6. SLA Exclusions
3.2.6.1. Scheduled or emergency maintenance
3.2.6.2. Force majeure (e.g. DDoS, natural disaster)
3.2.6.3. Customer-side or third-party network issues
3.2.6.4. Service disruptions due to number porting
