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Protect ownership, access, and handover
Your company should not become dependent on hidden credentials or supplier-controlled infrastructure. Agree ownership before delivery starts, not when the relationship is ending.
The contract and proposal should state who owns custom code, design files, documentation, data, domains, cloud accounts, analytics, email delivery, app-store accounts, payment accounts, and third-party subscriptions. Where a supplier manages an account, define the transfer and access model.
Prefer repositories and production accounts that your organization can access throughout delivery. That does not mean every stakeholder receives administrative privileges; it means ownership and recovery do not depend on one external person. Credentials should be stored and shared through an appropriate secrets process rather than chat messages or personal accounts.
Handover is not a zip file. It should include current source code, deployment information, environment and service inventory, access transfer, known limitations, operational instructions, and a review with the people who will continue the work. If ongoing maintenance is required, define coverage and response expectations separately.
For Bangladesh contracts, the current statutory reference is the Copyright Act 2023, which repealed the Copyright Act 2000. That fact does not replace contract review: ask qualified counsel to confirm how commissioned work, pre-existing components, open-source dependencies, design assets, confidentiality, acceptance, and assignment are handled for the actual parties and jurisdiction.
For a local engagement, confirm the contracting entity and meeting model described on the
Bangladesh software development company page
; do not infer ownership terms from office location alone.