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Indicates balanced, low-risk terms favorable to the customer.

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Liability and Risk Allocation
70% Vendor Favorable

Summary

Liability cap

  • Lenovo's liability is capped at 12 months' fees
  • There is no secondary cap on Lenovo's liability
  • Customer's liability is capped at 12 months' fees
  • There is no secondary liability cap on Customer's liability

Exceptions to the liability cap

  • Indemnification obligations relating to IP infringement are excluded from the cap on Lenovo's liability
  • Claims related to payment obligations by Customer are excluded from the cap on Customer's liability
  • Indemnification obligations relating to IP infringement are excluded from the cap on Customer's liability
  • At least some indemnification obligations (other than relating to data or IP infringement) are excluded from the cap on Customer's liability

Excluded damages

  • One or more forms of indirect damages are excluded from Lenovo's liability
  • One or more forms of indirect damages are excluded from Customer's liability

Exceptions to excluded damages

  • The damages excluded from Lenovo's liability do not include indemnification obligations relating to IP infringement
  • The damages excluded from Customer's liability do not include claims related to payment obligations
  • The damages excluded from Customer's liability do not include indemnification obligations relating to IP infringement
  • The damages excluded from Customer's liability do not include at least some indemnification obligations (other than relating to data or IP infringement)

Timing of claims

  • Claims against Lenovo must be brought by Customer in less than or equal to 18 months
  • There are no limits on when claims must be brought by Lenovo

Claims

  • Lenovo indemnifies Customer for claims based on third-party IP infringement
  • Customer indemnifies Lenovo for claims based on third-party IP infringement
  • Customer indemnifies Lenovo for claims arising from violation of laws

Scope of obligations

  • Not all types of IP are covered by Lenovo's IP indemnification
  • Lenovo's IP indemnification covers copyright claims
  • Lenovo's IP indemnification covers patent claims
  • Lenovo's indemnification obligations are the exclusive remedy for indemnified claims
  • Lenovo's indemnification includes the obligation to provide a defense
  • Lenovo's indemnification does not include the obligation to hold harmless
  • Customer's IP indemnification covers all types of IP
  • Customer's indemnification obligations are not limited to third-party claims
  • Customer's indemnification obligations are not the exclusive remedy for indemnifiable claims
  • Customer's indemnification includes the obligation to provide a defense
  • Customer's indemnification includes the obligation to hold harmless

Limitations, conditions, or exclusions

  • Obligations include conditions regarding Customer's cooperation or Lenovo's control of the defense
  • Obligations include conditions regarding Customer's use of the services in breach of the contract
  • Lenovo's IP indemnity does not cover claims resulting from modifications, combinations, or use of an outdated version of the service
  • Lenovo's indemnity obligations include conditions regarding settlements
  • There are time constraints on when Customer must notify Lenovo of an indemnifiable claim
  • Conditions or exclusions to Lenovo's indemnification obligations that TermScout was unable to classify - see citation
  • Obligations include conditions regarding Lenovo's cooperation or Lenovo's control of the defense
  • Customer's indemnity obligations include conditions regarding settlements
  • There are time constraints on when Lenovo must notify Customer of an indemnifiable claim

Vendor personnel

  • Lenovo's personnel will not be performing services for Customer

Vendor's access to premises

  • Lenovo's access to Customer's premises is not addressed in the contract

Warranties Offered

SLAs

  • Lenovo does not offer an SLA regarding uptime
  • Lenovo does not offer any other form of SLA

Other warranties

  • Lenovo warrants that the services will meet specified standards of care or conduct
  • Lenovo provides warranties regarding defects, performance, and/or features

Implied warranties

  • Lenovo disclaims some or all implied warranties
Data & Privacy
70% Customer Favorable

Data Rights

Data provided by Customer

  • Lenovo does not claim ownership of any data provided by Customer
  • Lenovo receives rights to use data provided by Customer to comply with applicable law
  • Lenovo receives rights to use data provided by Customer for its internal business purposes
  • Lenovo receives rights to use data provided by Customer to the extent it is anonymized
  • Lenovo receives rights to share data provided by Customer with third parties who may only use it to provide or improve the services
  • Lenovo receives rights to use data provided by Customer for marketing purposes
  • Lenovo receives some other usage rights which TermScout was unable to classify - see citation

Data Security

Subprocessor obligations

  • The contract does not list subprocessors
  • Lenovo is required to ensure that subprocessors are bound by data or privacy requirements similar to those in this contract

Security commitments

  • Lenovo makes contractually binding data security commitments

Third party audits, standards, or certifications

  • Lenovo commits to comply with at least one third-party data security audit, standard, or certification
  • There are no qualifications and/or limitations to Lenovo's commitments to comply with third-party data security audits, standards, or certifications
  • Lenovo commits to some other audits, standards, or certifications which TermScout was unable to classify - see citation

Data breach notification policy

  • Lenovo commits to notifying Customer of a security breach impacting Customer's data

Summary

Customer's confidential information

  • Lenovo must provide some protection of Customer's confidential information
  • Lenovo explicitly commits not to disclose Customer's confidential information, except as necessary to provide the services
  • Lenovo explicitly commits not to use Customer's confidential information, except as necessary to provide the services

Vendor's confidential information

  • Customer must provide some protection of Lenovo's confidential information

Mutuality

  • All commitments concerning confidential information are mutual

Residuals clause

  • There is no residuals clause

Warranties Offered

Compliance with documentation/specifications

  • Lenovo warrants that the services will comply with certain documentation and/or specifications, but the warranty has some conditions or qualifications
Commercial & Payment Terms
50% Balanced

Payment Terms

Late payment penalties

  • There are penalties for late payments

Payments due

  • Customer has at least 30 days to pay

Vendor's expenses

  • Lenovo reserves the right to bill Customer for one or more types of expenses incurred by Lenovo
  • Lenovo reserves the right to bill Customer for expenses beyond the collection of unpaid fees

Billing structure

  • Service billing is handled in the Order/SOW

Invoice timing

  • Invoicing for services is based on some other variable which TermScout was unable to classify - see citation
  • Lenovo can submit invoices for deliverables prior to Customer's acceptance

Charges and Penalties

  • Fees may be imposed on Customer if the services are delayed due to Customer's actions or inaction
  • Fees may not be imposed on Lenovo if the services are delayed due to Lenovo's actions or inaction
Term, Termination, & Control
70% Customer Favorable

Summary

Customer's termination rights

  • Customer has certain rights to terminate for cause
  • Customer has certain rights to terminate for convenience

Refunds

  • Customer's termination rights do not include the right to a refund

Auto-renewal

  • The contract has auto-renew language, but Customer may opt out
  • The contract has auto-renewal language and Customer may opt out by giving less than or equal to 45 days' notice

Vendor's termination and suspension rights

  • Lenovo may terminate for convenience by giving between 16 and 30 days' notice
  • Lenovo may suspend Customer's access to the service for payment-related issues
  • Customer has between 11 and 30 days to cure a breach before Lenovo can terminate for cause
IP & Ownership
80% Customer Favorable

Customer's IP

Licenses to Customer IP

  • Lenovo does not receive a license to any customer IP that is broader than necessary to provide the services

Assignment of Customer IP or work product

  • Customer does not assign any work product or other IP to Lenovo

Vendor's IP

Assignment

  • Lenovo assigns no ownership rights to any work product resulting from the services

Embedded software/firmware

  • Customer receives a right to use software and/or firmware included with or embedded in the products
Restrictions & Controls
80% Customer Favorable

Summary

Non-compete

  • There are no restrictions on Customer's ability to compete as long as Customer doesn’t violate the agreement or use the services to compete

Non-solicit

  • There are no restrictions on Customer's right to solicit

Vendor's assignment rights

  • Lenovo is allowed to assign in the event of a merger or acquisition
  • Lenovo is allowed to assign in the event of a corporate reorganization
  • There are consent requirements restricting Lenovo's ability to assign the contract
  • Consent requirements apply to Lenovo's assignment rights in the event of a merger or acquisition
  • Consent requirements apply to Lenovo's assignment rights in the event of a corporate reorganization
  • There are notice requirements restricting Lenovo's ability to assign the contract
  • Notice requirements apply to Lenovo's assignment rights in the event of a merger or acquisition
  • Notice requirements apply to Lenovo's assignment rights in the event of a corporate reorganization
  • There are no restrictions or conditions on Lenovo's right to assign to a competitor of Customer

Customer's assignment rights

  • Customer is allowed to assign in the event of a merger or acquisition
  • Customer is allowed to assign in the event of a corporate reorganization
  • There are consent requirements restricting Customer's ability to assign the contract
  • Consent requirements apply to Customer's assignment rights in the event of a merger or acquisition
  • Consent requirements apply to Customer's assignment rights in the event of a corporate reorganization
  • There are no notice requirements restricting Customer's ability to assign the contract
  • There are restrictions or conditions on Customer's right to assign to a competitor of Lenovo

Exclusivity

  • There are no restrictions on Customer's ability to procure similar products or services from other vendors

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IT and compliance teams often escalate healthcare agreements when audit provisions provide limited visibility into infrastructure controls, subcontractor environments, or operational handling of protected health information. Delays increase when vendors restrict access to meaningful verification mechanisms or rely solely on standardized reports without accommodating healthcare-specific governance requirements. Enterprise buyers generally expect audit structures that support ongoing operational oversight and regulatory readiness after deployment.

Buyers typically assess whether the agreement creates a realistic framework for monitoring security controls, incident response practices, and compliance obligations over time. Review focuses on access to independent assessments, remediation transparency, and cooperation during investigations or regulatory reviews. Agreements become harder to approve when audit obligations are fragmented across multiple policies or heavily conditioned on vendor discretion rather than clearly enforceable contractual commitments.

Compliance and IT teams often escalate agreements that narrowly limit customer verification rights, exclude subcontracted environments from oversight, or permit unilateral operational changes without structured notification obligations. Additional concern arises when contracts provide limited support during security incidents or regulatory inquiries involving healthcare data. These patterns can signal governance weaknesses that increase operational and compliance risk throughout the vendor lifecycle.

Audit provisions directly influence how operational accountability is distributed between the healthcare organization and the vendor after implementation. Agreements that limit customer visibility into security, compliance, or operational practices may shift monitoring and regulatory burdens onto the buyer without adequate contractual support. Enterprise review teams increasingly treat audit rights as part of broader governance infrastructure rather than procedural compliance language alone.

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Certified Contract Reports, Explained

Verified™ contract reviews are reviews of contracts that have been carefully checked by contract experts. This review is designed to help users understand the rights and obligations associated with the Lenovo Framework Agreement (As A Service Terms) ("FA") for Lenovo. We looked at the issues found in 'Term Sheets' and did not look for any other issues.

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In order to qualify for Certification, a contract must meet the following criteria:

  • Achieve a TermScout rating of Balanced or Customer Favorable, and
  • Be free of all designated Deal Breaker clauses.

The difference between certified Balanced and certified Customer Favorable is the TermScout favorability rating achieved by the contract. Each of these criteria is more fully described below.

A contract is balanced when it allocates risks between the parties in a roughly equal manner, as determined by TermScout's two-step, data-driven analysis. First, we use our proprietary AI to abstract over 750 defined data points from each contract we analyze. Then, we use an algorithm to objectively score that data. Because TermScout looks at the exact same set of data points and uses the exact same scoring algorithm in every contract analysis we conduct, you can now compare contracts on an apples-to-apples basis.

This enables us to objectively rate contracts at both the agreement level and by key topic area (e.g., limitations of liability, indemnification, warranties, etc.) and show you which contracts are vendor favorable, which are customer favorable, and which are balanced.

Not all risks are created equal. Even if a contract shifts only a single risk to the buyer, the contract still may not merit certification if that risk is material enough. Examples of these types of Deal Breakers include exclusivity, complete disclaimers of liability, etc. Accordingly, TermScout will not certify a contract if it contains any of the following Deal Breaker clauses,² which TermScout identified by reference to market data and input from prominent buy-side and sell-side legal experts from TermScout's Innovation Advisory Council:

This makes it nearly impossible for a customer to recover from a vendor, no matter what goes wrong - even if the vendor violates other provisions of the contract.

Signing non-competes means contractually promising not to engage in a certain line of business. This is something most businesses want to avoid where possible.

Agreeing not to procure similar services from other companies can severely hinder a company's ability to do business.

Since most IT services today are delivered "as a service", customers often upload wide varieties of information onto vendors' servers. Confidentiality commitments are expected by most customers.

This means the customer's liability is completely unlimited under the agreement.

This means that the customer does not have any way to terminate the agreement or end the relationship.

The goal of TermScout's reports is to provide users with the data necessary to make an informed decision about whether they can accept the terms. The data provided in TermScout's reports includes:

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Please note that this report focuses on the identification of terms from the contract documents listed under 'Scope of Review' and compares them against a defined set of criteria. Certain services may be subject to additional terms not available to TermScout, such as purchase orders and other deal-specific documents. You should always review the terms associated with the specific service you are using and know that TermScout's ratings generally do not cover (a) services purchased through a reseller, (b) offline variants of any of the Agreements, (c) service-specific terms that override any of the terms discussed here, or (d) free services. You also should consult your legal counsel if you have any questions about the meaning, significance or assessment of any agreement or provision.

TermScout prepared this report with an average use-case customer in mind and operated under the assumptions listed below (the "Key Assumptions"). To the extent that provisions in a contract vary based on specific circumstances that differ from the Key Assumptions, TermScout ignores those variations. Additional contract-level assumptions, if any, are disclosed in 'Notes to Customer'.

Key Assumptions

  1. Customer is an average "end user" of the service (i.e. not a partner, distributor, or developer).
  2. Customer is not a government entity.
  3. Customer is a US-based company and is using the service in the US.
  4. Customer is a paying user (i.e. not a user of free services).
  5. Customer is not using beta services.
  6. Unless otherwise noted, service-specific terms that may override or supersede the terms of the Agreement are not reviewed by TermScout.

We reviewed the FA for Lenovo and any documents specifically listed under 'Scope of Review'. For purposes of this report, "Customer" means the party contracting with Lenovo and "Vendor" means Lenovo.

References herein to the "Agreement" are to the following documents:

TermScout did not review any documents other than those listed above. If other documents form part of this Agreement, the answers provided by TermScout may be incomplete or incorrect. TermScout's accuracy commitments only cover documents specifically identified in this section.

This TermScout review of the One Lenovo Framework Agreement takes Attachment A, General Terms, and the As A Service Attachment into account.

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