These Terms apply to the Contract to the exclusion of any other terms that the Customer seeks to impose or incorporate, or which are implied by trade, custom, practice, or course of dealing.
Business Day: a day (other than a Saturday, Sunday, or public holiday) when banks in London are open for business.
Company: Intastop Limited a company incorporated in England and Wales company number 01969698 with a registered address at Holly Street, Kelham Street, Industrial Estate, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN1 3TR.
Contract: means the contract between the Company and the Customer for the sale and purchase of the Goods and Services in accordance with these Terms.
Customer: the person or firm who purchases the Goods and Services from the Company.
Customer Goods: are such goods delivered by the Customer to the Company's premises for Services in accordance with an Order.
Delivery Location: means the address as stated in the Order.
Goods: the goods (including any instalment or any part of them and any replacement parts supplied as part of the Services) set out in the Order.
Installation Services: means the services associated with the supply and installation of the Goods.
Intellectual Property Rights: means patents, rights to inventions, copyright and related rights, moral rights, trade marks and service marks, business names and domain names, rights in get-up and trade dress, goodwill and the right to sue for passing off or unfair competition, rights in designs, rights in computer software, database rights, rights to use, and protect the confidentiality of, confidential information (including know-how and trade secrets) and all other intellectual property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered and including all applications and rights to apply for and be granted, renewals or extensions of, and rights to claim priority from, such rights and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection which subsist or will subsist now or in the future in any part of the world in or associated with the Goods.
List Price: means the latest price document available from time to time.
Order: means the Customer's purchase order and/or any request from the Customer or its authorised representatives for the supply of Goods and/or Services.
Price: means the price of the Goods and/or the charge for the Services as stated in the List Price or Quotation.
Quotation: means the invitation to treat delivered to the Customer in response to an enquiry.
Rectification Services: are services whereby the Company attends a Customer's premises to rectify any issues with the installation and/or operation of the Goods.
Services: means the services (if any) described in the Order which may include Installation Services and/or Rectification Services as appropriate.
Specification: includes any specification, including any related plans, drawings and data in relation to the Goods or Services.
Terms: means the standard terms and conditions of sale set out in this document and (unless context otherwise requires) includes any special terms agreed in writing between the Company and the Customer (as amended from time to time).
2.1 The Order constitutes an offer by the Customer to purchase the Goods and/or Services in accordance with these Terms. The Customer is responsible for ensuring that the terms of the Order and any applicable Specification are complete and accurate.
2.2 These Terms shall be incorporated into the Contract between the Company and the Customer to the exclusion of any other terms and conditions stipulated or referred to by the Customer. Any dealings with the Company following receipt by the Customer of notice of these Terms will automatically be deemed acceptance thereof and the basis for all future contracts unless expressly stated otherwise in writing.
2.3 A Quotation for Goods and/or Services given by the Company shall not constitute an offer. A quotation shall only be valid for a period of 60 days from its date of issue.
2.4 Any statements or representations of whatever kind and however made including but not limited to those as to weights, measurements, power consumption, performance, descriptions, details of design, prices and charges and whether contained in drawings, floor plans, catalogues, advertisements, brochures, photographs, descriptive materials, verbal representations or otherwise are approximate only and shall have no contractual force.
3.1 The provision by the Company of samples for analysis by the Customer or the inspection of samples by the Customer will not render any sale, a sale by sample.
3.2 No guarantee or warranty is given that supplies will correspond exactly to the description or sample and the use of any description or sample will not constitute the Contract as a sale by description or sample or a sale by sample and description.
(b) the Company shall deliver the Goods to the location set out in the Order or such other location as the parties may agree at any time after Company notifies the Customer that the Goods are ready.
4.2 The Company will use reasonable endeavours to deliver the Goods by the agreed date in the Order and in any event within a reasonable period.
4.3 Delivery is completed on the completion of the Goods being delivered at the Delivery Location.
4.4 Any dates quoted for delivery are approximate only, and the time of delivery shall not be of the essence.
4.5 If the Company fails to deliver the Goods, its liability shall be limited to the Price of the Goods. The Company shall not be liable for any delay in delivery of the Goods that is caused by a Force Majeure Event or the Customer's failure to provide Company with adequate delivery instructions or any other instructions that are relevant to the delivery of the Goods.
(b) Company shall store the Goods until delivery takes place, and charge the Customer for all related costs and expenses (including insurance).
4.7 If 10 Business Days after the day on which Company notified the Customer that the Goods were ready for delivery the Customer has not taken or accepted delivery of them, Company may resell or otherwise dispose of part or all of the Goods.
4.8 Company may deliver the Goods by instalments, which shall be invoiced and paid for separately. Any delay in delivery or defect in an instalment shall not entitle the Customer to cancel any other instalment.
4.9 Any failure by the Customer to take delivery in respect of one or more instalments of Goods will entitle the Company to treat the Contract as repudiated by the Customer.
4.10 The Company may, in its sole discretion, accept Goods returned only if agreed in writing in advance and a restocking policy will apply to all Goods. Stock items returned in a saleable condition are subject to 25% restocking charge to cover handling and administration costs. Goods returned that are deemed by the Company not to be: in a resalable condition, non-stock goods, or goods made to specific customer requirements are subject to payment in full.
4.11 The Customer must notify the Company in writing on 7 days' notice of any Goods that are to be returned. All returns shall be at the Customer's sole expense and must be returned within 28 days of the initial delivery, otherwise payment in full shall be due. 4.12 Any Goods to be returned pursuant to clauses 4.10 and 4.11 remain the full responsibility of the Customer until the Company confirms safe receipt of the Goods.
4.13 Where the Customer arranges and agrees with the Company to collect the Goods from the Company's premises, the entry of any vehicle of the Customer, including its employees and agents, on to the Company's premises will be at the sole risk of the Customer or its agent save to the extent that any claim arises from the Company's negligence resulting in personal injury or death.
5.1 The Company shall supply the Services to the Customer in accordance with the Specification or as agreed between the parties in all material respects.
5.2 The Company shall perform the Services using reasonable skill and care.
5.3 In the event that the Company provides any Rectification Services, it may in its sole discretion, determine any relevant charges to be paid by the Customer in respect of such services which shall be notified to the Customer.
5.4 Upon completion of the Installation Services and/or the Rectification Services the Customer (or its authorised representative) shall sign the Company's service sign off sheet (or other form as provided by the Company) to accept completion of the relevant services and to accept the responsibility for all charges and expenses which may arise thereafter.
5.5 Any dates set out in the sales order acknowledgement or as otherwise stated by the Company shall be estimates only and time shall not be of the essence for performance of the Services.
5.6 The Company shall have the right to make any changes to the Services which are necessary to comply with any applicable law or safety requirement, or which do not materially affect the nature or quality of the Services, and the Company shall notify the Customer in any such event.
5.7 If the Services include Installation Services of the Goods, the Customer and the Company each warrant that it shall comply with all the duties and obligations under the Construction (Design & Management) 2015 (CDM Regulations) and shall provide the other with such relevant information as required by the CDM Regulations.
6.1 The Customer shall prior to the delivery of the Customer Goods at the Company's premises provide the Company with a comprehensive stock valuation of the Customer Goods which are delivered pursuant to an Order.
6.2 The Customer Goods shall at all times remain the property of the Customer, and the Company shall have no right, title or interest in or to the Customer Goods (save the right to possession and use of the Customer Goods subject to this clause 6).
6.3 The risk of loss, theft, damage or destruction of the Customer Goods shall pass to the Company on the Company's receipt of the Customer Goods at the Company's premises. The Customer Goods shall remain at the sole risk of the Company during the period which the Customer Goods are in the possession, custody or control of the Company (Risk Period) until such time as the Customer Goods are redelivered to the Customer or collected by the Customer. During the Risk Period, the Company shall, at its own expense, obtain and maintain insurance for the Customer Goods to a value not less than its full replacement value (in accordance with the Customer's stock valuation (as notified to the Company from time to time) against all usual risks of loss, damage or destruction by fire, theft or accident.
6.4 The Company shall notify the Customer within a reasonable time of any cancellation or material change to the insurance policy.
6.5 The Company shall give written notice to the Customer in the event of any loss, accident or damage to the Customer Goods arising out of or in connection with the Company's possession or use of the Customer Goods.
6.6 The Company shall, on reasonable demand, supply copies of the relevant insurance policies to confirm the insurance arrangements.
6.7 The Company shall ensure that the Customer Goods are kept at the Company's premises, and used only for the purpose of supplying the Services.
6.8 The Company shall take reasonable care of all Customer Goods in its possession and shall make them available for collection by the Customer on reasonable written notice and request. In the event that the Company redelivers the Customer Goods to the Customer's premises, the Customer shall be responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by Company in connection with redelivery.
6.9 If the Customer fails to collect or take delivery of the Customer Goods within 5 Business Days of being notified, the Company reserves the right to charge the Customer in respect of all storage costs and insurance costs on a daily basis until such time as the Customer Goods are redelivered or collected.
7.1 In respect of Goods supplied in the UK the risk in and responsibility for the Goods shall pass to the Customer on the completion of delivery at the Delivery Location unless the Goods are collected by the Customer from the Company's premises, in which case the risk in and responsibility for the Goods shall pass to the Customer at the point of collection. For the supply of any Goods internationally (outside of the UK) the risk in and responsibility for the Goods shall pass to the Customer on an Ex Works basis (Incoterms 2010) unless otherwise stated by the Company.
(c) the Company serves on the Customer written notice specifying that title in the Goods has passed.
(d) each Good shall be insured for an amount at least equal to its List Price or Quotation price and any proceeds of the insurance policy shall be held on trust for the Company in a separate account in the joint names of the Company and the Customer. The Customer shall not mix the insurance proceeds with any other money or pay the proceeds into an overdrawn bank account. The Customer shall account to the Company for the proceeds accordingly and make good any shortfall in the amount due to the Company.
(f) give Company such information relating to the Goods as Company may require from time to time.
(b) the Customer holds the proceeds of any resale on trust for the Company in a separate account in the joint names of the Company and the Customer and does not mix them with any other money or pay the proceeds into an overdrawn bank account.
The Customer shall account to the Company for the proceeds accordingly and shall make good any shortfall in the amount due to the Company.
(b) if the Customer fails to do so promptly, enter any premises of the Customer or of any third party where the Goods are stored to recover them and for this purpose the Customer irrevocably grants and unconditional licence to the Company and its agents and employees to enter the Customer's premises and (to the extent the Customer is able to grant such licence) the Delivery Location.
7.6 The Customer shall register any necessary charge over money or Goods and take such other steps as are necessary to give effect to this clause 7 at the request of the Company.
8.1 The Price of the Goods and the Services shall be as stated in the Quotation unless otherwise stated.
8.3 The Company may invoice the Customer on or at any time after the dispatch of the Goods from the Company's premises or the substantial performance of the Services save that where delivery or performance has been postponed at the request or by the default of the Customer then the Company may submit its invoice for the Goods at any time after the Goods are ready for delivery or would have been ready for delivery in the ordinary course but for the Customer's request or default any may forthwith upon any such postponement invoice the Customer for all Services performed up to that date without prejudice to any other right or remedy of the Company.
8.4 The Company may invoice the Customer for the Goods 5 Business Days after the Company has notified the Customer that the Goods are available for delivery where the Customer has failed to take delivery and/or has failed to provide sufficient instructions to the Company to enable delivery to take place.
8.5 If Goods are delivered in instalments the Company may invoice each instalment separately for part of the Price and the Customer shall pay the invoice in accordance with these Terms.
8.6 All payments made to the Company shall be in pounds sterling (unless another currency has been agreed) using the payment details stipulated within the Company's invoice.
8.7 The Customer shall pay the invoice in full and in cleared funds within 30 days of the end of the month in which the invoice was provided unless otherwise agreed between the parties. Payment shall be made to the bank account nominated in writing by the Company. Time of payment is of the essence.
8.8 If the Customer fails to make any payment due to Company under the Contract by the due date for payment, then the Customer shall pay interest on the overdue amount at the rate of 2% per annum above the Bank of England's base rate from time to time. Such interest shall accrue on a daily basis from the due date until actual payment of the overdue amount, whether before or after judgment. The Customer shall pay the interest together with the overdue amount.
8.9 The Customer shall pay all amounts due under the Contract in full without any set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding (except for any deduction or withholding required by law). Company may at any time, without limiting any other rights or remedies it may have, set off any amount owing to it by the Customer against any amount payable by the Company to the Customer.
8.10 Where the Customer fails to make any payment due to Company under the Contract by the due date for payment, Company reserves the right to suspend delivery of the Goods and performance of the Services until all payments are paid in full. If such payment remains in arrears for a reasonable period of time, such period to be determined by the Company in its sole discretion, after a written demand from Company to the Customer, then the Company shall have the right to cancel the Contract without prejudice to all Company's rights to recover any monies then due and owing to Company from the Customer.
the Company shall, at its option, repair or replace any Goods that are found to be defective, or refund the price of such defective Goods in full.
9.4 The Company's only liability to the Customer if the Goods fail to comply with the warranties set out in clause 9.1 is as set out in this clause 9. The terms implied by sections 13 to 15 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from the Contract.
9.5 All other terms, warranties, or conditions as to the quality, description, fitness for purpose or otherwise (whether express or implied, statutory or otherwise) are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law save as set out in clause 9.
9.6 The Customer shall not be entitled to any claim in respect of any repairs or alterations undertaken by the Customer without the prior consent of the Company.
(c) any reputation in any trade marks affixed or applied to the Goods shall accrue to the sole benefit of the Company or any other owner of the trade marks from time to time.
10.2 The Customer shall not repackage the Goods and/or remove any copyright notices, confidential or proprietary legends or identification from the Goods save for any removal which is a necessary result of repackaging or a manufacturing process of which the Company has been previously notified in writing by the Customer.
10.3 The Customer shall not use (other than pursuant to the Contract) or seek to register any trade mark or trade name (including any company name) which is identical to, confusingly similar to or incorporates any trade mark or trade name which the Company owns or claims rights in anywhere in the world.
(b) repurchase the Goods at the price paid by the Customer, less depreciation at the rate the Company applies to its own equipment.
10.6 The Customer agrees (at the Company's request and expense) to do all such things as may be reasonably required to assist the Company in taking or resisting any proceedings in relation to any infringement or claim referred to in clause 10.5.
and provided that the Company shall not be liable for infringements to the extent that they arise out of or in connection with modifications to the Goods made by anyone except the Company or its authorised representative, or out of use or combination of the Goods with products or third party materials not specified or expressly approved in advance in writing by the Company, or where the claim, proceeding or suit arises from the Company's adherence to the Customer's requested changes to the Specification or from infringing items of the Customer's origin, design or selection.
11.3 No party shall use any other party's confidential information for any purpose other than to exercise its rights and perform its obligations under or in connection with the Contract.
(d) breach of the terms implied by section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979.
(b) the Company's total liability to the Customer in respect of all losses arising under or in connection with the Contract, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, shall in no circumstances exceed the price of the Goods and/or any Services.
13.1 The Company may at any time assign, transfer, mortgage, charge, subcontract or deal in any other manner with all or any of its rights and obligations under the Contract.
13.2 The Customer may not assign, transfer, mortgage, charge, subcontract or deal in any other manner with all or any of its rights and obligations under the Contract without the prior written consent of Company.
(g) the Customer's financial position deteriorates to such an extent that in the Company's opinion the Customer's capability to adequately fulfil its obligations under the Contract has been placed in jeopardy.
14.2 Without limiting its other rights or remedies, the Company may suspend provision of the Goods under the Contract or any other contract between the Customer and the Company if the Customer becomes subject to any of the events listed in clause 14.1(a) to clause 14.1(d), or the Company reasonably believes that the Customer is about to become subject to any of them, or if the Customer fails to pay any amount due under this Contract on the due date for payment.
14.3 Without limiting its other rights or remedies, the Company may terminate the Contract with immediate effect by giving written notice to the Customer if the Customer fails to pay any amount due under the Contract on the due date for payment and remains in default not less than 14 days after being notified in writing to make such payment.
14.4 On termination of the Contract for any reason the Customer shall immediately pay to the Company all of the Company's outstanding unpaid invoices and interest.
14.5 Any termination of the Contract, howsoever arising, shall not affect any of the parties' rights and remedies that have accrued as at termination, including the right to claim damages in respect of any breach of the Contract that existed at or before the date of termination.
14.7 If information comes to the Company's notice that indicates, in the reasonable opinion of a director of the Company, that the Customer is unlikely to be able to discharge its financial obligations under the contract, the Company reserves the right to rescind the contract and shall not be liable to make any payment by way of compensation or damages.
Neither party shall be in breach of this Contract nor liable for delay in performing, or failure to perform, any of its obligations under this Contract if such delay or failure results from a Force Majeure Event (an event or circumstance beyond a party's reasonable control). If the period of delay or non-performance continues for 4 weeks, the party not affected may terminate this Contract by giving 7 Business Days written notice to the affected party.
16.2 Variation. No variation of the Contract shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the parties (or their authorised representatives).
16.3 Waiver. A waiver of any right or remedy is only effective if given in writing and shall not be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach or default. A delay or failure to exercise, or the single or partial exercise of, any right or remedy shall not waive that or any other right or remedy; nor prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.
16.4 Severance. If any provision or part-provision of the Contract is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid, legal and enforceable. If such modification is not possible, the relevant provision or part-provision shall be deemed deleted. Any modification to or deletion of a provision or part-provision under this clause shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the rest of the Contract.
(a) Any notice given to a party under or in connection with the Contract shall be in writing, addressed to that party at its registered office or such other address as that party may have specified to the other party in writing in accordance with this clause, and shall be delivered personally, or sent by pre-paid first class post or other next working day delivery service, commercial courier or email.
(b) A notice shall be deemed to have been received: if delivered personally, when left at the address referred to in clause 16.5(a); if sent by pre-paid first class post or other next working day delivery service, at 9.00 am on the second Business Day after posting; if delivered by commercial courier, on the date and at the time that the courier's delivery receipt is signed; or, if sent by email, one Business Day after transmission.
16.6 Third Party Rights. No one other than a party to the Contract shall have any right to enforce any of its terms under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.
16.7 Import and export Licences. The Customer is responsible for obtaining, at its own cost, such import licences, export licences and other consents in relation to the Goods as are required from time to time and, if required by the Company, the Customer shall make those licences and consents available to the Company prior to the relevant shipment.
16.8 Governing Law. The Contract, and any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of, or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation, shall be governed and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales. For the avoidance of doubt, the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods shall not apply to these Terms.
(a) Each party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with the Contract or its subject matter or formation.
(b) Nothing in clauses 16.8 or 16.9 shall limit the right of the Company to take proceedings against the Customer in any other court of competent jurisdiction, nor shall the taking of proceedings in any one or more jurisdiction preclude the Company from taking proceedings in any other jurisdiction, whether concurrently or not, to the extent permitted by the law of such other jurisdiction.