Terms & Conditions of Purchase | Blue Chip Technology

1.1 In these conditions (unless the context otherwise required):

(a) “the Buyer” shall mean Blue Chip Technology Limited;

(b) “the Contract” means the contract between-the Buyer and the Seller for the sale and purchase of the Goods and/or the supply and acquisition of the Services.

(d) “the Order” means the order placed by the Buyer for the supply of the Goodsand/or the performance of the Services;

(e) “the Seller” shall mean the person, firm or company to whom the Order is addressed;

(f) “the Services” means the services (if any) described in the Order.

(g) “the Specifications” means the technical or other requirements (if any) for the Goods or the Services contained or referred to in the Order:

(h) words in the singular shall include the plural and vice versa, references to any gender shall include the others and references to legal persons shall include natural persons and vice versa.

2.1 These conditions shall apply to the Contract to the exclusion of any other terms and conditions contained or referred to in any acknowledgement of order, form of contract, letter or other communication sent by the Seller to the Buyer

2.2 Any concession made or latitude allowed by the Buyer to the Seller shall not affect the strict rights of the Buyer under the Contract.

2.3 If in any particular case any of these conditions shall be held to be invalid or shall not apply to the Contract the other conditions shall continue in full force and effect.

2.4 No variation to the Order or these conditions shall be binding unless expressly agreed in writing by the Buyer and signed on its behalf.

2.5 The headings in these conditions are intended for reference only and do not affect their construction.

3.1 The Buyer shall be bound by the Order only if it is placed on its official order form unless otherwise agreed in writing

4.1 Without prejudice to any other rights the Buyer may have the Seller warrants to the Buyer that:

(a) the Goods will:

(i) conform as to quantity, quality and description with the particulars stated in the Contract; ,

(ii) (without prejudice to 4.1(i)above) be of merchantable quality and fit for the purpose held out by the Seller or made known to it either expressly or by implication by the Buyer.

(iii) be equal in all respects to any samples or patterns provided by either party and accepted by the other and to the Specifications;

(iv) be capable of any standard of performance specified in the Contract;

(v) comply with all statutory requirements relating to the manufacture and sale of the Goods at the time when the same are supplied

(b) the Service will be performed by appropriately qualified and trained personnel with all due care and diligence and to the highest standard of quality prevailing in industry at the time of performance.

5.1 The Buyer shall be entitled to inspect and test the Goods during manufacture, processing and storage and the Seller shall at its own cost provide or shall procure the provision of all such facilities as may reasonably be required by the Buyer therefor.

5.2 If as a result of any inspection or test under clause 5,1 of this condition 5 the Buyer’s representative is of the reasonable opinion that the Goods or the Services do not comply with the Contract or are unlikely on completion of manufacture or processing so to comply he may inform the Seller accordingly and the Seller promptly take such steps as may be necessary to ensure such compliance.

6.1 The Goods shall be properly packed and secured in such a manner as to reach their destination in good condition having regard to the nature of the Goods and the other circumstances of the case.

6.2 The Goods shall be delivered and the Services performed by the Seller at the time or within the period specified in the Contract and delivered to and performed for the Buyer at the Buyer’s premises at Chowley Oak, Tattenhall, Chester, Cheshire, CH3 9EX, UK and in the manner specified in the Contract. Delivery shall take place between 9

6.3 The Buyer shall when giving notice of rejection specify the reason therefor and the Seller shall remove the Goods. In such case the Seller shall:

(a) at the Buyer’s option:

(i) replace such rejected Goods with goods which are in all respects in accordance with the Contract; or

(ii) credit the Buyer with the invoice price thereof.

(b) reimburse the Buyer all freight and handling costs reasonably incurred by the Buyer and/or for which it may be liable in respect of such Goods; and

(c) reimburse the Buyer all freight and handling costs reasonably incurred by the Buyer in the implementation of a stock recovery, recall or market withdrawal of the Goods or similar goods previously supplied by the Seller in any part of the world.

10.1 Payment shall be made within the period after delivery of the Goods or performance of the Services specified in the Contract or if delivery is postponed at the Buyer’s request as provided in condition 7 within the same period after the date of such postponement.

11.1 The Seller shall not without the Buyer’s prior written consent assign or transfer the Contract or any of its rights or obligations thereunder to any other person, firm or company.

12.1 Without prejudice to any other rights, if the Seller:

(a) being an individual, (or when the Seller is a firm, any partner in that firm) shall at any time become apparently insolvent; or

(b) shall have a receiving order or administration order made against him or shall make any composition or arrangement with or for the benefit of his creditors; or

(c) being a company, shall pass a resolution or the Court shall make an order that the Company shall be wound up (not being a Member’s winding up for the purpose of reconstruction or amalgamation); or

(d) shall have a receiver, administrative receiver or administrator appointed of the whole or any part of its assets; then the Buyer shall be at liberty to cancel the Contract summarily by notice in writing without compensation to the Seller.

13.1 Without prejudice to any other remedies of the Buyer, the Seller shall forthwith upon a request by the Buyer so to do:

(a) replace or (at the Buyer’s option) repair all Goods which are or become defective during the period of twelve months from the date of delivery where such defect occurs under proper usage and is due to faulty design, or inadequate or faulty materials or workmanship, the Seller’s erroneous instructions as to use, erroneous data or any breach by the Seller of any provision of the Contract. Repairs and replacements shall themselves be subject to the foregoing obligations for a period of twelve months from the date of delivery, reinstallation or passing of test (if any) whichever is appropriate after repair or replacement;

(b) re-perform any services found to have been performed defectively within twelve months of the date of their performance.

14.1 The Seller shall indemnify the Buyer against all actions, suits, claims, demands, costs, charges, damages, losses and expenses suffered or incurred by the Buyer and/or for which it may be liable to any third party due to, arising from or in connection with:

(a) the negligent or wilful acts or omissions of the Seller, its employees, agents or contractors in supplying, delivering and installing the Goods or performing the Services;

(b) the breach of any provision of the Contract by the Seller,

(d) any infringement or alleged infringement of any patent, copyright registered design, design right, trade mark, trade name or other intellectual property right for or relating to the Goods or the Services unless such infringement has occurred directly as a result of any specification supplied by the Buyer; and

(e) any liability under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 in respect of the Goods.

15.1 The Buyer shall not be liable to the Seller or deemed to be in breach of contract by reason of any delay in performance or any failure to perform any of its obligations in relation to the Goods or the Services, if the delay or failure was beyond its reasonable control including (but not limited to) strikes, lock-outs, accidents, war, fire, reduction in or unavailability of power or breakdown of plant or machinery. If the cause of such suspension shall continue for more than six months either party shall have the right to terminate the Contract upon giving not less than seven days’ prior written notice to the other and the only liability of the Buyer shall be to pay the Seller for Goods received by the Buyer and Services performed prior to date of such suspension.

16.1 The Contract shall in all respects be governed by and construed in accordance with English Law and shall be deemed to have been made in England and the parties agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.

16.2 For software supply – By accepting this Order you warrant that the products supplied have Year 2000 conformity as defined in the British Standards Institution “Definition of Year 2000 Conformity Requirements Document DISC PD2000-1” and that any software has “general integrity” and “date” integrity as specified in Rules 1 and 2 of such Definition.

For non software supply or products with embedded software:

By accepting this order, you warrant that you have audited your systems and software and other production facilities for IT 2000 compliance and you shall be able to continue to supply us as you do now and with the current standards and requirements of the contract between us both, during and after the year 2000.

17.0 Any Goods supplied must be compliant with the Directives below, the Seller must be able to provide evidence of compliance.

RoHS: EU Directives 2011/65/EU on Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive and 2015/863 amending Annex II to Directive 2011/65/EU
REACH: EC Regulation No 1907/2006 on Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals)
Conflict Minerals: As defined in the U.S. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act § 1502(b), implementing legislation and rules
WEEE: EU Directive 2002/96/EC on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Document Rev 3.0, dated 15/08/2018.