Newgate (Newark) Ltd Terms and Conditions

Terms and Conditions of Installation
1. The company will acknowledge any order involving installation, service or repair work by the company’s engineers, in writing, following receipt of the customer’s official order.  The order acknowledgement will confirm the date of the commencement for installation and whether any preparation work by others is required prior to the scheduled date for commencement, together with any details of final survey which will be undertaken by a company engineer.

2. Any failure to advise the company in writing of any change or revision of the date of commencement may result in charges being imposed to cover costs incurred by the company.  Should this confirmation of cancellation or postponement not be received by the company within 5 normal working days prior to the scheduled start date, the company reserves the right to charge labour time and travel expenses, currently rated at a minimum of £250.00 per man, per day scheduled on site.

3. The company may similarly charge on a pro-rata basis for such expenses owing to abortive site visits for any reason beyond the company’s control such as, for example, the non-preparation of items agreed or the non-commissioning of the mains power supply etc.

4. A final survey will be undertaken by a company engineer prior to full acceptance of contractual liability by the company.

5. All conduit/trunking and wiring will be undertaken in compliance with the 16th Editions IEE.

6. A mains power supply must be commissioned by others, terminating in a suitable isolator/fused spur.

7. The customer will provide safe and secure storage for all goods delivered to site that are not due for installation on the date of delivery.

8. Assistance with offloading and placing of equipment adjacent to the work area will be required and where appropriate, craneage or lifting of heavy items into the installed position.

9.  Free and unobstructed access must be provided during the period of installation.  Time lost owing to any infringement of   this condition will be chargeable at daywork rates or the relelvant premium rate where applicable.

10.  The company engineer(s) must be provided with free use of 240/110v AC mains power for power tools within the work area.

11. The customer must ensure that adequate lighting will be freely available in the work area for the duration of the installation.

12. The customer must inform the company, in writing, at least 14 working days prior to commencement of installation, of any special requirements pertaining to hazardous working conditions, age limitations, medicals, permits of work etc.

13.  The company will charge the customer for it’s own cost against specialist equipment and  plant hire, clothing, power tools or any other article required as a condition of installation by
       the customer.

14.  Installation will be undertaken during normal working hours, i.e. 0800-1800 hours, Monday to Friday, unless otherwise agreed in writing to the company.

15. Any additional work or equipment specified by the customer during the period of installation must be confirmed in writing to the company prior to the work being carried out.  Alternatively, authorisation must be confirmed on the engineers work sheet and signed by the customer’s authorised signatory. In this event the company will raise an additional invoice to cover the additional work and materials or products authorised.
               
16. (Engineers Survey)  The purpose of the engineers survey is to confirm the technical suitability of the equipment specified and to discuss any civil or electrical preparatory work to be done by others.  Additional visits, on a “consultancy” basis, can be organised but will be chargeable at £250.00 per day.

The company will confirm any amendments to specification or conditions on installation, following the survey, if appropriate.

Terms and Conditions of Sale
These conditions of sale apply to all quotations issued by NEWGATE (NEWARK) LIMITED - hereinafter referred to as “The Company” - and apply to all  Orders or Contracts accepted by the company.   

VALIDITY:  The period for which all Quotations issued by The Company shall be valid is only 30 days from the date of issue, unless such period is expressly modified by the mention in the Quotation.

DESIGN, PATENT, COPYRIGHTS ETC:  All Design Rights, Patent Right and Copyrights, including any Listings, Drawings and Specifications, are hereby specifically excluded from the benefits to Purchaser which are the subject of Quotations issued or Orders/Contracts accepted by The Company.  All technical or other information issued by The Company is so issued in good faith, without liability for errors or omissions and without liability in respect of information supplied by others.   

GUARANTEES & WARRANTIES:  All goods supplied and work done by The Company shall be good quality and suitable for operation in the manner intended by The Company as expressed in the Company’s Quotation or order acceptance.  However, The Company shall in no way be liable for the consequences of use or non-use of the equipment or services supplied.  In the event of any defect appearing in The Company’s materials or workmanship, The Company will replace free of charge any defective component, or make good defective workmanship provided the Purchaser notifies The Company, and gives full access to the equipment within SIX months of the date on which the goods were despatched by The Company, but after that period a charge will be made by  The Company.

DESPATCH PERIOD(S):  Mentioned in the Company’s Quotation(s) or letter(s) of acceptance are estimates only, made in good faith, and are based on the Company having full and sufficient information to enable the Company to proceed uninterruptedly.  In the event of anything happening beyond the reasonable control of the Company to interrupt such period, a revised despatch period shall be negotiated by the Company with the Purchaser without penalty to the Company.     DELIVERY TO SITE AND OFFLOADING WILL ONLY BE CARRIED OUT BY OR ON behalf of  the Company to the extent specified in the Company’s Quotation, based on the Purchaser providing to the Company full information as to site location and/or despatch address at the time of issue of an Order  or Contract.

ALTERATIONS:  To an  Order or Contract will only be put unto effect when revised price(s), despatch period(s) etc., have been agreed.

CANCELLATION: Of an Order or Contract that has been accepted will only be put into effect if the Purchaser agrees to pay the full amount(s) notified by the Company in respect of value of materials and labour committed, together with a reasonable amount towards overheads, loss of profit(s) and cost of disturbance of the Company’s manufacturing programme.

TERMS OF PAYMENT:  For goods supplied nett cash (including V.A.T. where applicable) within 28 days of delivery - unless specifically agreed otherwise by the Company in writing in special cases.  The ownership of the goods which form the subject matter of the contract shall pass to you only when those goods have been paid for in full to us or to our appointed agent.  In the event of you obtaining possession of the goods prior to making payment for them you will, until the date of payment, if we so require, keep the goods stored separately.  In the absence of such request you will be entitled to use the goods in the ordinary course of your business.  Should you subject the goods to any manufacturing process or mix them in any way, the product of such manufacturing process or admixture will pass into our ownership as security for payment of the purchase price of the goods forming the subject matter of the Contract, and you will notify us immediately upon the commencing of any such manufacturing process or upon commencing to mix the goods in any way so that we may register a charge over the processed goods or admixture of the goods.  Further, until you have paid us in full for the goods you shall hold the goods; or in the event of processed goods (as above), or admixture of the goods, you will hold the resulting product; or in the event of the sale or hire of the goods in their original state, or altered form by reason of processing or admixture you will hold the proceeds of such sale or hire; on trust for us.  In the event of sale or hire of the original goods or processed or mixed goods by yourselves in the ordinary course of your business, until you discharge all your indebtedness to us, you will assign your rights to recover the selling price or hiring charges from third parties concerned to us, if we require, in writing, such an assignment.

INTERPRETATION:  Of these Conditions and the Contract is in accordance with English Law - whatever the ultimate destination of the goods.

ARBITRATION:  In the event of any dispute arising as to the interpretation of these Conditions and the conduct of the parties hereto, the matter(s) shall be referred to arbitration, in accordance with the Arbitration Act 1960, and subsequent legislation and application thereof.

Where installation and Commissioning on Site is included, the following additional conditions shall apply:

INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING:  Quotations are issued and Orders accepted on the basis that full and sufficient access will be given by the Purchaser to the Company, including power supplies and offloading facilities where necessary, to enable the work of installation and commissioning to be carried out in one visit; the Company reserves the right to charge extra on the event of there being any variation in this, however, such variation is caused.

GUARANTEES & WARRANTIES:  Described above shall run from the date of completion of commissioning of each unit, instead of date despatched.  In the event of there being any defect in the Company’s materials or workmanship under normal operation of the equipment, the Company reserves the right to visit site and rectify at the company’s own expense; if such defect does no relate to the Company’s materials or workmanship, the cost of the visit shall be paid for by the purchaser.   COMMISSIONING CERTIFICATES:  These are not normally issued, unless specifically included in the Company’s Quotation.

TAKING OVER of the equipment shall be upon completion of Commissioning and the receipt by the Company of payment in full.

TERMS OF PAYMENT:  For goods supplied, installed and commissioned by the Company shall, unless specified otherwise in the company’s Quotation, be as follows:-
80% of the quoted price(s) within 28 days of despatch of the goods to site.  (To the 80% amount shall be added all the V.A.T. amount relevant to the full contract) and 20% of the quoted price(s) within 28 days of Commissioning of the goods on site.

CIVIL WORKS, FOUNDATIONS & DUCTING OF POWER & CONTROL CABLES are, unless specified otherwise in the quotation, normally carried out by the Purchaser to information supplied by the Company, but all or part(s) of this work can be carried out by the Company by prior arrangement, confirmed in writing.   TIME FOR COMPLETION  Shall be the despatch period (see clause above) and the Installation and Commissioning period, as estimated in the Company’s quotation.  Due to the wide variety of circumstances encountered on different sites, the latter period is in no way guaranteed, but installation and commissioning work will be carried out promptly and effectively once access to site is granted.