Warranty Clause
A warranty clause commits the vendor to fixing defects in delivered work, at no extra cost, for a defined period after delivery -- and separately, often disclaims other implied warranties.
In short
- Guarantees the vendor will remedy defects found within a set window after delivery, free of charge.
- Distinct from a hypercare or support period -- warranty is about fixing defects, not general assistance.
- Contracts commonly pair an express warranty with a disclaimer of broader implied warranties.
- A short or missing warranty period leaves the client with no contractual recourse once the project closes.
What it actually covers
A warranty clause typically states that for some period after go-live -- 30, 60, or 90 days is common -- the vendor will fix defects in the delivered work at no additional charge, as opposed to billing it as new work. It's narrower than general support: cosmetic preferences or new feature requests during the warranty window usually aren't covered, only genuine defects against what was agreed.
The disclaimer side
Many contracts pair the express warranty with language disclaiming broader implied warranties -- like fitness for a particular purpose -- that might otherwise apply under general commercial law. Whether that disclaimer is present, and how one-sided it is, matters as much as the warranty period itself.
How ScopeWise checks this
ScopeWise's Legal agent extracts whether a warranty is defined and flags missing warranty language as a legal risk, while the Delivery agent separately checks whether a warranty period is defined alongside the post-go-live hypercare window -- since the two commonly get confused but cover different things.