Regulations for Selection and Fee Calculation of Technical Services Providers Entrusted by Entities Article 14

Issues regarding contracts terms referred to in subparagraph 12 of paragraph 1 of Article 11 may, consisting to the fair and rationale principles, include the following:1. The official language used in the contract should be Chinese, and a translation in a foreign language may be attached. Where a conflict arises between the Chinese and the translated version of the contract, the Chinese shall prevail.2. Contract terms shall be construed and applied in accordance with the applied law of Taiwan; where special circumstances exist, the agreed terms shall prevail.3. Procedures on dispute settlement, including details such as the designated arbitration institution, the court of jurisdiction, and the governing law, if necessary.4. Agreement in advance on tax liability, the taxpayer shall be the one prescribed by the laws of Taiwan as having to bear the tax liability.5. The responsibility undertaken and the guarantee of service quality of the provider.6. The premium required for the “professional liabilities insurance” to be effected by the provider shall be included in the services fees. The entity shall prescribe the scope, amount and period of the insurance, deductible limits of insurance policy, according to the characteristics of the services required.7. Service items, contract period and calculating methods of service fees.8. Progress of each period, calculating methods of progress, payment methods and amount.9. Where the scope of services includes the training of operational and maintenance staffs on behalf of the entity, the service fess, shall not include fees relating to the travel and living expenses of the staffs undergoing training. The entity shall pay such expenses by itself.10. The ownership of intellectual property right of the written documents and drawings designed by the entrusted provider.11. The responsibilities applicable to losses incurred by the entity due to erroneous planning and design, irresponsible supervision or poor management.12. The items of the entrusted project that shall be held in confidence by the provider and the penalties for the breach of confidentiality.13. The plan on work supervision that must be submitted by the provider entrusted with work supervision.14. The periodic report such as daily report, weekly report or monthly report, that must be submitted to the entity for evaluation according to the characteristics of work or agreed professional service items shall include the work schedule, number of staff employed for the job, number of working hours, the occurrence of any extraordinary situation and its analysis and reactionary means, and so forth.15. Rules and upper limits of delay penalty on the determination and the handling procedure of project delays and other events of default.16. Rules governing the termination, rescission and settlement of the contract.The entity may, depending on the characteristic of individual procurement and actual needs, prescribe the items, scope and upper limits of compensation for losses referred to in subparagraph 11 of the preceding paragraph in the contract according to losses referred to in the preceding paragraph, and may prescribe the exclusion applicable to the contract.
中文原文 機關委託技術服務廠商評選及計費辦法第14條
第十一條第一項第十二款契約條款,應符合公平合理原則,並得包括下列事項:
一、契約文字以中文(正體字)為之,並得附外文譯本;中文與譯文有出入時,以中文為準。
二、契約條款之解釋及適用,以我國法律為準據法;其有特殊情形者,從其約定。
三、解決糾紛之爭議處理程序,並視需要訂明仲裁機構、管轄法院。
四、稅負事前約定,並依我國法律所定納稅義務人為納稅人。
五、廠商所應負之責任及良好服務之保證。
六、廠商應投保「專業責任保險」,所需保險費包含於服務費用項目之內。
有關保險範圍、金額、期限、保單自負額之限制,由機關依服務案件特性定之。
七、服務項目、履約期限及計費方式。
八、各期進度規定,計算進度方式、付款方式及數額。
九、服務範圍包括代辦訓練操作或維護人員者,機關受訓人員之旅費及生活費,應由機關自行支給,不包括在服務費用項目之內。
十、廠商受委託所設計之計畫書及圖樣,其智慧財產權之歸屬。
十一、廠商規劃設計錯誤、監造不實或管理不善,致機關遭受損害之責任。
十二、廠商對於委辦案件應秘密之事項及洩密之罰則。
十三、廠商承辦監造服務時應提出之監造計畫。
十四、廠商應依工作性質及約定專業服務項目向機關提出定期報表(日報、週報或月報),包括工作進度、工作人數及時數、異常狀況之分析及因應對策等,以供查核。
十五、逾期與其他違約事項之規定及逾期違約金上限。
十六、契約終止、解除及結算規定。
前項第十一款之損害,機關得依個案特性及實際需要,於契約中明定其賠償之項目、範圍或上限,並得訂明其排除適用之情形。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.