- DEFINITIONS
In this document the following words shall have the
following meanings:
1.1 "Agreement" means these Terms and Conditions together
with the terms of any applicable Service Specification;
1.2 "Customer" means the organisation or person who
purchases services from the Supplier;
1.3 "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;
1.4 "Service Specification" means a statement of work,
quotation or other similar document describing the services
to be provided by the Supplier;
1.5 "Supplier" means Xtender Ltd, PO Box 7436, Corby,
Northants NN17 9FJ.
- GENERAL
2.1 These Terms and Conditions shall apply to all contracts
for the supply of services by the Supplier to the Customer.
2.2 Before the commencement of the services the Supplier
shall submit to the Customer a Service Specification
which shall specify the services to be performed and
the fees payable. The Customer shall notify the Supplier
immediately if the Customer does not agree with the
contents of the Service Specification. All Service Specifications
shall be subject to these Terms and Conditions.
2.3 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.
- FEES AND PAYMENT
3.1 The fees for the performance of the services are
as set out in the Service Specification. The Supplier
shall invoice the Customer for the services Annual and
for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing
those services .
3.2 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 2.00% per annum above
the base rate of the Bank of Ireland . 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 services are rendered.
3.3 As per the EC Distance Selling Directive, a cooling
off period of 7 days is permitted on all purchases from
this website. If you are not entirely satisfied with
your purchase for any reason, we will refund the full
amount of your purchase - contact us using the contact
details page - click here.
- CUSTOMER ’S OBLIGATIONS
4.1To enable the Supplier to perform its
obligations under this Agreement the Customer shall:
4.1.1 co-operate with the Supplier;
4.1.2 provide the Supplier with any information reasonably
required by the Supplier;
4.1.3 obtain all necessary permissions and consents
which may be required before the commencement of the
services ; and
4.1.4 comply with such other requirements as may be
set out in the Service Specification or otherwise agreed
between the parties.
4.2 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 Clause 4.1.
4.3 Without prejudice to any other rights to which the
Supplier may be entitled, in the event that the Customer
unlawfully terminates or cancels the services agreed
to in the Service Specification, 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 services contracted for
as set out in the Service Specification, and the Customer
agrees this is a genuine pre-estimate of the Supplier
’s losses in such a case. For the avoidance of doubt,
the Customer ’s failure to comply with any obligations
under Clause 4.1 shall be deemed to be a cancellation
of the services and subject to the payment of the damages
set out in this Clause.
4.4 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:
4.4.1 the Supplier shall have no liability in respect
of any delay to the completion of any project;
4.4.2 if applicable, the timetable for the project will
be modified accordingly;
4.4.3 the Supplier shall notify the Customer at the
same time if it intends to make any claim for additional
costs.
- ALTERATIONS TO THE SERVICE SPECIFICATION
5.1 The parties may at any time mutually agree upon
and execute new Service Specifications. Any alterations
in the scope of services to be provided under this Agreement
shall be set out in the Service Specification, which
shall reflect the changed services and fees and any
other terms agreed between the parties.
5.2 The Customer may at any time request alterations
to the Service Specification 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 fees and any other terms
already agreed between the parties.
5.3 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
or such other period as may be agreed between the parties,
advise the Supplier by notice in writing whether or
not it wishes the alterations to proceed.
5.4 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 Service Specification shall
be amended to reflect such alterations and thereafter
the Supplier shall perform this Agreement upon the basis
of such amended terms.
- WARRANTY
6.1 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.
6.2 Without prejudice to Clause 6.1, and 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 services to be provided
by the Supplier.
- 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 services provided by the Supplier in accordance
with the Service Specification infringes a patent, copyright
or trade secret or other similar right of a third party.
- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
8.1Except 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 fees paid by the Customer to which the claim
relates.
8.2 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. This shall apply even where
such a loss was reasonably foreseeable or the Supplier
had been made aware of the possibility of the Customer
incurring such a loss.
8.3 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.
- TERMINATION
Either party may terminate this Agreement forthwith
by notice in writing to the other if:
9.1 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;
9.2 the other party commits a material breach of this
Agreement which cannot be remedied under any circumstances;
9.3 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;
9.4 the other party ceases to carry on its business
or substantially the whole of its business; or
9.5 the other party is declared insolvent, or convenes
a meeting of or makes or proposes to make any arrangement
or composition with its creditors; or a liquidator,
receiver, administrative receiver, manager, trustee
or similar officer is appointed over any of its assets.
- 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 by the execution of appropriate instruments
or the making of agreements with third parties.
- 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, the act or omission
of government, highway authorities or any telecommunications
carrier, operator or administration or other competent
authority, or the delay or failure in manufacture, production,
or supply by third parties of equipment or services,
and the party shall be entitled to a reasonable extension
of its obligations after notifying the other party of
the nature and extent of such events.
- 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 or act in any way as the
representative of the other, unless otherwise expressly
agreed to in writing by both parties. The Supplier may,
in addition to its own employees, engage sub-contractors
to provide all or part of the services being provided
to the Customer and such engagement shall not relieve
the Supplier of its obligations under this Agreement.
- 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.
- SEVERABILITY
If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid,
illegal or unenforceable for any reason by any Court
of competent jurisdiction such provision shall be severed
and the remainder of the provisions herein shall continue
in full force and effect as if this Agreement had been
agreed with the invalid illegal or unenforceable provision
eliminated.
- WAIVER
The failure by either party to enforce at any time or
for any period any one or more of the Terms and Conditions
herein shall not be a waiver of them or of the right
at any time subsequently to enforce all Terms and Conditions
of this Agreement.
- 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
Service Specification or such other address as such
party may from time to time have communicated to the
other in writing, and if sent by email shall unless
the contrary is proved be deemed to be received on the
day it was sent, if sent by fax shall be deemed to be
served on receipt of an error free transmission report,
if given by letter shall be deemed to have been served
at the time at which the letter was delivered personally
or if sent by post shall be deemed to have been delivered
in the ordinary course of post.
- ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement contains the entire agreement between
the parties relating to the subject matter and supersedes
any previous agreements, arrangements, undertakings
or proposals, oral or written. Unless expressly provided
elsewhere in this Agreement, this Agreement may be varied
only by a document signed by both parties.
- NO THIRD PARTIES
Nothing in this Agreement is intended to, nor shall
it confer any rights on a third party.
- GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the law of England and the parties hereby
submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English
courts.
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