ThedrawingupofadetailedSLAachievesanumberofobjectives:
∙ItdefinesthetermsandbasisunderwhichtheServiceswillbedelivered.
∙ItstateshowtheServiceperformancelevelswillbemeasured.
∙ItspecifiestheServicestobedelivered.
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Example
ThisAgreementoutlinesthetermsandconditionsunderwhichthePrivatePartnerwillprovidespecifiedServices(collectivelyreferredtoas“theServices”)totheAgencyandthePublic.TheobjectiveistoprovideabasisandframeworkforthedeliveryofhighqualityservicesthatmeettheneedsoftheAgency.
PartiestotheAgreement
Example
ThisAgreementismadebetween[specifynameofPrivatePartner],dulyorganizedunderthelawsof---underCommercialRegistrationNo.----,(hereinafterreferredtoas“thePrivatePartner”)of[specifyaddressofPrivatePartner],and[specifynameofAgency](hereinafterreferredtoas“theAgency”of[specifyaddressofAgency].
CommencementDate
Example
ThisAgreementwillcommenceon[specifycommencementdate].
DurationoftheAgreement
Example
ThisAgreementshallcommenceontheServiceCommencementDateandendsontheearlierofthe[SpecifyExpiryDateasinthePPPContract]orterminationinaccordancewithSection9.
Definitions
3periodicreview
Example
ThisAgreementisvalidfromtheSignatureDateofthePPPContractandisvaliduntiltheExpiryDateortheEarlyTerminationDateofthePPPContractwhicheverisearlier.
ThisAgreementshouldbereviewedaminimumof[once]peryear;however,inlieuofanyreviewinanyperiod,thisAgreementshallremainineffect.
TheBusinessRelationshipManagerisresponsibleforfacilitatingregularreviewsofthisDocument.ContentofthisAgreementmaybeamendedormodifiedasrequiredprovidedmutualagreementisobtainedfromallsignatories.
ThisAgreementwillbepostedto[specifyalocation,eitherelectronicorafacility]andwillbemadeaccessibletoallStakeholders.
4servicesdescriptions
Example
Ref.No.
ServiceName
Description
Specifications
1.
CallCenter
ForhandlingallinboundcallsfromthePublicregardingtheservices
∙TheCallCentershallacceptcalls24hoursaday,7daysaweek
∙TheCallCentershallsupporttwolanguages:
ArabicandEnglish
Table1:
ServiceDescriptions
5Agencyresponsibilities
Example
AgencyResponsibilities
∙Periodicreviewsoftheservices
∙Preparingtheservicesneededandtheirgeneralspecifications
∙..
∙..
Table2:
AgencyResponsibilities
6PrivatePartnerResponsibilities
Example
PrivatePartyResponsibilities
∙DeliveringtheServicesasspecifiedinthisAgreement
∙Reportingonanyservicebreaches.
∙..
∙..
Table3:
PrivatePartnerReponsibilities
7servicemanagement
serviceavailability
ServicesDescriptions,andmaybebrokendownbyapplication,environmentorcategoriesspecifictoAgencyrequirementsorPrivatePartnerconstraints>
Example
AgoodexampleistospecifythissectioninatableformatwhereeachserviceisassignedanoperationalperiodasagreedbetweenthePartiesoreachserviceisassignedapercentage.
ServiceName
AvailabilityPeriod
MaintenanceWindow
Availability(%)
Restrictions
CallCenter
24x7
2hourseveryThursday
Table4:
ServiceAvailability
availabilityrestrictions
Example
AvailabilityrestrictionsspecifictotheServicescoveredunderthisAgreementareasfollows:
[HolidayandWeekendSchedule]
[ScheduledMaintenanceWindows]
[UnscheduledMaintenanceWindows]
[BackupWindow]
servicemaintenance
TomeettheServiceLevelexpectations,maintenanceisamustprocedure.Maintenancewillsometimesrendertheserviceunavailabletothepublic.ItisagoodpracticetoagreeontheseMaintenanceWindowsintheSLAasnottocountthemasunavailability.>
Example
Itisagoodpracticetospecifyforeachserviceatablethatsetsoutthemaintenanceperiods.Theperiodscanbespecifiedasdays,weeks,ormonths.Thisdependsactuallyontheserviceitselfandtheneedformaintenance.
Time
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Begin
2:
00am
End
4:
00am
Table5:
ServiceMaintenance
servicemeasurement
Example
ServiceMetric
Definition
Baseline
LowPerformance
HighPerformance
Breach
AverageWaitPeriodatservicecenters,peakhours
Thisisthetimeperiodwaitedbycitizenstogetservedatservicecentersinpeakhoursoftheday
<15min
15–25min
<12min
>30min
AverageWaitPeriodatservicecenters,non-peakhours
Thisisthetimeperiodwaitedbycitizenstogetservedatservicecentersatnon-peakhoursoftheday
<1min
0–3min
Nowaiting
>2min
Table6:
ServiceMeasurement
servicerequests
Example:
InsupportofservicesoutlinedinthisAgreement,thePrivatePartnerwillrespondtoservicerelatedincidentsand/orrequestssubmittedbytheAgencywithinthefollowingtimeframes:
∙One
(1)hour(duringbusinesshours)forissuesclassifiedasCritical.
∙Two
(2)hours(duringbusinesshours)forissuesclassifiedasHighpriority.
∙Four(4)hours(duringbusinesshours)forissuesclassifiedasMediumpriority.
∙Eight(8)hours(duringbusinesshours)forissuesclassifiedasLowpriority.
∙TwentyFour(24)hours(duringbusinesshours)forageneralserviceRequest.
servicereporting
Example
ReportName
ReportDescription
ReportInterval
Recipient
ServiceLevelAgreementMonitoringReport
ThisreportshowsthenumberofbreachesfortheCallCenterservice
monthly
CallCenterManager
Table7:
ServiceReporting
Thefollowi