1.1 Definitions. In these Conditions, the following
definitions apply:
Business Day: a day (other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday) when banks in London are open for business.
Conditions: the terms and conditions set out in this document as amended from time to time.
Confidential Information: all trade secrets, know-how, data, specifications, drawings, documents, techniques and technical data, processes, materials, apparatus and intellectual property of any kind whatsoever.
Contract: the contract between the Supplier and the Customer for the sale and purchase of the Goods and/or Services in accordance with these Conditions.
Customer: the person or entity who purchases the Goods and/or Services from the Supplier.
Force Majeure Event: has the meaning given in clause 10.
Goods: the goods (or any part of them) as set out in the Order/Order Acknowledgment.
Order: The Customer’s order for the Goods and/or Services, as set out in the Customer’s purchase order form OR in the Customer’s acceptance of the Supplier’s quotation as the case
may be.
Order Acknowledgment: The Supplier’s written
acknowledgment of the Customer’s purchase order.
Services: the services to be carried out by the Suppliers as per the Order/Order Acknowledgment.
Specification: any specification for the Goods and/or Services, including any related plans and drawings, that are agreed in writing by the Customer and the Supplier.
Supplier: Penny Engineering Ltd (registered in England and Wales with Company Number 01380206).
1.2 Construction. In these Conditions, the following
rules apply:
(a) A person includes a natural person, corporate
or unincorporated body (whether or not having
separate legal personality).
(b) A reference to a party includes its personal
representatives, successors or permitted assigns.
(c) A reference to a statute or statutory provision is
a reference to such statute or provision as
amended or re-enacted. A reference to a statute
or statutory provision includes any subordinate
legislation made under that statute or statutory
provision, as amended or re-enacted.
(d) Any phrase introduced by the terms including,
include, in particular or any similar
expression shall be construed as illustrative and
shall not limit the sense of the words preceding
those terms.
(e) A reference to writing or written includes
faxes and e-mails.
2.1 These Conditions 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.
2.2 The Order constitutes an offer by the Customer to
purchase the Goods and/or Services in accordance
with these Conditions. The Customer is responsible
for ensuring that the terms of the Order and any
applicable Specification submitted by the Customer
are complete and accurate.
2.3 The Order shall only be deemed to be accepted when
the Supplier issues a written acceptance of the Order, at which point the Contract shall come into existence.
2.4 The Contract constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties. The Customer acknowledges
that it has not relied on any statement, promise or
representation made or given by or on behalf of the
Supplier which is not set out in the Contract.
2.5 Any samples, drawings, descriptive matter, or
advertising produced by the Supplier and any
descriptions or illustrations contained in the Supplier’s catalogues or brochures are produced for
the sole purpose of giving an approximate idea of the
Goods and/or Services described in them. They shall
not form part of the Contract or have any contractual
force unless expressly stated to the contrary.
2.6 A quotation for the Goods and/or Services given by the Supplier shall not constitute an offer.
3.1 To the extent that the Goods are to be manufactured and/or installed in accordance with the Specification supplied by the Customer, the Customer shall indemnify the Supplier against all liabilities, costs, expenses, damages and losses (including any direct, indirect or consequential losses, loss of profit, loss of reputation and all interest, penalties and legal and other professional costs and expenses) suffered or incurred by the Supplier in connection with any claim made against the Supplier for actual or alleged infringement of a third party’s intellectual property rights arising out of or in connection with the Supplier’s use of the Specification. This clause 3.1 shall survive termination of the Contract.
3.2 The Supplier reserves the right to amend the
Specification if required by any applicable statutory
or regulatory requirements.
4.1 The Supplier shall deliver the Goods to the location set out in the Order or such other location as the parties may agree (Delivery Location) at any time
after the Supplier notifies the Customer that the
Goods are ready to be delivered.
4.2 Delivery of the Goods shall be completed on the
Goods’ arrival at the Delivery Location.
4.3 Any dates quoted for delivery of the Goods/the
carrying out of the Services are approximate only,
and the time is not of the essence. Whilst every
effort will be made by the Supplier to deliver the
Goods and/or carry out the Services on or before the
date stated, no binding guarantee is given or implied
and no claim will be accepted by the Supplier arising
from or in connection with late delivery. Further, the
Supplier shall not be liable for any loss or damage of
any kind and howsoever arising by reason of any
failure to deliver the Goods/carry out the Services on
such stated dates.
4.4 The Supplier may deliver the Goods in more than one consignment even if not envisaged by the Order
and/or Order Acknowledgment.
4.5 If the Supplier fails to deliver the Goods and/or
perform the Services (in whole or part), its liability
shall be limited to the costs and expenses incurred by the Customer in obtaining replacement Goods and/or Services of similar description and quality in the cheapest market available, less the price of the Goods and/or Services. The Supplier shall have no liability for any failure to deliver the Goods and/or Services to the extent that such failure is caused by a Force Majeure Event or the Customer’s failure to provide the Supplier with adequate delivery instructions or any other instructions that are relevant to the supply of the Goods and/or Services.
4.6 If the Customer fails to take or accept delivery of the Goods or allow the Services to be performed within three Business Days of the Supplier notifying the Customer that the Goods/Services are ready to be delivered/performed, then, except where such failure or delay is caused by a Force Majeure Event or the Supplier’s failure to comply with its obligations
under the Contract:
(a) delivery of the Goods/performance of the
Services shall be deemed to have been completed at 9.00 am on the third Business Day
after the day on which the Supplier notified the
Customer that the Goods were ready for
delivery/services ready to be performed and the
Supplier will be entitled to invoice accordingly;
(b) the Supplier shall store the Goods until any
actual delivery takes place, and charge the
Customer for all related losses, costs and
expenses (including insurance); and
(c) The Supplier will be entitled to charge the
Customer for all related losses, costs and
expenses caused as a result of having to reschedule the performance of the Services.
4.7 If 10 Business Days after the day on which the
Supplier notified the Customer that the
Goods/Services were ready for delivery/performance
the Customer has not taken or accepted delivery of
the Goods/Services, the Supplier may resell or
otherwise dispose of part or all of the Goods and,
after deducting reasonable storage and selling costs,
account to the Customer for any excess over the price of the Goods or charge the Customer for any shortfall below the price of the Goods. The Supplier would then be released from any obligation to perform the Services.
5 QUALITY
5.1 The Supplier warrants that on delivery, and for a
period of 12 months from the date of
delivery/performance (Warranty Period), the Goods
and/or Services shall:
the Specification;
material and workmanship; and
of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 and/or the
of Goods and Services Act 1982); and
(d) be fit for any purpose held out by the Supplier.
5.2 Subject to clause 5.3, if:
Supplier during the Warranty Period and within
a reasonable time of discovery (in any event no
later than 14 days from discovery) that some or
all of the Goods and/or Services do not comply
with the warranty set out in clause 5.1;
of examining such Goods and/or Services; and
Supplier) returns such Goods to the Supplier’s
place of business at the Supplier’s cost, the
Supplier shall, at its option, repair or replace the
defective Goods and/or remedy any defective
Services , or refund the price of the defective
Goods and/or Services in full;
for which the Supplier is liable, the Supplier
shall be entitled to compensation (on an
indemnity basis) for the costs he has incurred as
a result of the notice.
5.3 The Supplier shall not be liable for any failure to
comply with the warranty set out in clause 5.1 in any
of the following events:
Goods after giving notice in accordance with
clause 5.2;
instructions as to the storage, commissioning,
installation, use and maintenance of the Goods
or (if there are none) good trade practice
regarding the same;
following any drawing, design or Specification
supplied by the Customer;
(d) the Customer alters or repairs such Goods
without the written consent of the Supplier;
wilful damage, negligence, or abnormal storage
or working conditions; or
(f) the Goods and/or Services differ from their
description or the Specification as a result of
changes made to ensure they comply with
applicable statutory or regulatory requirements.
5.4 Except as provided in this clause 5, the Supplier shall
have no liability to the Customer in respect of any
failure to comply with the warranty set out in clause
5.1.
5.5 The terms implied by sections 13 to 15 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 and Section 4 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from the Contract.
5.6 These Conditions shall apply to any repaired or
replacement Goods or remedied Services supplied by the Supplier.
6.1 The risk in the Goods shall pass to the Customer on completion of delivery. The delivery of Goods by
the Supplier to a carrier consigned to the Customer
shall constitute complete transfer of responsibility to
the Customer with said carrier thereafter acting on
the Customer’s behalf. Notwithstanding and without
prejudice to the above provision, no claim for
damages in transit, shortage of delivery or loss of
Goods in transit can be made by the Customer
against the Supplier unless:
(i) the issue has without any doubt been caused
before the Goods were supplied by the
Supplier to the carrier consigned to the Customer;
(ii) in the case of damage in transit or shortage of
delivery a separate notice in writing is given to
the carrier concerned and to the Supplier
within 3 days of receipt of Goods followed by
a complete claim in writing within 5 days of
receipt of Goods.
6.2 As soon as the Goods or any part thereof have been delivered the Goods or that part shall be at the risk of the Customer who shall insure the Goods for the period from the date of delivery until the passing of the property in the Goods to the Customer against
any loss of or damage thereto or any part thereof
except in those instances where the selling price of
the Goods includes installation when the Goods will
remain at the Supplier’s risk and insured by the
Supplier until they have been installed or up to 30
days from the date of delivery whichever shall be the
sooner.
6.3 Title to the Goods shall not pass to the Customer
until the Supplier has received payment in full (in
cash or cleared funds) for;
has supplied to the Customer in respect of
which payment has become due
.
6.4 Until title to the Goods has passed to the Customer, the Customer shall:
Supplier’s bailee;
held by the Customer so that they remain
readily identifiable as the Supplier’s property;
mark or packaging on or relating to the Goods;
(d) maintain the Goods in satisfactory condition
and keep them insured against all risks for their
full price from the date of delivery;
(e) notify the Supplier immediately if it becomes
subject to any of the events listed in clause 8.2;
and
(f) give the Supplier such information relating to
the Goods as the Supplier may require from
time to time,
(g shall keep and retain the delivered Goods free
from any charge lien or other encumbrance
thereon.
6.5 If before title to the Goods passes to the Customer the Customer becomes subject to any of the events listed in clause 8.2, or the Supplier reasonably believes that any such event is about to happen and notifies the Customer accordingly, then without limiting any other right or remedy the Supplier may have, the Supplier may at any time require the
Customer to deliver up the Goods and, if the
Customer fails to do so promptly, enter any premises
of the Customer (the Customer hereby irrevocably
grants to the Supplier a licence for that purpose) or
of any third party where the Goods are stored in
order to recover them.
6.6 The Customer irrevocably accepts that if Goods are capable of being removed by unbolting (or
howsoever) so as not to structurally damage the
fabric of the building in which they re installed/stored they will be deemed to be easily removable, in their original state and not incorporated into the fabric of such said building.
6.7 The provisions of Title & Risk shall survive the
termination of the Contract for whatever reason and
in particular, but without limitation, termination of
the Contract by the Supplier by the acceptance of any repudiation of the Contract by the Customer.
6.8 The Supplier shall be entitled to exercise a general lien or right of retention on all Goods or any parts thereof in the Supplier’s possession which are the Customer’s property (or which are supplied to the
Supplier by the Customer) for any sums whatsoever
due to the Supplier and pursuant to such lien or right
the Supplier shall be entitled, without notice to the
Customer, to sell all or any part of such Goods/property privately or by auction or otherwise
and to keep the proceeds of sale in diminution of
such sums and of all costs and expenses incurred by
the Supplier in effecting the said sales. Any balance
remaining thereafter, shall be remitted to the
Customer by the Supplier. Upon such sale title in the
said Goods/property shall pass to the buyer thereof.
7.1 The price of the Goods and/or Services shall be the price set out in the Quotation, Order or Order
Acknowledgment (whichever is the latter).
7.2 The Supplier may at any time before
delivery/performance, increase the price of the Goods and/or Services to reflect any increase in the cost of the Goods/Services that is due to:
(a) any factor beyond the Supplier’s control
(including foreign exchange fluctuations,
increases in taxes and duties, increases in line
with the consumer price index (CPI) and
increases in labour, materials and other
manufacturing costs);
(b) any request by the Customer to change the
delivery/performance date(s), quantities or
types of Goods/Services ordered, or the
Specification; or
(c) any delay caused by any instructions of the
Customer or failure of the Customer to give the
Supplier adequate or accurate information or
instructions.
7.3 The price of the Goods is exclusive of the costs and charges of packaging, insurance and transport of the Goods (unless stated otherwise), which shall be
invoiced to the Customer.
7.4 The price of the Goods/Services is exclusive of
amounts in respect of value added tax (unless stated
otherwise). The Customer shall, on receipt of a valid
VAT invoice from the Supplier, pay to the Supplier
such additional amounts in respect of VAT as are
chargeable on the supply of Goods/Services.
7.5 The Supplier may invoice the Customer for the
Goods and Services on or at any time after the
completion of delivery/performance.
7.6 The Customer shall pay the invoice in full and in
cleared funds on or before the dates(s) stipulated in
the Quotation/Order Acknowledgment or other such
document and in the event of such not being
stipulated therein within 30 days of the date of the
invoice. Time of payment is of the essence.
7.7 Should the Customer fail to pay the said price or any part thereof within the said period of 30 days or on the date specified in writing the Customer shall pay interest on all amounts outstanding in respect thereof at the rate of 1.5% per month such interest to be compounded and added to the amount outstanding monthly until payment such interest to be chargeable from the date due for payment until payment of all amounts outstanding in respect of the price and such interest. If any payment is in arrears for or on account of or in respect of any Goods and/or Services delivered under this or any other contract between the Supplier and the Customer the Supplier shall have the absolute right without giving any notice to the Customer to suspend further deliveries and services under this or any other such contract and if any such payment or any part thereof shall remain in arrears for seven days after written demand by the Supplier to the Customer the Supplier shall have the right to cancel this and any other such contract without prejudice to all its rights and remedies to recover any monies due and owing from the Customer.
7.8 The Customer will indemnify the Supplier in respect of all/any costs that the Supplier incurs in recovering any debts against the Customer on a full indemnity basis. Further, the Customer will indemnity the Supplier and hold it harmless against all/any claims made by third parties with regard to the Goods and Services supplied.
7.9 The Customer shall pay all amounts due under the Contract in full without any deduction or withholding except as required by law and the Customer shall not be entitled to assert any credit, set-off or counterclaim against the Supplier in order to justify withholding payment of any such amount in whole or in part. The Supplier 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 Supplier to the Customer.
7.10 Any deposit(s) paid by the Customer to the Supplier will be non-refundable unless expressly stated to the contrary.
8 CUSTOMER’S INSOLVENCY OR
INCAPACITY
8.1 If the Customer becomes subject to any of the events listed in clause 8.2, or the Supplier reasonably
believes that the Customer is about to become subject to any of them and notifies the Customer
accordingly, then, without limiting any other right or
remedy available to the Supplier, the Supplier may
cancel or suspend all further deliveries under the
Contract or under any other contract between the
Customer and the Supplier without incurring any
liability to the Customer, and all outstanding sums in
respect of Goods and/or Services delivered to the
Customer shall become immediately due.
8.2 For the purposes of clause 8.1, the relevant events are:
or any class of its creditors with a view to
rescheduling any of its debts, or makes a
proposal for or enters into any compromise or
arrangement with its creditors.
given, a resolution is passed, or an order is made, for or in connection with the winding up of the Customer, other than for the sole purpose of a scheme for a solvent amalgamation of the Customer with one or more other companies or the solvent reconstruction of the Customer;
subject of a bankruptcy petition or order or if in
Scotland he shall become insolvent or natour
bankrupt.
attaches or takes possession of, or a distress,
execution, sequestration or other such process is levied or enforced on or sue against, the whole or any part of its assets and such attachment or process is not discharged within 14 days;
court, or an order is made, for the appointment
or an administrator or if a notice of intention to
appoint an administrator is given or if an
administrator is appointed over the Customer;
the Customer’s assets has become entitled to
appoint or has appointed an administrative
receiver;
over the Customer’s assets or a receiver is
appointed over the Customer’s assets;
respect to the Customer in any jurisdiction to
which it is subject that has an effect equivalent
or similar to any of the events mentioned in clause 8,2(a) to clause 8.2(h) (inclusive);
ceases or threatens to cease to carry on all or
substantially the whole of its business;
such an extent that in the Supplier’s opinion the
Customer’s capability to adequately fulfil its
obligations under the Contract has been placed
in jeopardy; and
reason of illness or incapacity (whether mental
or physical), is incapable of managing his or her
own affairs or becomes a patient under any
mental health legislation.
8.3 Termination of the Contract, however arising, shall not affect any of the parties’ rights and remedies that have accrued as at termination. Clauses which
expressly or by implication survive termination of the
Contract shall continue in full force and effect.
9 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
9.1 Nothing in these Conditions shall limit or exclude the Supplier’s liability for:
(a) death or personal injury caused by its
negligence or the negligence of its employees.
(b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
(c) any matter in respect of which it would be
unlawful for the Supplier to exclude or restrict
liability.
9.2 To the extent, however, that it is lawful to do so, the Supplier excludes it’s liability as follows:
whatever be liable to the Customer, whether in
contract, tort (including negligence), breach of
statutory duty, or otherwise, for any loss of
profit, or any indirect or consequential loss
arising under or in connection with the Contract
and/or the supply of Goods and/or Services to
the Customer;
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 Services.
10 FORCE MAJEURE
10.1 The Supplier shall be entitled to suspend
performance of its obligations under the contract to
the extent that such performance is impeded or made
unreasonably onerous by any of the following
circumstances: industrial disputes and any other
circumstances beyond the control of the parties such
as fire, war (whether declared or not), extensive
military mobilisation, insurrection, requisition,
seizure, embargo, restrictions in the use of power and effects or delays in deliveries or performance by subcontractors or suppliers.
10.2 Regardless of what might otherwise follow from
these Conditions, either party shall be entitled to
terminate the contract by notice in writing to the
other party if performance of the contract is
suspended under Clause 10.1 for more than 3 months.
11.1 Assignment and subcontracting.
charge, subcontract or deal in any other manner
with all or any of its rights or obligations under
the Contract.
subcontract or deal in any other manner with all
or any of its rights or obligations under the
Contract without the prior written consent of
the Supplier.
11.2 Intellectual Property.
Goods or their manufacture submitted by the
Supplier to the Customer, prior or subsequent to
the formation of the contract shall remain the
property of the Supplier and the Customer will
keep the Confidential Information secret, unless
disclosure of the Confidential Information is
required by a Court of competent jurisdiction.
The Confidential Information shall not, without
the consent of the Supplier, be used for any
other purpose than erection, installation,
commissioning, operation or maintenance of
the Goods.
any agent or other manufacturer interfere with
the business of the Supplier nor to supply or
manufacture whether on its own or in
conjunction with others any goods or products
of a similar nature to the Goods supplied to the
Customer for a period of 3 years from the date
of the last supply of Goods by the Supplier to
the Customer.
not at any time divulge or allow to be divulged
to any person any Confidential Information
relating to the Goods including any drawings,
specifications, technical information or designs
and will not cause or permit anything which
may damage or endanger the Supplier’s
intellectual property in the Goods or to use for
its own purposes or to divulge to any third party
any Confidential Information
.
against any damage or loss occasioned by any
breach of this clause 11 including, without
limitation, consequential losses, loss of profit
and all legal and other professional costs.
11.3 Notices.
party under or in connection with the Contract
shall be in writing, addressed to that party at its
registered office (it is a company) or its
principal place of business (in any other case)
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, sent by pre-paid first class
post, recorded delivery, commercial courier, fax
or e-mail.
deemed to have been received: if delivered
personally, when left at the address referred to
in clause 11.3(a); if sent by pre-paid first class
post or recorded delivery, 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 fax or e-mail, one
Business Day after transmission.
the service of any proceedings or other
documents in any legal action.
11.4 Severance.
any provision of the Contract (or part of any
provision) is invalid, illegal or unenforceable,
that provision or part-provision shall, to the
extent required, be deemed to be deleted, and
the validity and enforceability of the other
provisions of the Contract shall not be affected.
provision of the Contract would be valid,
enforceable and legal if some part of it were
deleted, the provision shall apply with the
minimum modification necessary to make it
legal, valid and enforceable.
11.5 Waiver.
A waiver of any right or remedy under the Contract is
only effective if given in writing and shall not be
deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach or default. No failure or delay by a party to exercise any right or remedy provided under the Contract or by law shall constitute a waiver of that or any other right or
remedy, nor shall it preclude or restrict the further
exercise of that or any other right or remedy. No
single or partial exercise of such right or remedy
shall preclude or restrict the further exercise of that
or any other right or remedy.
11.6 Third party rights.
A person who is not a party to the Contract shall not
have any rights under or in connection with it.
11.7 Variation.
Except as set out in these Conditions, any variation
to the Contract, including the introduction of any
additional terms and conditions, shall only be
binding when agreed in writing and signed by the
Supplier.
11.8 Governing law and jurisdiction.
The Contract, and any dispute or claim arising out of
or in connection with it or its subject matter or
formation (including non-contractual disputes or
claims), shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, English law, and the parties
irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
courts of England and Wales.