For Supply of Goods and Services of North Essex Signs Limited

1. Definitions

In this document the following words shall have the following meanings:

“Agreement” means these Terms and Conditions together with the terms of any applicable Specification Document;
“Customer” means the organisation or person who purchases goods and services from the Supplier;
“Intellectual Property Rights” means all patents, registered and unregistered designs, copyright, trade marks, know-how and all other forms of intellectual property wherever in the world enforceable;
“Specification Document” means a statement of work, quotation or other similar document describing the goods and services to be provided by the Supplier;
“Supplier” means North Essex Signs Limited of Excelsior House, Wyncolls Road, Severalls Business Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 9HU.

2. General

These Terms and Conditions shall apply to all contracts for the supply of goods and services by the Supplier to the Customer.
Before the commencement of the services the Supplier shall submit to the Customer a Specification Document which shall specify the goods and services to be supplied and the price payable. The Customer shall notify the Supplier immediately if the Customer does not agree with the contents of the Specification Document. All Specification Documents shall be subject to these Terms and Conditions.
The Supplier shall use all reasonable endeavours to complete the services within estimated time frames but time shall not be of the essence in the performance of any services.

3. Price and Payment

The price for the supply of goods and services are as set out in the Specification Document. The Supplier shall invoice the Customer on 30 day payment terms.
Invoiced amounts shall be due and payable within 30 days of receipt of invoice. The Supplier shall be entitled to charge interest on overdue invoices from the date when payment becomes due from day to day until the date of payment at a rate of 5% over the Royal Bank of Scotland base rate. In the event that the Customer’s procedures require that an invoice be submitted against a purchase order to payment, the Customer shall be responsible for issuing such purchase order before the goods and services are supplied.

4. Specification of the Goods

All goods shall be required only to conform to the specification in the Specification Document. For the avoidance of doubt no description, specification or illustration contained in any product pamphlet or other sales or marketing literature of the Supplier and no representation written or oral, correspondence or statement shall form part of the contract.

5. Delivery

The date of delivery specified by the Supplier is an estimate only. Time for delivery shall not be of the essence of the contract and the Supplier shall not be liable for any loss, costs, damages, charges or expenses caused directly or indirectly by any delay in the delivery of the goods.
All risk in the goods shall pass to the Customer upon delivery.

6. Title

Title in the Goods shall not pass to the Customer until the Supplier has been paid in full for the Goods.

All monies / Retention of title: Notwithstanding delivery and the passing of risk, property in and title to the goods shall remain with the seller until the seller has received payment of the full price of:

a) all Goods and/or Services the subject of the Contract; and
b) all other goods and/or services supplied by the seller to the buyer under any contract whatsoever.

Payment of the full price shall include, without limitation, the amount of any interest or other sum payable under the terms of this and all other contracts between the seller and the buyer.

7. Customer’s Obligations

To enable the Supplier to perform its obligations under this Agreement the Customer shall:
1. co-operate with the Supplier;
2. provide the Supplier with any information reasonably required by the Supplier;
3. obtain all necessary permissions and consents which may be required before the commencement of the services;
4. comply with such other requirements as may be set out in the Specification Document or otherwise agreed between the parties.
The Customer shall be liable to compensate the Supplier for any expenses incurred by the Supplier as a result of the Customer’s failure to comply with these obligations.
Without prejudice to any other rights to which the Supplier may be entitled, in the event that the Customer unlawfully terminates or cancels the goods and services agreed to in the Specification Document, the Customer shall be required to pay to the Supplier as agreed damages and not as a penalty the full amount of any third party costs to which the Supplier has committed and in respect of cancellations on less than five working days’ written notice the full amount of the goods and services contracted for as set out in the Specification Document.
In the event that the Customer or any third party, not being a sub-contractor of the Supplier, shall omit or commit anything which prevents or delays the Supplier from undertaking or complying with any of its obligations under this Agreement, then the Supplier shall notify the Customer as soon as possible and:
1. the Supplier shall have no liability in respect of any delay to the completion of any project;
2. if applicable, the timetable for the project will be modified accordingly;
3. the Supplier shall notify the Customer at the same time if it intends to make any claim for additional costs.

8. Alterations to the Specification Document

The parties may at any time mutually agree upon and execute new Specification Documents. Any alterations in the scope of goods and/or services to be provided under this Agreement shall be set out in the Specification Document, which shall reflect the changed goods and/or services and price and any other terms agreed between the parties.

The Customer may at any time request alterations to the Specification Document by notice in writing to the Supplier. On receipt of the request for alterations the Supplier shall, within 5 working days or such other period as may be agreed between the parties, advise the Customer by notice in writing of the effect of such alterations, if any, on the price and any other terms already agreed between the parties.

Where the Supplier gives written notice to the Customer agreeing to perform any alterations on terms different to those already agreed between the parties, the Customer shall, within 5 working days of receipt of such notice, advise the Supplier by notice in writing whether or not it wishes the alterations to proceed.

Where the Supplier gives written notice to the Customer agreeing to perform alterations on terms different to those already agreed between the parties, and the Customer confirms in writing that it wishes the alterations to proceed on those terms, the Specification Document shall be amended to reflect such alterations and thereafter the Supplier shall perform this Agreement upon the basis of such amended terms.

9. Warranty

The Supplier warrants that as from the date of delivery for a period of 12 months the goods and all their component parts, where applicable, are free from any defects in design, workmanship, construction or materials.
The Supplier warrants that the services performed under this Agreement shall be performed using reasonable skill and care, and of a quality conforming to generally accepted industry standards and practices.
Except as expressly stated in this Agreement, all warranties whether express or implied, by operation of law or otherwise, are hereby excluded in relation to the goods and services to be provided by the Supplier.

10. Indemnification

The Customer shall indemnify the Supplier against all claims, costs and expenses which the Supplier may incur and which arise, directly or indirectly, from the Customer’s breach of any of its obligations under this Agreement, including any claims brought against the Supplier alleging that any goods and/or services provided by the Supplier in accordance with the Specification Document infringes a patent, copyright or trade secret or other similar right of a third party.

11. Limitation of Liability

Except in respect of death or personal injury due to negligence for which no limit applies, the entire liability of the Supplier to the Customer in respect of any claim whatsoever or breach of this Agreement, whether or not arising out of negligence, shall be limited to the price paid by the Customer to which the claim relates.
In no event shall the Supplier be liable to the Customer for any loss of business, loss of opportunity or loss of profits or for any other indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever.
Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude or limit the Supplier’s liability for death or personal injury resulting from the Supplier’s negligence or that of its employees, agents or sub-contractors.

12. Termination

Either party may terminate this Agreement forthwith by notice in writing to the other if:

the other party commits a material breach of this Agreement and, in the case of a breach capable of being remedied, fails to remedy it within 30 calendar days of being given written notice from the other party to do so;
the other party commits a material breach of this Agreement which cannot be remedied under any circumstances;
the other party passes a resolution for winding up (other than for the purpose of solvent amalgamation or reconstruction), or a court of competent jurisdiction makes an order to that effect;
the other party ceases to carry on its business or substantially the whole of its business;
the other party is declared insolvent, or makes or proposes to make any arrangement with its creditors, or a receiver, manager or similar officer is appointed over any of its assets.

13. Intellectual Property Rights

All Intellectual Property Rights produced from or arising as a result of the performance of this Agreement shall, so far as not already vested, become the absolute property of the Supplier, and the Customer shall do all that is reasonably necessary to ensure that such rights vest in the Supplier.

14. Force Majeure

Neither party shall be liable for any delay or failure to perform any of its obligations if the delay or failure results from events or circumstances outside its reasonable control, including but not limited to acts of God, strikes, lock outs, accidents, war, fire, acts of government or telecommunications failures. The party affected shall be entitled to a reasonable extension of its obligations after notifying the other party.

15. Independent Contractors

The Supplier and the Customer are contractors independent of each other, and neither has the authority to bind the other to any third party unless otherwise agreed in writing. The Supplier may engage sub-contractors to provide all or part of the services and such engagement shall not relieve the Supplier of its obligations under this Agreement.

16. Assignment

The Customer shall not be entitled to assign its rights or obligations or delegate its duties under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Supplier.

17. Severability

If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be severed and the remainder shall continue in full force and effect.

18. Waiver

The failure by either party to enforce at any time any one or more of the Terms and Conditions herein shall not be a waiver of them or the right to enforce them subsequently.

19. Notices

Any notice to be given by either party to the other may be served by email, fax, personal service or by post to the address of the other party given in the Specification Document or such other address as may be notified in writing. Notices sent by email shall be deemed received on the day sent, by fax on receipt of an error-free transmission report, by post in the ordinary course of delivery, or by personal service when delivered.

20. Entire Agreement

This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes any previous agreements, arrangements or proposals. Unless expressly provided elsewhere, this Agreement may be varied only by a document signed by both parties.

21. No Third Parties

Nothing in this Agreement is intended to, nor shall it confer any rights on a third party.

22. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales and the parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

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