Terms & Conditions

QUOTATION

1 All orders placed pursuant to our quotation must be in writing and a binding contract will not
exist until such orders are accepted by us in writing. Our scope of work shall be as specified in our
quotation together with any variations agreed pursuant to the contract. All contracts will be deemed to
be  subject  to  our  Standard  Terms  and  Conditions  of  Sale  as  set  out  herein  and  any  terms  and
conditions  specified  by  the  purchaser  shall  be  ineffective,  these  Terms  are  not  variable  unless  the
Seller has expressly agreed in writing to such variation.

VALIDITY

2 Subject to our right to withdraw our quotation at any time it will remain valid for a period of 30
days from the date thereof unless an alternative period of validity is specifically stated therein. At the
end of the said period any extension to the validity is strictly at our discretion and subject to our written
confirmation.

PRICE

3 Price and terms of payment are as specified in our quotation. All additional cost and expense
due  to  a  variation  in  the  goods  to  be  supplied  or  work  to  be  done  or  to  changes  in  drawings,
specifications or information provided by the purchaser on which the quotation is based will be paid by
the purchaser. Delivery is not included unless specifically stated in our quotation.

4 The price specified in our quotation is based on the cost of all items including material, labour,
utilities and transport on the date of the quotation.

5 Unless otherwise expressly stated in our quotation the price specified therein does not include
United  Kingdom  value  added  tax,  and  where  applicable  this  will  be  added  thereto  and  paid  by  the
purchaser. Responsibility for any other charges arising from the export, import, sale or delivery of the
goods shall be determined by reference to the applicable lncoterm (2010) applying to the contract.

DRAWINGS AND SPECIFICATIONS

6 All descriptions, drawings and details of weights and dimensions submitted with our quotation
are  approximate  only.  We  reserve  the  right  to  make  such  reasonable  changes  as  we  consider  are
necessary to the quotation details either before any order is placed or during the course of the contract
provided  that  we  shall  not  thereby  render  the  goods  unsuitable  for  the  purpose  for  which  they  are

intended. Our quotation together with any accompanying reports, specifications, calculations and other
documents and information submitted by us to the purchaser in connection with the contract shall be
regarded as confidential and must not be disclosed by the purchaser to any third party without our prior
written consent.

7 All information, specifications, drawings or other particulars to be provided by the purchaser
must be supplied within a reasonable time of acceptance of the order.

PACKING

8 Unless  expressly  stated  otherwise  in  our  quotation,  all  packing  cases,  pallets  and  crates
accompanying the goods shall be disposed of by the purchaser at the purchaser’s cost.

TESTS AND PERFORMANCE

9 Our fabrications are carefully inspected and where practicable submitted to standard tests at
our  works,  in  accordance  with  the  details  stated  in  our  quotation, before  despatch.  If  any  additional
tests are required these, unless otherwise agreed, must be made at our works and will be the subject
of an additional charge. In the event of the purchaser failing to attend any tests, having been given at
least 3 days prior notice thereof, the tests will proceed in the purchaser’s absence and shall be deemed
to have been made in his presence.

10 The purchaser warrants the correctness and suitability of any particular design, make or type
of plant, goods or material specified or supplied by the purchaser for inclusion in our supply.

DELIVERY, SUSPENSION AND DELAY

11 The  period  within  which  the  goods  are  to  be  delivered  and/or  services  performed  will
commence  from  the  date  of  our  written  acceptance  of  the  order  pursuant  to  clause  1  hereof  and

provided that the purchaser has supplied all necessary information and drawings or other particulars
required for the work to be put in hand.

12 If work pursuant to the contract is interrupted by any cause outside our reasonable control the
delivery dates will be varied to such an extent as may be reasonable.

13 If for any reason the purchaser is unable to accept delivery of the goods when the goods are
ready  for  despatch  we  may  at  our  option  arrange  storage  of  the  goods  at  the  purchaser’s  risk
whereupon  the  goods  shall  be  deemed  to  have  been  delivered  for  all  purposes,  and  the  purchaser
shall be liable to us for the reasonable costs of such storage, including insurance, handling charges
and any other charges. This provision is without prejudice to any other rights which we may have in
respect of the purchaser’s failure to take delivery of the goods or to pay for them in accordance with

the contract.

14  Where goods are to be transported within the United Kingdom and where we are responsible
under  the  contract  for  the  transport  of  the  goods  then,  unless  stated  otherwise  in  our  quotation,  we
have based the price upon carriage by road to the specified destination by the most direct route on the
assumption that the approval, if any, required for such carriage will be forthcoming from the appropriate
authorities. Should such approval be refused rendering necessary changes in the goods, their mode of carriage or the route to be taken then the purchaser shall bear the additional cost arising therefrom.

15 Save where expressly provided otherwise in these Standard Terms and Conditions of Sale,
the definitions and rules in lncoterms 2010 shall apply and risk in the goods shall pass to the purchaser

in accordance with the applicable lncoterm or, where no such lncoterm is specified, upon delivery.

16 Any  requests  by  the  purchaser  to  suspend  work  or  delay  delivery  (‘Suspension”)  must  be
made  in  writing.  Any  agreement  to  comply  with  this  request  shall  be  at  our  absolute  discretion  and
subject to the following conditions:

(i)any  additional  cost  we  reasonably  and  necessarily  incur  in  complying  with  a
purchaser’s request for Suspension will be to the purchaser’s account and payable
as a variation to the contract, in full, with the next payment milestone due;
(ii)if, as a result of a Suspension, a contractual milestone for payment is not achieved,
we will be entitled, on the original milestone date, to the payment that would otherwise
have become due together with additional costs referred to in 16(i) above;
(iii)requests to resume work are to be made to us in writing;
(iv)following  a  request  to  resume  work  we  will  be  entitled  to  an  extension  of  time  to
complete all work and we will notify the purchaser of the revised delivery date;
(v)we will not be required to resume work if any payments are outstanding, and will be
entitled to cease work if payments subsequently become overdue;
(vi)if a request to resume work is not received by us within 60 calendar days of receipt
of  a  Suspension  request  then  we  will  be  entitled  at  our  discretion  to  consider  the
contract as cancelled or agree with the purchaser a further period of Suspension;
(vii)if we decide pursuant to 16 (vi) that the contract is cancelled, then the provisions of
clause 17 will take effect;
(viii)if after 60 days no extension period is agreed pursuant to clause 16 (vi) then we shall
be entitled at our discretion to consider the contract as cancelled and the provisions

of clause 17 will take effect.

TERMINATION

17 To the extent permitted under the applicable law and without prejudice to any other rights and
remedies under the contract, we shall be entitled to terminate the contract forthwith by written notice
to the purchaser if:

(a) the purchaser makes any voluntary arrangement with its creditors or becomes subject
to an administration order or (being an individual or firm) becomes bankrupt or (being
a company) goes into liquidation (otherwise than for the purposes of amalgamation
or reconstruction); or
(b) an encumbrancer takes possession or a receiver is appointed of
any of the property or assets of the purchaser; or
(c) the purchaser ceases or threatens to cease its business; or
(d) we reasonably consider that any of the events mentioned in (a)b) or (c) above is about to occur in relation to the purchaser and we notify the
purchaser accordingly; or
(e) the purchaser shall fail to pay any amounts falling due to us within seven days of the
date payment is due; or
(f) the purchaser shall commit a breach of any term or condition of any contract with us
and shall fail to remedy such breach within fourteen days of dispatch by us of a letter
requiring him to remedy such breach; or
(g) we consider pursuant to clause 16(vi) and 16(viii) that the contract is cancelled.
In  the  event  of  termination  under  this  clause  17,  the  purchaser  shall  pay  to  us  the
valuation  of  the  work  undertaken  as  at  the  date  of  termination,  any  expenditure
reasonably incurred by us in the expectation of the performance of, or in consequence
of the termination of, the contract and our loss of anticipated profit.

PURCHASER’S MATERIAL

18 Where  the  contract  includes  or  is  limited  to  the  fabrication  or  machining  of  the  purchaser’s
material  the  work  is  undertaken  on  the  basis  that  such  fabrication  or  machining  of  the  purchaser’s
material shall be at the purchaser’s risk. In the event of damage to the purchaser’s material we shall
have no liability for the value thereof nor for the cost of prior operations performed thereon. All excess
material removed becomes our property. All damage to our or our subcontractors’ machinery caused
by  unsuitable or  defective  purchaser’s  material  will  be  made good  at  the  expense  of the  purchaser.
The purchaser shall also pay at our standard contract rates for any additional work due to greater than
normal processing allowances on purchaser’s material and for all work on purchaser’s material where
that  material  in  the  course  of  fabrication  or  machining  or  processing  proves  to  be  unsuitable  or
defective.

GUARANTEE

19 We will repair or replace, as we shall at our discretion determine, any part of the goods which
within 12 calendar months from the date the goods are put into service, but not exceeding 18 calendar
months from the date of despatch from our works, proves defective by reason of faulty design (to the
extent we are  responsible  for  design), materials  or  workmanship.  We  will  not be  liable  in  respect  of
repairs  made  or  attempted  to  be  made  without  our  express  sanction  in  writing.  Replacement  parts
supplied pursuant to this clause 18 will be delivered free within the United Kingdom (or FOB UK port
in  the  case  of  goods  for  export),  provided  that  the  defective  parts  (which  thereafter  become  our
property) are promptly returned to our works at the purchaser’s cost.

20 We will re perform any part of the services which within 3 months from the date of completion
of the services proves to be inadequate or defective provided, however, that where we are required to

take such steps outside of mainland UK then the Purchaser shall pay to us the difference between the
expenses  actually  incurred  by  us  and  the  expenses  that would  have  been  incurred  by  us  had  such
steps been taken within mainland UK.

21 Our  liability  under  clause  18  and  clause  19  shall,  to  the  fullest  extent  permitted  under  the
applicable law, be the sole remedy for defects and in lieu of any warranty or condition implied by law
as  to  the  quality,  workmanship  or  fitness  for  any  particular  purpose  of  the  goods  to  be  supplied
hereunder and/or the services to be performed.

LIMITATION OF LIABILTY

22 a) We shall not, to the fullest extent that we are permitted to exclude our liability under the
applicable  law,  be  responsible  whether  in  contract  or  in  tort  (including  negligence,  economic  tort  or

otherwise) or by operation of law or by way of any indemnity obligation arising under the contract or
howsoever arising for incidental, special, economic, indirect or consequential loss and/or damage of
whatever nature (whether or not claimed or suffered by the purchaser and/or any person, business or
entity not a party to the contract) including, but not limited to, loss of use or availability of the goods
and/or other equipment and/or systems, loss of production, down time costs, loss of contract, loss of
business  opportunity  ,  loss  of  profits  (including  overheads  and  fixed  costs),  and/or  loss  of  revenue
arising out of or in connection with the performance of our obligations under the contract and/or the

performance,  adequacy  and/or  suitability  of  the  goods  and/or  service  supplied,  including  any  such
damages as may be reasonably foreseeable at the date of the contract.

(b) To the fullest extent that it is permitted to limit liability under the applicable law, and
regardless of any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in the contract , our total cumulative
liability to the purchaser arising from the contract for any acts or omissions whether in contract and/or
in tort (including negligence, economic tort or otherwise) and/or by operation of law and/or by way of
any indemnity obligation arising under the contract or howsoever arising shall in all cases be limited to,
and in no case exceed, either (i) the contract price or £250,000 (two hundred and fifty thousand pounds)
whichever  is  the  lesser  or(ii)  where  the  purchaser’s  claim  is  recoverable  under  our  insurance,  the

aggregate of the sum specified in 21 (b)(i) plus the sums recovered under our insurance.

(c) In the event of there being any ambiguity or discrepancy between the provisions of
this clause 21 and any other clause in the contract then this clause 21 shall take precedence.

(d) Nothing contained in this Clause 21 is intended to, or shall be construed as, limiting
and/or excluding our liability for (i) personal injury and/or death arising out of negligence; (ii) liability for
fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; and/or (iii) any other liability which cannot be limited or excluded
by applicable law.

PATENTS

23 All reasonable care is taken to ensure that the use of the goods in the normal course in the
United Kingdom does  not  infringe  any  patent  or other  intellectual  property  right of  third  parties.  The

purchaser  will  indemnify  us  in  the event of  an  infringement  or  alleged  infringement of  any  patent or
other intellectual property right by us as a consequence of our acting in accordance with instructions,
designs or specifications supplied wholly or in part by the purchaser.

PAYMENT AND TITLE

24 The purchaser shall pay the contract price at the time the same falls due. If the whole or any
part of the contract price shall not be paid at such time, for whatever reason, we reserve the right to
charge  interest  at  2%  per  annum  above  the  base  lending  rate  of  Barclays  Bank  plc  on  the  unpaid
amount  accruing  daily  from  the  due  date  until  the  date  of  payment. Any  interest  which  is  due  to  us
pursuant to this clause will be paid by the purchaser upon our demand.

25 Title to the goods shall not pass to the purchaser until the purchaser has paid in full the contract
price for the goods. If the goods or any part thereof are delivered to the purchaser before the purchaser
has paid the contract price in full for the goods, then the purchaser shall hold the delivered goods as
our bailee and to our order (and comply with such instructions as we shall give in respect thereof) and
any  sums  received  by  the  purchaser  for  or  on  account  of  the  delivered  goods  shall  be  held  by  the

purchaser on behalf of and in trust for us and shall be paid to us by the purchaser on our demand.

26 Where the contract specifies or implies payment against documents and it is the purchaser’s
responsibility to provide transport and such transport is not provided promptly, then we shall be entitled
to  place  the  goods  in  a  warehouse  at  the  risk  and  cost  of  the  purchaser  and  we  may  present  the
warehouse receipt to obtain payment. Any commercial payment documents shall so provide.

WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS
27 Any  warranties  and  guarantees  intended  to  be  provided  by  us  to  the  purchaser  are  those
expressly included herein and in our quotation and no additional warranties, guarantees or
representations  shall  be  implied  into  the  contract  and  are  to  the  fullest  extent  permitted  under  the
applicable law expressly and intentionally excluded. The purchaser acknowledges and agrees that, in

entering  into  a  contract  with  us,  it  does  not  rely  on,  and  shall  have  no  remedy  in  respect  of,  any
statement, representation, warranty or understanding (whether negligently or innocently made) of any
person (whether a party to the contract or not) other than as expressly set out or referred to herein and
in our quotation. For the avoidance of any doubt, nothing herein shall exclude or limit our liability for
fraudulent misrepresentations or shall exclude our liability for any fundamental misrepresentation.

THIRD PARTY RIGHTS
28 A person who is not a party to the contract has no right under the Contract (Rights of Third
Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of the contract but this does not affect any right or remedy of any
third party which exists or is available apart from that Act.

ASSIGNMENT AND SUBCONTRACTING
29 The purchaser shall not assign the contract or delegate the performance of its duties under
the contract unless our prior written consent is given in writing. We reserve the right to sub-contract the
whole or any part of the contract.