1. DEFINITIONS.
In these Conditions the following words
will have the following meanings: "the Company"
means Contact IT Solutions Ltd.
"The Customer" means
the individual, firm, company or other party with
whom the Company contracts.
"Goods" means the goods to be
supplied by the Company to the Customer pursuant to the
Contract.
"Contract" means
the contract between the Company and the Customer
for the supply of Goods made pursuant to these Conditions.
2. CONTRACT TERMS VARIATIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS.
(a) No order pursuant to any quotation
or otherwise shall be binding on the Company unless
and until such order is accepted by the Company.
Any contract made between the Company and the Customer
shall be subject to these Conditions and except
as otherwise stated no representative or agent of
the Company has authority to agree any terms or
make any representations inconsistent with them
or to enter into any contract except on the basis
of them; any such term representation or contract
will bind the Company only if in writing and signed
by a director.
(b) Unless otherwise agreed in writing
by the Company these Conditions shall apply to the
exclusion of any terms and conditions stipulated
or referred to by the Customer in his order pre-contract
negotiations or any inconsistent terms implied by
law or trade custom, practice or course of dealing.
(c) Any general description contained
in the Company's catalogues or other advertising
material shall not form a representation or be part
of the Contract.
(d) Where the Company has not given
a written acknowledgement of the Customer's order
these conditions will nonetheless apply to the Contract
provided that the Customer has had prior notice
of them.
(e) The Company reserves the right
to correct any clerical or typographical errors
made by its employees at any time.
3. SPECIFICATION, INSTRUCTIONS OR DESIGN.
If Goods are made to a specification, instruction or design
supplied by the Customer, or any third party on behalf of
the Customer then:
(a) The suitability and accuracy of that specification,
instruction or design will be the Customer's responsibility
and
(b) The customer will indemnify the
Company against any infringement or alleged infringement
of any third party's intellectual property rights,
including but not limited to patent, design right,
registered design, trademark, tradename or copyright
and any loss, damage or expense which it may incur
by reason of any such infringement or alleged infringement
in any country and
(c) The customer will indemnity the
Company against any loss, damage or expense in respect
of any liability arising in any country by reason
of the goods being made to such specification, instruction
or design.
4. QUOTATIONS AND PRICES.
(a) The Company shall be entitled to
increase its prices at any time to take account
of any increase in the cost to the company of purchasing
any goods or materials or manufacturing working
on or supplying any Goods (including but not limited
to any such increase arising from any error or inadequacy
in any specification, instructions or design provided
by the Customer, any modification carried out by
the Company at the Customer's request or any change
in exchange rates) and such increased prices ruling
at the date of despatch by the Company shall be
substituted for the previous contract price.
(b) All prices quoted are exclusive of VAT and the Customer
shall pay any and all taxes duties and other government charges
payable in respect of the goods.
5. DELIVERY
Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Company
(i) The Company shall deliver
the Goods by the means most convenient to the Company
to the address or addresses specified by the Customer
at the time of placing his order or (in the event
that the Customer fails so to specify an address)
to any address at which the Customer resides or
carries on business.
(ii) The Company shall be entitled
to add to the contract price an agreed charge for
special delivery arrangements.
(b) If the Contract requires the Customer
to take delivery of the Goods at the Company's premises.
(i) For the purpose of this sub-clause
"the Goods" shall mean the whole or any
instalment of the Goods and "the collection
date" shall mean the date on which the Goods
are or will be ready for delivery.
(ii) The Company shall notify the Customer
of the collection date and the Customer shall take
delivery of the Goods within 7 days of the collection
date.
(c) Should the Company be delayed in
or prevented from making delivery of the Goods due
to any cause whatsoever beyond the reasonable control
of the Company, the Company shall be at liberty
to terminate the Contract or suspend the order placed
by the Customer without incurring any liability
for any loss or damage arising therefrom, but without
prejudice in any such case to rights accrued to
the Company in respect of deliveries already made.
(d) While the Company will
endeavour to deliver the Goods by any date or within
any period agreed upon, such dates and periods are
estimates only given in good faith and the Company
will not be liable for any failure to deliver by
such a date or within such a period- Time for delivery
shall not be of the essence of the Contract. Moreover,
the Company shall be entitled to defer delivery
until any monies due from the Customer have been
received
6. RISK IN THE GOODS.
(a) The risk in the Goods which the
Company agrees to supply shall pass to the Customer
on delivery. Delivery shall be deemed to be completed
before off-loading or (in the case of delivery at
the Company's premises) loading of the Goods.
7. PAYMENT.
(a) Unless otherwise agreed
by the Company payment for the Goods shall be made
by the Customer in full not later than 30 days following
the end of the month in which the Company issued
the invoice.
(b) Time for payment shall be the essence
of the Contract. Without prejudice to any other
rights of the Company interest will be payable on
all overdue accounts at Barclays Bank pie base rate
plus 4%.
8. FAILURE TO PAY, CANCELLATION OR DEFERMENT.
(a) For the purposes of this clause "an intervening
event" shall mean any such event as is described in
sub-clause (c) hereof.
(b) If there shall be an intervening event the Company may,
within a reasonable time thereafter, defer or cancel any
further deliveries of Goods, stop any Goods in transit and
treat the Contract of which these Conditions form part as
terminated, but without prejudice to its rights to the full
purchase price for Goods delivered and damages for any loss
suffered in consequence of such termination.
(c) An intervening event shall be any of the following
(i) Failure by the Customer
to make any payment when it becomes due
(ii) Breach by the customer
of any of the terms or conditions of the contract
(iii) The Customer's proposal
for or entry into any composition or arrangement
with creditors.
(iv) The presentation against
the Customer of any Petition for a Bankruptcy Order,
Administration Order, Winding-Up Order, or similar
process.
(v) The appointment of an Administrative
Receiver or Receiver in respect of the business
or any part of the assets of the Customer.
(vi) The Company forming the
reasonable opinion that the Customer has become
or is likely in the immediate future to become unable
to pay his, her or its debts (adopting, in the case
of a company, the definition of that term set out
in Section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986).
(d) Cancellation by the Customer will only be accepted at
the discretion of the Company and in any case on condition
that any costs or expenses incurred by the Company up to
the date of cancellation and all loss or damage resulting
to the Company by reason of such cancellation will be paid
by the Customer to the Company forthwith. Acceptance of such
cancellation will only be binding on the Company if in writing
and signed by a director.
(e) Any costs incurred by tie Company due to suspension
or deferment of any order by the customer or in the event
that the Customer defaults in collecting, or giving instructions
for the delivery of, any Goods will be payable by the Customer
forthwith on demand.
9. WARRANTIES.
(a) Subject to clause 9(b) the Company warrants to the Customer
that:-
(i) The goods will comply with
any description performance or specification which
the Company has agreed in writing will form part
of this Contract in relation to the supply of such
Goods and;
(ii) The goods will for a period
of 12 months from delivery be free from defects
in or arising from faulty or incorrect designs,
workmanship, parts or materials.
(b) The warranty in clause 9(a) will not apply and the Company
will have no liability to the Customer whatsoever in the
following circumstances:-
(i) in respect of any defect in the Goods arising from any
specification,instruction or design supplied by the Customer;
or
(ii) in respect of any defect
arising from fair wear and tear, wilful or accidental
damage, abnormal working conditions, failure to
follow the company's instructions (whether oral
or in writing), or misuse, or
(iii) if the total price for the Goods has not been paid
by the due date date for payment.
(c) The Customer will inspect the Goods upon delivery and
will notify the Company in writing within three working days
following delivery if the Goods have been damaged in transit,
or if the incorrect quantity or specification of Goods have
been delivered. Provided that the Company is notified of
such damage or incorrect delivery within the three working
day period and provided that the Company is satisfied that
such damage occurred prior to risk in the Goods passing to
the Customer or that the incorrect delivery has been made
then it will at its cost either (at its discretion), replace
or repair such Goods but will have no further liability to
the Customer whatsoever. The Company will not be required
to replace or repair such Goods if notification of the damage
or incorrect delivery is not received within the three working
day period.
(d) Subject to clause 9(c) the Customer will notify the
Company as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming
aware of any breach of the warranties in clause 9(a) and
will allow the Company's servants or agents access to its
premises to inspect the Goods and if necessary to take such
Goods or part thereof away from the premises for further
testing.
(e) Provided that the Customer complies with clause 9(d)
the Company will as soon as reasonably practicable investigate
any alleged breach of warranty and if satisfied that a breach
of warranty has occurred shall remedy the same free of charge
by either (at its absolute discretion):-
(i) carrying out such repairs, modifications or alterations
to the Goods as may be necessary; and/or
(ii) replacing the Goods or any component part.
(f) Subject to clause 10(c) the Company will have no other
or further liability to the Customer whatsoever and whether
for breach of contract, negligence or otherwise in respect
of any loss or damage sustained by the Customer arising from
or in connection with any failure of the Goods to comply
with the terms of clause 9(a).
(g) Where the Company agrees to repair or replace Goods
in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause
or otherwise then any time specified for delivery under the
Contract will be extended for such period as the Company
may reasonably require.
(h) Subject to the foregoing and with the exception of the
conditions and warranties implied by Section 12 of the Sale
of Goods Act 1979 all conditions warranties terms and undertakings
express or implied statutory or otherwise in respect of the
Goods are hereby excluded.
10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
(a) The following provisions set out the Company's entire
liability (including any liability for the acts and Omissions
Of its employees or agents) to the Customer in respect of:-
(i) any breach Of its contractual obligations arising under
this Agreement.
(ii) any tortuous act or omission including negligence arising
under or in connection with this contract.
(b) Any act or omission on the part of
the Company or its employees or agents failing within
clause 10(a) above
shall
for the purpose of this clause 10 be known as an "Event
of Default".
(c) Subject to clause 10(f) the Company's liability to the
Customer for:-
(i) death or injury resulting from it negligence or the
negligence of its employees or agents; or
(ii) accidental damage to the tangible property of the Customer
resulting from its negligence or the negligence of its employees
or agents; or
(iii) any damage suffered by the Purchaser as a result of
the implied statutory undertakings as to title quiet possession
and freedom from encumbrances; shall not be limited.
d) Subject to the provisions of clause 10(c) and 10(e) the
Company's entire liability in respect of any Event of Default
shall be limited to damages of an amount equal to the total
price payable by the Customer to the Company for the supply
of the Goods under the Contract.
(e) Clause 10(d) will not apply in relation to any failure
by the Company to supply Goods which comply with the terms
of clause 9(a). In this clause the Company's liability will
be limited as set out in clause 9.
(f) The company shall not be liable to the Customer in respect
of any Event of Default for loss of profits goodwill or any
type of special indirect or consequential loss (including
loss or damage suffered by the customer as a result of an
action brought by a third party) even if such loss was reasonable
foreseeable or the Company had been advised of the possibility;
of the Customer incurring the same.
(g) If a number of Events of Default give rise substantially
to the same loss then they shall be regarded as giving rise
to only one claim under the Contract.
(h) Nothing in these conditions will exclude or restrict
any liability that the Company may have by virtue of the
Customer Protection Act 1997.
11. RETENTION OF TITLE.
(a) The following provisions shall
APPLY to all Goods which under the Contract the
Company agrees to supply to the Customer. No failure
by the Company to enforce strict compliance by the
Customer with such provisions shall constitute a
waiver thereof and no termination of the Contract
shall prejudice limit or extinguish the Company's
rights under this paragraph.
(i) Upon delivery of the Goods the Customer shall hold the
Goods solely as bailee for the Company and the Goods shall
remain the property of the Company until such time as the
Customer shall have paid to the Company and the Company shall
have cleared funds for the full purchase price thereof. Until
such time the Customer must store the Goods separately at
the Customer's premises and the Company shall be entitled
to recover the Goods or any part thereof and for the purpose
of exercising such rights the Customer hereby grants a licence
to the Company its employees and agents with appropriate
transport to enter upon the Customer's premises and any other
location where the Goods are situated and remove the Goods.
(ii) The Customer is hereby granted a licence by the Company
to incorporate the Goods in any other products.
(iii) The licence granted under sub-clause (i) hereof shall
extend to detaching the Goods from any property to which
they are attached or into which they have been incorporated
or from any other products or goods to which they have been
attached pursuant to the licence granted under sub-clause
(ii) hereof.
(iv) The Customer is hereby licensed to agree to sell on
the Goods and any products incorporating any of them on condition
that the Customer shall inform its customer of the provisions
of sub-clause (i)-(iii) hereof. The Customer acts as the
Company's bailee in respect of any such sale and shall, immediately
upon receipt of the proceeds of sale, and whether or not
payment has become due under clause 7 hereof remit to the
Company the full purchase price of the Goods sold on less
any part thereof which has already been paid and until such
amount has been so remitted shall hold such amount as trustee
and agent for the company.
(v) The Customer shall maintain all appropriate insurance
in respect of the Goods from the date or dates on which the
risk therein passes to him. In the event of any loss or damage
occurring while the goods remain the property of the Company
the Customer shall immediately on receipt of the insurance
monies, remit to the Company the full purchase price of the
Goods lost or damaged less any part thereof which has already
been paid and until such amount has been so remitted shall
hold such amount as trustee and agent for the Company. For
the avoidance of doubt the provisions of this sub-clause
do not affect the Customers obligations under clause 7 hereof.
(vi) The licences granted under sub-clause (ii) and (iii)
above shall be terminable forthwith at any time upon notice
by the Company to the Customer.
12. USE AND SAFE HANDLING.
The Customer warrants that it will pass on to all third
parties to whom it may supply the Goods or any of them all
information as to the use and safe handling of such Goods
as may have been provided to the Customer by the Company.
13. GENERAL
(a) The proper law of ail contracts with the Company shall
be English law which shall govern in all respects the construction
and effect of such contracts and of these Conditions. The
Customer agrees that in the event of any dispute arising
out of the Contract or the performance thereof it will submit
to the jurisdiction of the English Court.
(b) The headings to the paragraphs of these Conditions are
for ease of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation
or construction thereof.
(c) It any provision of these Conditions is or becomes illegal,
void or unenforceable for any reason, the validity of the
remaining provisions shall not be affected.
(d) Failure by the Company to enforce strict compliance
with these Conditions by the Customer wiii not constitute
a waiver of any of the provisions of these Conditions.
(e) Any reference in these Conditions to any provision of
a statute shall be construed as a reference to that provision
as amended, re-enacted or extended at the relevant time.
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