| 1. VALIDITY, TERMS OF THIS PURCHASE ORDER: Vendor’s shipment
of goods shall be deemed acceptance of Purchaser’s offer to
purchase contained in the Purchase Order. Any acceptance of the Purchase
Order is limited to acceptance of the express terms of the offer,
including the shipping and billing instructions contained therein
and on the face and back hereof, and any attachments or standing instructions
previously furnished vendor.
2. CANCELLATION AND TERMINATION: Without prejudice to any other
rights or remedies which Purchase may have. Purchaser may cancel the
Purchase Order in whole, or in part if there is any defect in workmanship
or quality of the goods or their packaging or labeling or if there
is any breach of Vendor’s warranties hereunder or if there is
any delay in delivery from instructions or if there is any other breach
of Vendor’s obligations or if Vendor makes an assignment to
the benefit of creditors or if a receiver for Vendor’s assets
or business is appointed.
3. PAYMENT: Purchaser pays from invoice only and payment shall be
deemed extended until the invoice is received without loss of discount.
Terms of payment will be considered from the later of the date of
receipt of the invoice or the date of receipt of goods directly by
Purchaser at its place of business invoices for merchandise received
on or after the 25th will be considered as dated the 1st of the following
month.
4. MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS, CONFORMANCE: Whether or not Vendor
is a merchant of the kind of goods and/or services provided by it.
Vendor warrants that all goods and/or services provided by it: (a)
shall be of good quality and workmanship and free from defects, latent
or patent in materials or workmanship, (b) shall conform in all respects
to all specifications, performance standards, drawings, samples or
descriptions furnished specified or adopted by Purchaser. (c) shall
be merchantable and suitable and sufficient and safe for purposes
for which purchase or apparently intended. If Vendor knows or should
benefit of and shall create direct rights of enforcement and remedy
in Purchaser. None of the remedies available to Purchaser for the
breach of any of the foregoing warranties may limited except to the
extend and in the manner agreed upon by Purchaser in a separate agreement
specifically designating such limitations and signed by a authorized
representative of Purchaser. Purchaser’s inspection and/or acceptance
of and/or payment for goods and/or services shall not constitute a
waiver by it of any warranties. Purchaser’s approval of any
sample or acceptance of any goods shall not relieve Vendor from responsibility
to deliver goods and to perform services conforming in all respects
to the samples.
5. COMPLIANCE: (a) Vendor represents that all merchandise delivered
will have been manufactured in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards
Act of 1936, as amended and the regulations and orders issued thereunder
(b) Vendor represents that any merchandise of fabric furnished which
is subject to flammability standards will have been manufactured in
accordance with the Flammable Fabrics Act of 1953, as amended and
all applicable standards and regulations and will guarantee such compliance
on all invoices (c) Vendor agrees that the labels on any textile fiber
products other than wood products delivered will be in compliance
with the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act. as amended and
all applicable regulations and standards and that the following guaranty
will be placed on all invoices for such textile fiber products. “We
guarantee that the textile fiber products specified herein are not
misbranded nor falsely not deceptively advertised or invoiced under
the provisions of the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act and
Regulations thereunder”. (d) Vendor represents and warrants
that all prices, benefits and allowances collected by or granted in
consequence of the goods and or services purchased are consistently
made available by Vendor on a proportionately equal basis to all persons
who are or may reasonably be expected to be in competition with Purchaser
for the resale thereof. (e) Vendor represents and warrants that all
merchandise delivered shall if applicable meet the requirements of
the Federal Hazardous Substances Act and any regulations or standards
thereunder. (f) shipment by Vendor of any part of the Purchase Order
constitutes a warranty and certification that the merchandise and
services which are the subject matter of the Purchase Order and the
production sale, packaging, labeling, safety and transportation thereof,
and all warranties, guarantees, representations and advertising by
Vendor made or authorized to be made in connection therewith are in
all respects in compliance with al laws, ordinances, rules and regulations
of all government bodies, departments and agencies having jurisdiction
thereof and it is an express provision of the Purchase Order that
Vendor will on request defend and in any event indemnify and save
harmless Purchaser and its agents from an against any and all claims
and determinations to the contrary and all costs and expenses reasonably
incurred by Purchaser in connection therewith including legal expenses.
6. PURCHASER’S INSPECTION: Purchaser shall be under no obligation
to unpack or inspect the merchandise before resale thereof. Vendor
shall be responsible for the consequences of negligent manufacture
and packing and for the consequences of negligent handling prior to
the point where Purchaser assumes ownership.
7. PATENTS, PROPRIETARY RIGHTS, INDEMNIFICATION: Purchaser reserves
the right at its option to return at Vendor’s expense and for
full credit any goods and cancel the Purchase Order where a claim
is made (whether founded or founded) that the purchase, display or
sale by Purchaser intrigues or invades any alleged patent, design,
trade name, trademark, copyright, right or privacy or any other tangible
or intangible personal proprietary or property rights. Vendor agrees
that will upon Purchaser’s request defend and in any event indemnify
Purchaser and hold it harmless from and against any and all liability,
claims, suits, actions, losses, or expenses, including cost and legal
fees relating to or arising by virtue of any such claim of any patent,
design, trademark, right of privacy or other similar actions, suit
or proceedings now existing or hereafter commenced with respect to
any or all goods covered by the Purchase Order whether or not Purchaser
furnishes specifications.
8. HOLD HARMLESS, INDEMNIFICATION: Vendor agrees to indemnify, defend
and hold Purchaser harmless from and against any and all liability
claims, suits, actions, losses, or costs of expenses, including costs
and legal fees relating to or arising by virtue of any claim of demand
of any kind of nature which any buyer of such goods from Purchaser,
or any other person including employees or agents of Vendor, whether
in privity to Purchaser or not, may solely or in combination with
another or others made against Purchaser based upon or arising from
the purchase, sale or use of such goods or from any patent or hidden
defects in the quality of such goods or the dangerous condition hereof,
whether based on claim of breach of express or implied warranty or
any other legal theory based on contract or tort law or if brought
as a class action or not.
9. REMEDIES LIMITATION: In no instance shall Purchaser be liable
to Vendor in excess of the actual Purchase Order cost less applicable
discounts and/or other deductions and no interest or other charges
shall be recognized or paid by Purchaser upon any such Purchase Order
or resulting invoice in addition to and not by way of limitation or
election of the remedies available to Purchaser under the Uniform
Commercial Code. It is specifically agreed: (a) Purchaser may return
at Vendor’s expenses any goods which are not as ordered, which
do not comply with the Purchase Order or which are shipped late. (b)
Vendor agrees to refund the full purchase price if then paid and to
accept the return at its expenses and risk of all orders not delivered
at the time specified or not equivalent to the sample submitted or
examined, or damaged or not fit for sale, or differing from the amount
ordered, or not conforming to all specification terms and provisions
of the Purchase Order and to all warranties and guarantees set forth
hereunder Vendor shall pay to Purchaser all incidental and consequential
damages suffered by Purchaser for any goods returned by Purchaser
or any goods not delivered by Vender (c) Vendor shall pay Purchaser
a handling charge with respect to any merchandise that is received
as an overshipment was not ordered, is a Vendor substitution is defective
or deviates from other dates, (d) Vendor shall pay Purchaser the full
price of all merchandise together with a handling charge for returns
by Purchaser in accordance with these terms. At Purchaser’s
election such payment will be in cash or as a deduction against outstanding
invoices. Purchaser shall not be obligated to take a credit against
future purchases.
10. CONFIDENTIALITY: Vendor shall not without first obtaining Purchaser’s
written consent disclose the fact that Purchaser has ordered the items
covered by this Purchase Order; not except as required for Vendor’s
performance, disclose any of the details associated with the Purchase
Order to any other party Unless otherwise agreed in writing, no commercial
or technical information disclosed or supplied by Vendor to Purchaser
shall be deemed secret or confidential and Vendor shall have no rights
against Purchaser with respect thereto except such rights as may exist
under applicable patent law.
11. ASSIGNMENT: The Purchase order and any right or obligation or
performance hereunder is not assignable or delegable by Vender without
prior written consent of Purchaser and any such attempt at assignment
or delegation shall be void and ineffective for all purposes. No invoices
may be rendered by any other party than the named Vendor without Purchaser’s
written permission.
12. CHANGES TO PURCHASE ORDER: Vendor shall make no changes to the
Purchase Order without Purchaser’s express prior written consent.
13. APPLICABLE LAW: Purchaser and Vendor expressly agree that all
rights and duties under the Purchase Order and any contract arising
therefrom shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of Illinois.
14. INVALIDITY/NON-WAIVER/COURSE OF DEALING: The invalidity in whole
or in part of any condition of the Purchase Order shall not affect
the validity of any other conditions. The remedies herein reserved
shall be cumulative and additional to any other remedies in law or
in equity. No failure on the part of Purchaser to exercise and no
delay in exercising, any right hereunder will operate as a waiver
thereof. No express waiver shall operate beyond the express terms
thereof nor waive the same provisions at any future date. Purchaser’s
right to require strict observance and performance of each of the
terms and provisions hereof shall not be affected by concurrent waiver
of any other item or provision or by any previous waiver, forebearance
or course of dealing.
15. SHIPPING AND ROUTING: Vender shall follow shipping instructions,
if any, shown on the Purchaser Order or shipment will be considered
FOB Purchaser’s stores. Vendor shall show on any Bill of Lading
the Purchase Order number, carton number and number of cartons in
the shipment. Vendor invoice number, name of carrier or carriers and
full routing to destination. Vendor shall have Bill of Lading signed
by shipper and by carrier or carriers.
16. ENTIRE AGREEMENT: The Purchase Order, and any documents referred
to herein shall constitute the entire agreement between parties. The
terms hereof can be added to or modified only by a writing signed
by an authorized agent of Purchaser.
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