- Quotations and Acceptance:
- Quotations are valid
for a period of sixty (60) days from
date of quotation, and represent no
obligation until Measurement
Specialties, Inc. (hereafter MEAS)
accepts the written Purchase order.
- In the event of
inconsistency between MEASUREMENT
SPECIALTIES and the Purchaser's
conditions, MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES
shall prevail. No variation of
MEAS's conditions shall be binding
upon MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES unless
and until the variation has been
accepted in writing by a duly
authorized person on behalf of MEAS.
- Price and Delivery:
- Unless otherwise agreed,
Delivery will be F.O.B. Origin and
goods will be packed to normal
specification in non-returnable
packaging. Transportation will be
arranged at the request and at the
expense of the Purchaser. Where
applicable, COD charges will be
added to the price of the goods.
- Any delivery period quoted is an
estimate only and commences from
MEAS’s acknowledgment of the
Purchaser's order. The sole remedy
of Purchaser for failure of
MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES to deliver
in a timely manner shall be for
Purchaser to acquire the goods from
another source, in which case said
quantity shall be eliminated from
this contract, and Purchaser shall
have no claim against MEASUREMENT
SPECIALTIES for damages.
- MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES reserves
the right to deliver in more than
one lot and to invoice each lot
separately.
- Shortages, defective or damaged
goods must be reported to
MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES within
thirty (30) days of Delivery. All
goods are shipped at Purchaser's
risk and claims for goods damaged or
lost in transit should be filed by
the consignee direct with the
transportation company.
- All returned materials must have
a Returned Materials Authorization (RMA)
number issued by MEAS. This
authorization is valid for a period
of 30 days. Returns at the customer
convenience are limited to standard,
catalog items, and are subject to a
$100 or 15% restocking fee,
whichever is greater, excluding
freight charges. Returned materials
for Quality Complaints will be
evaluated by the quality department
and a credit issued when the
complaint is approved. Customer
specific products may not be
returned except for Quality
Complaints or MEASUREMENT
SPECIALTIES error.
- For all Customer Specific
Products, MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES
reserves the right for a shipping
tolerance of "5% for each shipment
and for the total order.
Cancellation charges and/or
inventory carrying costs may be
imposed for products when orders are
canceled or modified within eight
weeks of the scheduled ship date.
- Title and Risk of Loss:
- Title will pass to the Purchaser
only on receipt by MEASUREMENT
SPECIALTIES of payment for the full
invoice price of the goods.
- Risk of loss shall pass to the
Purchaser on leaving MEASUREMENT
SPECIALTIES premises.
- Payment:
- Payment shall be due 30 days
from date of invoice, subject to
credit approval, except where
MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES stipulates
CWO or COD terms. Payment shall not
be withheld on account of any claim
by the Purchaser against MEAS.
MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES reserves the
right to charge interest at 1.5% per
month on any sum outstanding after
the due date.
- MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES reserves
the right, among other remedies,
either to cancel this contract or to
suspend further deliveries under it
in the event Buyer fails to pay for
any one shipment when payment
becomes due. Should Buyer's
financial responsibility become
unsatisfactory to MEAS, cash
payments or satisfactory security
may be required by MEAS.
- Any tax, duty, custom, or other
fee of any nature imposed upon this
transaction by any federal, state,
or local government authority shall
be paid by the Purchaser, in
addition to the price quoted or
invoiced. In the event MEASUREMENT
SPECIALTIES is required to prepay
any such tax, Purchaser will
reimburse MEAS.
- Unless specifically otherwise
stated, all payments are to be made
in United States Dollars ($), with
the payment check drawn on a US
Bank. All banking charges, if any,
are to be pre-paid by the Purchaser.
- Technical Assistance and Data:
MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES may, at
Purchaser's request, furnish technical
assistance, advice and information with
respect to the goods supplied under this
Contract, if and to the extent that such
assistance, advice and information is
readily available, except for
proprietary techniques or procedures. It
is expressly agreed that there is no
obligation to provide such information,
and that the information is subject to
the limitation of liability in paragraph
10 below. MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES
accepts no liability in contract, tort
or otherwise for any damages or injury
arising directly or indirectly from any
error or omission in such technical data
or literature.
- Warranty:
- MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES warrants
title to the product sold hereunder
and that for a period of 1 year from
Delivery it conforms to MEASUREMENT
SPECIALTIES specifications and is
free from defects in material and
workmanship. If the product fails to
meet said warranties, MEASUREMENT
SPECIALTIES shall replace/repair the
non-conforming product at no cost to
Buyer. The foregoing is Buyer's sole
and exclusive remedy for failure of
MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES to deliver
or supply product that meets the
foregoing warranties. MEASUREMENT
SPECIALTIES MAKES NO OTHER WARRANTY
OF ANY KIND EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS OF THE
PRODUCT FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE
EVEN IF THAT PURPOSE IS KNOWN TO
MEAS, OR ANY WARRANTY RELATING TO
PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, COPYRIGHTS OR
OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
- Purchaser warrants that the
designs and specifications furnished
by it to MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES
will not infringe any patent,
trademark or copyright with respect
to the manufacture and sale of the
resulting products.
- Tools: Tools made for the
manufacture of goods to be supplied
under the contract and the copyright
therein remain MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES
property notwithstanding that the
Purchaser may have been debited with any
sum in respect of their cost.
- Excusable Delays: No
liability shall result from delay in
performance or non-performance in whole
or in part if performance as agreed has
been made impracticable by compliance in
good faith with any applicable foreign
or domestic governmental regulation or
order whether or not it later proves to
be invalid, or by the occurrence of a
contingency the non-occurrence of which
was a basic assumption on which this
contract was made, including, but not
limited to, acts of God, fire, flood,
accident, riot, war, sabotage, strike,
labor trouble or shortage, or embargo.
MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES inability to
obtain at prices and on terms deemed by
it to be practicable any required raw
material, energy source, equipment,
labor, or transportation, or any
increased costs due to capital
improvements for environmental
protection shall also be sufficient to
relieve MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES of its
obligation to perform hereunder. If any
of such circumstances affect only a part
of MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES capacity to
perform, MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES shall
have the right to allocate production
and deliveries among all of its
customers and its own requirements in a
manner and at such times as MEASUREMENT
SPECIALTIES may determine. Quantities
affected by this paragraph may, at the
option of either party, be eliminated
from the contract without liability, but
the contract shall remain otherwise
unaffected.
- Indemnification: Buyer agrees
to indemnify, defend and hold
MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES harmless from
and against that portion of any
liability, cost, expense (including
reasonable attorneys' fees), claim,
judgment, settlement or damage that
MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES may be required
to pay to any third party (including,
but not limited to, any employee of
Buyer who alleges or proves that he or
she has been injured in the course of
his or her employment while working with
the products supplied by the MEASUREMENT
SPECIALTIES under this agreement), which
is caused or contributed to by the
negligence or fault of Buyer; or ii)
results from the infringement of any
patent, trademark or copyright related
to the products (or designs and
specifications therefore) supplied to
Buyer hereunder. In case the Buyer
resells the products supplied by the
MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES under this
agreement, Buyer will request and if
possible obtain from its purchaser an
indemnification similar to the foregoing
for the benefit of Buyer and MEAS.
- Limitation of Liability:
MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES shall not be
liable on contract, tort or otherwise
for any loss or damage suffered by the
Purchaser whatsoever or howsoever
arising out of or in connection with the
supply of goods or services by
MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES other than to
supply goods conforming to the original
agreed specifications or at MEASUREMENT
SPECIALTIES option to refund to the
Purchaser any monies already paid in
respect of the goods. MEASUREMENT
SPECIALTIES liability with respect to
this contract and the products purchased
under it shall not exceed the purchase
price of the portion of such product as
to which liability arises and
MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES shall not be
liable for any injury, loss or damage,
resulting from the handling or use of
the product shipped hereunder whether in
manufacturing process or otherwise. In
no event shall MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES
be liable for special, incidental or
consequential damages, including, but
not limited to, loss of profits, capital
or business opportunity; downtime costs;
or claims of customers of Buyer. Failure
to give MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES notice
of any claim within 30 days of Delivery
of the product concerned shall
constitute a waiver of such claim by
Buyer. Notwithstanding any applicable
statute of limitations to the contrary,
any action by Buyer relating to a claim
hereunder must be instituted no later
than two (2) years after the occurrence
of the event upon which the claim is
based. All of the foregoing limitations
shall apply irrespective of whether
Buyer's claim is based upon breach of
contract, breach of warranty,
negligence, strict liability, or any
other legal theory.
- Termination: If the Purchaser
commits any breach of the terms and
conditions of the contract or suffers
distress or execution or becomes
insolvent or commits an act of
bankruptcy or enters into any
arrangement or composition with his
creditors or goes or is put into
liquidation (other than solely for
amalgamation or reconstruction while
solvent) or if a receiver is appointed
over any part of the Purchaser's
business, MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES may
without prejudice to any rights which
may have accrued or which may accrue to
it terminate the contract summarily by
notice in writing.
- Entire Agreement: This
agreement constitutes the entire
contract of sale and purchase of the
product herein named. It is not
assignable by Buyer without the written
consent of MEAS. No modification of this
contract shall be of any force or effect
unless in writing signed by the parties
and no modification shall be effected by
the acknowledgment or acceptance of
purchase order forms containing
different terms or conditions.
- Governing Law: This contract
shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the
Commonwealth of Virginia. Any lawsuit
brought by Buyer arising out of the
transactions covered hereunder shall be
instituted in the appropriate state or
federal court located in the City of
Norfolk, Virginia, and Buyer further
submits itself to the jurisdiction of
said courts in the event MEASUREMENT
SPECIALTIES elects to institute any
action in said courts.
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