Common use of Supported Product Clause in Contracts

Supported Product. 1.1 Unless otherwise expressly agreed by Metro Government in writing, Contractor shall provide Metro Government only supported versions of the Product, which will not become “end of life” for at least 24 months. When the Product or Service requires third party components, Contractor must provide a Product that is compatible with currently supported third party components. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by Metro Government, Contractor represents that all third party components in its Product are currently supported, are not considered "end of life" by the third party provider of such components, and will not become "end of life" in less than 24 months from the date of acquisition by Metro Government. 1.2 If Open Source Software is incorporated into the Product, Contractor shall only use widely supported and active Open Source Software in the Product, and shall disclose such software to Metro Government prior to its acquisition of the Product. 1.3 Information transfers within applications and involving services should be done using web services, APIs, etc. as opposed to flat file information transport.