Operating Level Objectives (OLOs) are performance targets that we set to guide the quality, reliability, and responsiveness of the services we provide. 

We are fully committed to meeting the operating level objectives outlined in this agreement and will make every reasonable effort to achieve them. However, these objectives are intended as performance goals and not guarantees. While we strive to meet or exceed these targets, no financial penalties or service credits will apply if they are not met. 

1 Service Requests 

Making Service Requests: The Customer may make service requests in respect of any Incident as follows: 

2 Third party involvement 

The Customer acknowledges that the Supplier may need to work with third parties to resolve an Incident, and the Customer agrees to the Supplier doing so, subject to the position on additional charges in section 3 below. 

Customer’s support agreements with other vendors: The Customer must maintain current support agreements with all relevant third parties. Where required to resolve an Incident, the Supplier will liaise with the Customer and either work with or hand over the Incident to the relevant third party. On handover, the timing in the Operating Levels ceases to apply. 

3 Additional charges 

Requests for Assistance: the pricing for the Managed Service in Part 5 of the Statement of Work (‘Pricing and Payment’) includes support for Incidents. It does not include support services for Requests for Changes, and additional charges may apply for services provided with Requests for Changes. The Supplier will provide an estimate for services provided concerning Requests for Changes for approval by the Customer before proceeding. 

Third-party vendors or third-party products/services: Where the Supplier needs to engage the services of a third-party vendor or purchase a third-party product or service to resolve an Incident, an additional charge may apply. The Supplier will provide an estimate of these additional costs for approval by the Customer before incurring the cost, provided that the Customer will not unreasonably withhold approval. 

4 Exclusions 

The support available under this Appendix does not include services for any issues for Exception Factors, including any issues that, in the Supplier’s reasonable opinion, are due to an Exception Factor as detailed in the Modern IT Managed Services Agreement. 

The Supplier may, at its sole discretion, agree to assist with resolving issues of the type described in this section 4, and if and when it does so, the Supplier accepts no responsibility for resolving the issue, and the Operating Levels in section 5 below do not apply. The Supplier may charge the Customer its standard rates for professional services for undertaking any work described in this clause 4, regardless of whether or not the issue is resolved by that work. 

5 Operating Level Objectives 

The response times and target remedy times are within Business Hours only unless expressly agreed otherwise by the Supplier in writing. Timing ends on escalation to third-party support. 

After Hours: 

• The Supplier provides After Hours service for Priority 1 (P1) and Priority 2 (P2) issues only (the response times and target remedy times apply After Hours for P1 and P2 only); 

• The Supplier provides After Hours service for Priority 1 (P1) and Priority 2 (P2) issues only via a phone and an OnCall Engineer. 

6 Operating Level exclusions 

Where any Exception Factors, as noted in Modern IT Managed Services Agreement, apply, the Operating Levels do not apply. 

7 After Hours Rates 

The rate card for services not covered by an agreement can be found here: Modern IT Rates