6. REWORK & REFURBISHMENT SERVICES & MODIFICATIONS AND REWORKED PARTS
6.1 We shall provide the Services to you in all material respects in accordance with the
Order and/or where relevant as more particularly set out in a specification
document attached or referred to in the Order (Services Specification). The Services Specification may include detailed drawings, sketch drawings, process descriptions
and any other relevant information relating to the Services.
6.2 The Services which we provide to you may relate to the reworking or refurbishment
of third party parts or components and we accept no liability whatsoever for any
third party parts or components. Our liability shall extend solely to the provision of
the Services.
6.3 Where we return third party parts or components to you following completion of
the Services then for the purposes of the Contract (subject always to clause 6.2) they
shall be considered Goods for the purposes of the following clauses of these
Conditions: – 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.5, 4.7, 12.3, 13(e).
6.4 We shall use our reasonable endeavours to meet any performance dates and/or
delivery dates for the Services specified in the Order or the Service Specification, but
any such dates shall be estimates only and time shall not be of the essence for the
performance of the Services.
6.5 We 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 we shall notify you in any such
event.
6.6 We warrant to you that the Services will be provided using reasonable care and skill
but shall have no liability whatsoever in relation to any breach of warranty in respect
of the Services where such breach arises as a result of your actions in whole or in
part including but not limited to any defect in the Services Specification or any
Customer Default.
7. YOUR OBLIGATIONS
7.1 You shall:
(a) ensure that the terms of the Order (including where relevant the terms of
any Goods Specification or Services Specification) are complete and
accurate;
(b) co-operate with us in all matters relating to the Goods and Services;
(c) provide us, our employees, agents, consultants and subcontractors, with
such access to your premises as may be required by us to assist with the
provision of the Services and the supply of Goods;
(d) provide us with such information and materials (including where relevant
third party parts or components required in connection with the Services)
as we may reasonably require to supply the Services, and ensure that such
information is accurate in all material respects;
(e) obtain and maintain all necessary licences, permissions and consents which
may be required for the Services before the date on which the Services are
to start and/or for the Goods before the date that the Goods are to be
delivered including but not limited to any export licences and/or military or
governmental licences necessary for the import of the Goods (including
any component parts) from any country of origin and export of the Goods
(including any component parts) to any country of destination or intended
destination; and
(f) keep and maintain all materials, equipment, documents and other
property belonging to us (including where relevant first articles) at
your premises in safe custody at your own risk, maintain the materials in
good condition until returned to us, and not dispose of or use the
materials other than in accordance with our written instructions or
authorisation. All materials shall remain our exclusive property.
7.2 If our performance of any of our obligations in respect of the Services is prevented
or delayed by any act or omission by you or failure by you to perform any relevant
obligation (Customer Default):
(a) we shall without limiting our other rights or remedies have the right to
suspend performance of the Services until you remedy the Customer
Default, and to rely on the Customer Default to relieve us from the
performance of any of our obligations to the extent the Customer Default
prevents or delays our performance of any of our obligations;
(b) we shall not be liable for any costs or losses sustained or incurred by you
arising directly or indirectly from our failure or delay to perform any of our
obligations as set out in this clause 7.2; and
(c) you shall reimburse us on written demand for any costs or losses sustained
or incurred by us arising directly or indirectly from the Customer Default.
8. CHARGES AND PAYMENT
8.1 The price for Goods and/or Services shall be the price set out in the Order. Except as
set out in the Specification or Order, the price of the Goods is exclusive of all costs
and charges of packaging, insurance, transport of the Goods, which shall be paid by
you when you pay for the Goods to the extent that we agree to arrange transport of
the goods on your behalf.
8.2 We reserve the right to increase the price of the Goods or Services, by giving notice
to you at any time before delivery, to reflect any increase in the cost of the Goods or
Services to us that is due to:
(i) any factor beyond our control (including foreign exchange
fluctuations, increases in taxes and duties, and increases in labour,
materials and other manufacturing costs);
(ii) any request by you to change the delivery date(s), quantities or
types of Goods or Services ordered, or the Goods Specification or
the Services Specifications; or
(iii) any delay caused by any instructions from you in respect of the
Goods or Services or your failure to give us adequate or accurate
information or instructions in respect of the Goods.
8.3 We shall be entitled to invoice you on or at any time after completion of delivery in
accordance with clause 4.2.
8.4 Where our charges include any element of non recurring costs, we shall be entitled
to invoice you at any time following the date of the Order in respect of the same.
Where the non recurring costs relate to costs of tooling such tooling shall remain
our exclusive property until such time as all non recurring costs are paid in full.
8.5 You shall pay each invoice submitted by us:
(a) within 30 days of the date of the invoice; and
(b) in full and in cleared funds to a bank account nominated in writing by us,
and time for payment shall be of the essence of the Contract.
8.6 All amounts payable by you under the Contract are exclusive of amounts in respect
of value added tax chargeable from time to time (VAT). Where any taxable
supply for VAT purposes is made under the Contract by us to you, you shall, on
receipt of a valid VAT invoice from us, pay to us such additional amounts in respect
of VAT as are chargeable on the supply of the Services or Goods at the same time
as payment is due for the supply of the Services or Goods.
8.7 Without limiting any other of our rights or remedies, if you fail to make any payment
due to us under the Contract by the due date for payment (Due Date), we shall have
the right to charge interest and where applicable compensation on the overdue
amount in accordance with the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act
1998.
8.8 You shall pay all amounts due under the Contract in full without any deduction or
withholding except as required by law and you shall not be entitled to assert any
credit, set-off or counterclaim against us in order to justify withholding payment of
any such amount in whole or in part. We may, without limiting our other rights or
remedies, set off any amount owing to us by you against any amount payable by us
to you.
8.9 We shall be entitled to allocate all payments received from you to the oldest debt
owed by you.