What FM covers
Standard force-majeure covers events outside the reasonable control of either party, including:
- Natural disasters, severe weather, geological events
- War, civil disorder, government emergency orders
- Long-running utility, internet, or cloud-provider outages
- Pandemic-related restrictions issued by government
- Death or long-term serious illness of key personnel on either side
What happens during FM
- The project pauses for the duration of the FM event
- Fees are pro-rated to work actually completed
- Neither side owes a penalty for the pause itself
- Either side may terminate if FM persists beyond 90 consecutive days
What FM does not cover
- Capacity shortfalls because of routine commercial choices
- A team member leaving (we backfill)
- Late delivery from a vendor you contracted directly
- "Market conditions" or "internal restructuring"