# **API Terms of Use – TendersAlerts** **Version:** 2.0 **Effective date:** 2026-09-10 **Language.** These Terms are published in Arabic and English. In the event of any discrepancy or conflict between the two versions, the Arabic version prevails. ## **1. Introduction and Relationship to the General Terms of Use** This document governs use of the application programming interface (API) product offered by **TendersAlerts.com** (the **"Platform"**), which is owned and operated by **Evotik Innovations FZ-LLC** (the **"Company"**). - The API product is a **separate and independent product** from Platform subscriptions, and is not included in any subscription of any plan. - The **General Terms of Use** published on the Platform form an integral part of this document and apply to the Customer in full, in particular: Article (8) Intellectual Property Rights, Article (13) Permitted Scope of Use, Article (14) Monitoring and Content Marking, Article (15) Breach, Remedies and Effects of Termination, Article (16) Limitation of Liability, and Article (22) Governing Law and Jurisdiction. - Where this document conflicts with the General Terms of Use **on matters specific to the API product**, this document prevails. In all other respects the two documents are read together and as complementary. - A Platform subscription confers no right of access through the API, and an API agreement confers no right to ordinary subscription features unless expressly agreed in writing. ## **2. Definitions** - **"Customer"**: the entity or person that has entered into an agreement with the Company for API access. - **"Key"**: the credentials issued to the Customer for accessing the API. - **"Request"**: each successful call reaching an API endpoint, regardless of the volume of data returned, unless otherwise agreed in writing. - **"Record"**: each returned data item representing a tender, proposal, company, government entity, document or bill of quantities. - **"Allowance"**: the contracted quantity of Requests or Records available to the Customer during the agreed period. - **"Outputs"**: any data, documents or analytics obtained by the Customer through the API. ## **3. Scope of Service** Subject to a prior agreement, the Platform provides programmatic access to data scopes which may include: - Details of available government tenders. - Bills of quantities (BoQ). - Contact data associated with tenders. - Attachments and documents associated with each tender, where available. The actual scope available to each Customer is set out in the approved quotation or service order. Access to any scope beyond what has been expressly agreed is not permitted. ## **4. Pricing and Allowances** Pricing is determined on the basis of: - The type of data required. - The volume of data to be accessed. - The number of Requests permitted during the period (request quota). The Customer is provided with a quotation tailored to their requirements. Once agreed, a dedicated Key is issued together with the technical API documentation. The following apply to Allowances: - Allowances are consumed in accordance with the counting mechanism set out in Article (6), and are non-refundable in whole or in part once issued, unless otherwise agreed in writing. - Unused Allowances do not carry over to a subsequent period unless agreed in writing. - Purchasing additional Allowances expands the permitted **volume** of use only, and does not expand the permitted **purpose** in any way. The restrictions in Article (7) continue to apply in full regardless of the amount paid. - The Company may revise its pricing for the future. A revision does not apply to a contracted period already paid for and in progress. ## **5. Access Key** - The Key is **personal to the Customer and issued for their exclusive use**. It may not be shared, transferred or sublicensed to any party or third party without the Company's prior written consent. - Embedding the Key, or Outputs obtained through it, in any product, service or interface offered to third parties is prohibited. - The Customer is fully responsible for keeping the Key confidential and for all activity carried out through it, whether by the Customer or by others. - The Customer must notify the Company immediately on suspecting that the Key has been leaked or used without authorisation. - The Company may revoke or rotate any Key immediately and without prior notice where misuse is suspected or a security risk exists. ## **6. Usage Limits and Counting** - The Customer must comply with the usage limits agreed in the quotation or service order, and with any technical limits published in the documentation, including rate limits per second, minute or hour. - Usage limits are calculated automatically by the Company's systems, and **the Company's records are the sole reference** for the counting of Requests and Records consumed. - Exceeding the limits may result in slowed or reduced responses, temporary or permanent suspension of the service without prior notice, or a claim for the value of the excess at the applicable prices. - Any circumvention of the counting mechanisms is a material breach, including without limitation: using more than one Key to aggregate limits, coordinated distribution of Requests across multiple accounts, IP addresses or proxies, or any other technical means of obscuring a usage pattern. - The Company may monitor API usage to verify compliance with these Terms. ## **7. Permitted Purpose and Restrictions on Outputs** Outputs may be used exclusively for the Customer's **internal purposes** relating to the study of tenders and preparation of bids, consistent with Article (13) of the General Terms of Use. ### **The following are expressly prohibited:** - Reselling, redistributing, publishing or otherwise making the Outputs available to third parties in any form, whether for consideration or not. - Using the Outputs for commercial or marketing purposes without the Company's prior written permission. - Building or populating any database, index, product or service derived from the Outputs. - Using the Outputs to develop, operate or improve any product or service that competes with the Platform or any of its services, whether directly or indirectly. - Using the Outputs to train, fine-tune or evaluate any artificial intelligence model without prior written permission. - Re-serving the Outputs, or any processing of them, to third parties through any interface, application or service. - Removing or disabling any identifying markers or proprietary notices embedded in the Outputs. - Using the API for any unlawful purpose or any purpose contrary to the laws of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or to the Platform's policies. ## **8. Retention and Storage of Outputs** - The Customer may retain Outputs within its own systems **only to the extent necessary for the permitted purpose**, and subject to appropriate protective measures preventing third-party access. - Building a mirror or a cumulative archive of Platform data beyond what the permitted purpose requires is prohibited. - The Company undertakes to provide the Customer with current data. The Customer acknowledges that retaining outdated copies is at its own risk, and the Company accepts no liability arising from reliance on them. - On expiry or termination of the agreement, Article (12) applies in respect of destruction of Outputs. ## **9. Intellectual Property** - All intellectual property rights in the Platform, its data, analytics and databases remain the property of the Company. No ownership right passes to the Customer under this document. - What is granted to the Customer is a **limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and revocable licence** to use the Outputs within the purpose and limits set out in this document, effective for the term of the agreement only. - The Customer acknowledges that the collection, organisation, normalisation, classification, extraction and analysis carried out by the Platform represent the Company's own effort and investment, and are protected as an independent database and compilation, irrespective of the public nature of any source data. - Where Outputs are displayed internally as permitted, the Customer must not remove any reference to their source. ## **10. Monitoring and Identifying Markers** The Customer expressly acknowledges and agrees that, for the purpose of protecting its rights and verifying compliance, the Company: - Records and analyses usage patterns, including request logs, IP addresses, and coverage and repetition ratios. - Embeds customer-specific identifying markers (fingerprints / watermarks) within the Outputs, in a manner that does not affect their value or legitimate use. - Includes identifying records within the Outputs in order to trace the source of any leak or republication. The outputs of these measures shall be treated as evidence attributing any leaked or republished content to the Customer from which it originated. ## **11. Service Continuity and Exceptional Circumstances** The Company uses reasonable efforts to maintain the stability and quality of the service. Circumstances may nevertheless arise that temporarily affect the availability of certain data or the continuity of the service, such as: - Sudden changes in official data sources. - Technical faults at service providers or government entities. - Security or regulatory updates by third parties. - Planned or emergency maintenance. In such cases the Company will work to resolve the situation as quickly as possible and will endeavour to keep customers informed. Such circumstances do not constitute a breach by the Company and give rise to no right to compensation, unless a separate service level agreement (SLA) has been agreed in writing. The Company may also modify endpoints, response structures or API versions, while endeavouring to give customers a reasonable notice period before any existing version is discontinued. ## **12. Suspension, Termination and Its Effects** - The Company may suspend or terminate API access immediately and without prior notice where misuse or any breach of these Terms is detected. - The Customer has no right to compensation or refund as a result of suspension or termination for breach of these Terms. - On expiry or termination of the agreement for any reason: - Access ceases immediately and all Keys are revoked. - The Customer must destroy all stored Outputs within **thirty (30) days**, except where retention is necessary for a live tender already applied for, or is required by law or a regulatory authority. - The Customer must, on written request, provide written confirmation of destruction within fifteen (15) days. - Articles (7), (9), (10), (12), (13), (14) and (16) survive termination. ## **13. Breach and Compensation** - A breach of Articles (5), (6), (7), (8) or (9) is a material breach entitling the Company to terminate immediately and to take legal and judicial action. - Where redistribution of the Outputs, their use for competitive purposes, or the building of a derivative product from them is established, the Customer shall compensate the Company in an amount not less than the value of the Records, documents or bills of quantities accessed, calculated on the basis of the Company's applicable prices at the time of the breach, with volumes calculated from the Company's records in accordance with Article (6). - This is without prejudice to the Company's right to claim full actual damages, including lost profit and harm to the Platform's competitive position. - The Customer shall indemnify the Company against any claims or damages arising from its use of the Outputs in breach of these Terms. ## **14. Confidentiality** - The technical documentation, endpoint structures, quotations and agreed commercial terms are the Company's **confidential information**. - The Customer must not disclose them to any third party without prior written consent, and must take reasonable measures to protect them. This obligation survives expiry of the agreement. ## **15. Limitation of Liability** - Data is provided for information purposes and does not constitute legal, financial, technical or professional advice. The Company does not warrant its accuracy, completeness or currency. - The Company accepts no liability for any decision taken by the Customer in reliance on the Outputs, nor for any indirect or consequential loss, including lost profit, lost opportunity or lost contracts. - Nothing in this document limits or excludes any liability that cannot be excluded under the laws of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ## **16. Governing Law and Jurisdiction** These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws and regulations of the **Kingdom of Saudi Arabia**, and the courts of the Kingdom have exclusive jurisdiction. ## **17. Changes to These Terms** The Company may amend this document by updating this page together with the version number and effective date. Amendments apply to new contract periods and to renewals. They do not apply retroactively to a contracted period already paid for and in progress, unless the amendment is necessary for legal or security reasons. ## **18. Contact** For any enquiry relating to the API product, please contact: **[support@tendersalerts.com](mailto:support@tendersalerts.com)**