• Site or departmental licence
• Simplified “per operating system” licensing model
• Fixed pricing for five years

Eligible Institutions

This Agreement is available to Institutions of Higher and Further Education in the United Kingdom.

Background Information

This is a long established Chest Agreement renewed for the benefit of the many Institutions who use NAG software.

Supplier Details

Owner: The Numerical Algorithms Group Ltd (NAG)

Product Description

The agreement covers the following products:

• NAG Fortran Compiler
• NAG C Library  
• NAG Fortran Library 
• NAG Fortran 90 Library 
• NAG Data Mining Components  
• NAG Toolbox for MATLAB  
• NAG SMP and Multicore Library 
• NAG Parallel Library

The charges also include support, new versions, system releases and associated new documentation. New platforms will be available within the charges if and when commercially available from NAG.

NAG produces and distributes numerical, symbolic, statistical, visualisation and simulation software for the solution of problems in a wide range of applications in areas including science, engineering, financial analysis and research.

Pricing

Pricing is based on a per operating system model and is detailed in NAG pricing.

Sites may opt to sign until 31 July 2013 or until 31 July 2015. 

Institutions may choose to purchase a Department rather than a Site Licence. Institutions choosing to purchase a Department Licence may:

• purchase a single (one) operating system Licence by paying sixty four percent (64%) of a single operating system site licence fee; or
• purchase a two or more operating systems Licence by paying fifty percent (50%) of the relevant multi-operating system site licence fee.

Payment Terms

This agreement is of three or five years duration, commencing 1 August 2010. Sites joining the agreement after this date may have their first year’s fee pro-rated so that their anniversary date is August.

On receipt of one completed  Schedule 4 Part 1 (DOC, 134 Kb)   plus a Purchase Order for the full fee plus VAT made payable to “Eduserv” to: Eduserv, Royal Mead, Railway Place, Bath, BA1 1SR. If the required paperwork is completed, signed, scanned and emailed to Eduserv then paper copies need not be posted. Email: finance@eduserv.org.uk with a copy to operations@nag.co.uk

For the subsequent years, Sites will be invoiced three months in advance of the anniversary date of for this Agreement (1 May).

Prices exclude VAT.

All purchase orders must be made out to Eduserv and payments must be paid within 30 calendar days of the date of invoice.

Agreement Period

Start date: 1 August 2010 End date: 31 July 2015

Commitment Period

Institutions may join the agreement from the date of joining until 31 July 2013 or until 31 July 2015.  Sites licensed until 31 July 2013 acn extend their licence for a further two years from 1 August 2013 to 31 July 2015. Pricing for this two year extension will be at an annual cost of the current Three Year Licence Fee per annum plus the Retail Prices Index compounded.  

How to Order

All sites should complete the following documents:

• One copy of the Licence (Schedule 4) (DOC, 134 Kb)  
• A Purchase Order for the full amount due plus VAT made payable to "Eduserv"

and return them to Eduserv:

By post to:

Eduserv
Royal Mead
Railway Place
Bath
BA1 1SR

By Fax: +44 (0) 1225 474301

By email: help@eduserv.org.uk with a copy to operations@nag.co.uk

Licence Type

This Site licence is subject to the General Terms and Conditions with these important  Special Licence Conditions (PDF, 281 Kb)   and  NAG's own licence terms (PDF, 143 Kb)  .

Copying of the Software is allowed at any Institution for use by any member of staff or student in accordance with the General Licence Conditions for Software. Please abide by the Copyright Acknowledgement form (DOC, 70 Kb)  .

Amendments to Implementations

If you wish to amend the NAG Implementations you have installed please complete  Implementations Additions and Deletions Form and Letter (PDF, 293 Kb)   and e-mail to operations@nag.co.uk.

Termination Clauses

At the end of the Licence Period, unless a further Licence Period is entered into, Licensee must cease all use of the Licensed Product and de-install and destroy all copies in its possession.  Licensee must complete the Termination Form (DOC, 68 Kb)  .

Location and Use Permissions

Students
Academic Staff
Non-Academic Staff
Staff home use rights
Student home use rights
Access via Citrix, Terminal Server

Personal Licences

Home use licences are included for all staff and students.

Product Documentation

Product documentation may be downloaded from here.

Training and Training Materials

This agreement does not include training, but training is available from NAG, please contact them directly for details.

Technical Support

Sites holding site-wide licences are entitled to up to a maximum of six Technical Contacts.

Sites holding department licences are entitled to two Technical Contacts.

Telephone support will be provided by NAG to the designated Technical Contact(s) or his/her deputy(ies).

NAG Contact Details:

• Switchboard: 01865 511 245
• Technical Support: support@nag.co.uk
  
• Account Manager: John Holden
• Phone: 01865 518052 (Direct Line)
• Fax: 01865 310139
• Email: john.holden@nag.co.uk
  
• Address: The Numerical Algorithms Group Ltd 
                   Wilkinson House
                   Jordan Hill Road
                   Oxford
                   OX2 8DR

On-site support will be provided, upon request. For current charges contact NAG. NAG will provide consultancy support, as requested on a chargeable basis.

The software is controlled by licence keys. New keys are issued by the NAG Response Centre support@nag.co.uk

Supplier Web Address

Supplier home page: www.nag.co.uk

System releases, new versions and functionality

One copy of system releases and/or new versions and/or new supporting documentation will be sent by NAG to Licensed Sites as and when they become commercially available.

Platforms

Windows (32 and 64 bit), Linux (including 64-bit), Solaris, Mac OS X, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX and TRU64

Hardware requirements are available from NAG.

Method of delivery of product

Software is delivered via electronic download. The software is controlled by licence keys. New keys are issued by the NAG Response Centre support@nag.co.uk.