Request for Information Attachment 1 Agreement Template

Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation

AGREEMENT FOR LEGAL SUPPORT SERVICES

This Agreement is entered into for the ordering period of [Start Date] through [End Date], between the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) and [Company Name][Address][EIN](“Contractor”). The purpose of this Agreement is for Contractor to support the FDIC by providing [Nationwide Registered Agent and Process Agent Services] (“Services”). The FDIC and Contractor (collectively, the “Parties”) agree to the terms of the FDIC Legal Support Services Deskbook, as amended, (“LSS Deskbook”) and the following:
1.0 Scope.
This agreement is to provide nationwide registered agent and service-of-process receipt and routing services, including a single, coordinated solution covering all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and applicable U.S. territories, with a secure, unified web-based platform for digitizing, delivering, tracking, and storing served documents (the “Services”).
2.0 Acceptance of Services and Performance Standard.
2.1. Contractor shall perform the Services with the skill, care, diligence, judgment, and professional competence ordinarily exercised by highly qualified providers of legal support services of similar scope and complexity under similar circumstances. Contractor shall comply with applicable law, court rules, licensing requirements, professional-conduct requirements, and the FDIC’s written instructions. Nothing in this Agreement requires Contractor to achieve a particular legal result or restricts the professional judgment that Contractor is required to exercise under applicable law or professional rules. 2.2 All Services are subject to review and acceptance by the FDIC. Following inspection and acceptance of Services by the FDIC, and receipt of a proper invoice from the Contractor, in accordance with established FDIC invoicing practice, the FDIC will pay for Services. 2.3 If any Services are not in substantial conformity with the written requirements of this Agreement or the best-in-class standard described above, the FDIC has the right to require Contractor to promptly correct, at Contractor’s own expense and within a reasonable time, any performance deficiencies. 2.4 When Services to be performed are of such a nature that the defect cannot be corrected (either generally, or in the time available to the FDIC) the FDIC has the right to: (1) require Contractor immediately to take all necessary steps to ensure future performance of Services in conformity with the