Terms and Conditions
1. DEFINITIONS
“THE COMPANY” is Falcon Security Systems ltd trading as Falcon Fire & Security being the organisation responsible for the design, installation, maintenance and or monitoring of the installation which is the subject of this Contract, sometimes referred to as “our” or “we” in these Terms and Conditions.
“THE CUSTOMER” is the person or organisation being a signatory to this Contract, sometimes referred to as “you” or “your” in these Terms and Conditions.
“THE PREMISES” are the premises set out in the Specification.
“THE INSTALLATION” is the installed system defined in the Specification.
“INSTALLATION STANDARD” is the standard to which the equipment is to be installed and/or maintained together with any other formal requirements stipulated as a condition of the regulatory body by which the Company is approved.
“CONTRACT” means the Quotation, Specification, Maintenance and Acceptance together with these Terms and Conditions.
“SPECIFICATION” means the design specification which defines the level of protection, surveillance or access control afforded by the Installation as described in the quotation document. It is an integral part of this Contract.
“EQUIPMENT” means any hardware, firmware or software supplied and installed by the Company.
“QUOTATION” means the proposed price for the equipment, its installation and/or maintenance and monitoring as itemised in this Contract.
“ALARM RECEIVING CENTRE” means a continuously manned remote centre to which alarm activations and/or video data are signalled and can be passed to the relevant response authority (e.g. police, fire brigade, key holder).
“HANDOVER DATE” means the date on which the Installation is completed (notwithstanding that connection of any remote signalling is outstanding) and the Handover Completion Certificate has been signed.
“PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE” means the routine inspection of the Installation to verify that it continues to function in accordance with its Specification and to identify and rectify any items found faulty worn or in need of scheduled replacement.
“CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE” means the investigation and repair of faults reported by the Customer, including false alarms from intruder alarm systems.
“SERVICE CALL” means any scheduled attendance by the company to your premises for repair, installation, survey, maintenance or investigative purpose.
2. GENERAL
Acceptance of this contract, signified by the signature of each party, includes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions along with any other requirements defined in the Specification. For the purposes of interpretation, where the requirements of the Specification conflict with any clauses of these Terms and Conditions, the Specification requirements shall take precedence. All other terms and conditions not contained in or implied by the Contract are excluded. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions, either stated or implied, shall detract from the Customer’s statutory rights.
3. COSTS
i) The quoted costs may be revised if:
a) You want the work carried out more urgently than agreed, or
b) You change the Specification, or
c) Your premises are in some way unsuitable for the equipment, and this was not apparent from our original survey or there are circumstances about which we should have been made aware, or
d) There are any other special circumstances we are not aware of when supplying our original quotation.
ii) All telephone line or broadband installation, rental and call charges are the responsibility of the Customer, unless part of our Specification.
iii) Payment is due upon presentation of a valid invoice. If you are late in paying us, we may charge you interest at the rate of 4% per year over the base rate of Barclays Bank plc from the due date until the date we receive payment. You agree to take reasonable care of the Equipment on our behalf until you have paid for it. Any costs however incurred by the company in collecting debts that are overdue will be recoverable in full.
iv) Our maintenance and / or monitoring charges may increase from year to year in line with inflation.
v) Installation work is normally carried out during usual working hours of 8.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday except statutory holidays. Requests made by the Customer to install outside these hours may incur additional charges. See 3(i) above.
vi) Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the Quotation does not include additional work such as redecoration, making good, carpet laying or building work, although we will take all reasonable care of your premises. Additional charges may be made if our engineers are not provided with access to doors, shutters, windows or other areas where cables and equipment needs to be installed.
vii) Any equipment forming part of the installation which is not sold to the Customer, shall remain the property of the Company and will be maintained and/or replaced at the Company’s expense unless failure was attributed to any of the causes given in 7 (i). Any equipment which remains the property of the Company shall be defined in the system Specification. We reserve the right to recover such equipment on termination of the maintenance contract.
4. COMPANY’S OBLIGATIONS
i) We agree to complete the installation and hand it over in good working order conforming to the Installation Standard declared in the Specification. We will seek your agreement should changes to the specification be required during the installation, where possible this will be in writing.
ii) Upon completion and commissioning of the installation we shall provide necessary training and will require you to sign a handover certificate. Third party (accreditation body) Certificates of Conformity where relevant will only be provided once the Equipment has been paid for in full.
iii) We agree that, if any of the Equipment or our workmanship is faulty in the first twelve months, it will be repaired or replaced at our expense, including call-out, provided you let us know as soon as the fault occurs, and provided the equipment has been paid for in full. The Company will not be liable for the costs of any work, repairs or replacement of equipment which results from fire, electrical power surge, storm, flood, accident, neglect, misuse or malicious/third party damage.
iv) The annual maintenance and remote monitoring facilities commence upon handover of the installation and continues from year to year until cancelled in writing giving not less than two months’ notice.
v) We will endeavor to keep maintained customers informed about developments and updates or third party provided APPs, including those that relate to intruder alarms, access control and door entry systems, and CCTV systems. Continuity of APP functionality may not be supported to non maintained customers.
vi) Maintained customers are entitled to receive a four hour response time to reported faults, which includes telephone response initially. Out of hours, site attendance will only ever occur after an initial telephone conversation with the on-call service engineer. Faults relating to a third party APP(s) may only be dealt with during working hours and only for maintained customers.
5. CUSTOMER’S OBLIGATIONS
i) You agree to give us and our workers full access to your premises to survey, measure, install, test and service the Equipment. You also agree to provide an adequate electricity supply for the Equipment to operate correctly. If our work is interrupted or delayed because of a problem with access, or the electricity supply is inadequate, we may make an extra charge. We are not liable if completion is delayed due to the unavailability of signalling transmission facilities or other circumstances beyond our control . By signing the contract with us, you guarantee that you have full authority to allow the installation and no other consent is needed.
ii) You agree to ensure the premises is as found or as described during survey at the time of installation. If there are variations to the premises as found or as described between survey and installation then the company may make an extra charge if additional materials or labour are required to complete the installation.
iii) You must not interfere with, or allow anyone else to interfere with, adjust, service or attempt to repair or reset the Equipment at any time. Failure to comply will mean you may not be able to hold the company responsible for failures of the equipment and / or may invalidate our contract.
iv) If the Equipment activates to an Alarm Receiving Centre, you need to let us know as soon as possible. Failure to do so may affect liability. If the Equipment needs to be reset, we may charge you at our usual rates then in force.
v) You will need to let us know in advance if any third party intends to carry out work on any telephone lines or internet routers or any third-party device through which the Equipment passes within your premises, as this may affect the Equipment’s effectiveness; and the company may apply charges if any remedial work to the equipment is required following this work.
vi) The Equipment does not belong to you until it has been paid for in full. If you do not pay the balance of the installation charge when it is due, we have the right to remove the Equipment from your Premises, without notice. By agreeing to the contract with us, you irrevocably authorise us or our agent to enter your Premises to remove the Equipment if payment remains outstanding
vii) If you cancel our contract less than five days before installation, we may charge you for any equipment we have bought for your Premises and make a reasonable charge for damages for breach of contract.
viii) If the Equipment is connected to an Alarm or Video Receiving Centre, it is your responsibility to make sure that the telephone line or broadband / internet service is working properly and the account is correctly maintained.
ix) You need to notify us of any change in the layout of your Premises, as this may affect the effectiveness of the Equipment to detect movement or intrusion; or whether the installation still complies with the system grade and category defined in the specification.
x) You agree to permit the Company’s staff and representatives of its regulatory body (only whilst accompanied by the Company’s staff) access to the installation for the purpose of maintenance or inspection.
6. MAINTENANCE, SERVICE CALLS AND MONITORING
i) In return for payment of the maintenance charge, the Company will maintain the Installation in accordance with the installation standard and respond to your emergency calls for assistance.
ii) You must give at least 48 hours’ notice of a cancellation of a scheduled visit. Failure to do so may result in a charge being made.
iii) If we have to attend the Premises, or repair the Equipment between routine maintenance visits, we will make a charge at our usual rates unless the work is covered by Clause 4(iii).
iv) The annual maintenance charge does not include replacement parts or batteries. If necessary these will be charged in addition to the annual charge.
v) Where the installation is monitored by an Alarm Receiving Centre whether for direct response by emergency services (e.g. Police or fire brigade), it shall be a condition of such monitoring that an annual contract for Routine Maintenance exists between the Customer and the Company. Routine maintenance visits shall be undertaken by the Company as required in the Installation Standard or this Contract – and one of the annual maintenance checks may be completed remotely.
vi) Changes to your router may affect whether the installed Equipment can signal to the alarm receiving centre; or whether you can connect to it via a remote APP or browser. Rectification may only be possible by a chargeable visit to your Premises.
7. LIABILITY
The Company does not know, and shall not be deemed to know, the true value of the Customer’s property or premises and is not the insurer thereof.
i) The Company shall not be liable for the costs of any work, repairs or replacement (including as to warranty claims) of Equipment which results from fire, electrical power surge, storm, flood, accident, neglect, environmental damage howsoever caused, misuse or malicious damage.
ii) The Company has provided limited insurance cover for itself with indemnity for claims made against it in respect of accident, injury, loss or damage. Cover also extends to failure to perform and wrongful advise given unwittingly. A copy of the relevant insurance schedule is available to the customer upon request.
iii) With Installations that are designed to detect or deter intrusion and reduce the risk of loss or damage, the Company does not represent or warrant that the installation may not be neutralised, circumvented or otherwise rendered ineffective by unauthorised persons and in such event the Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by the Customer or other unauthorised persons. The Company accepts no liability for claims falling outside the ambit of the indemnity referred to in Clause 7(ii) above and the Customer is advised to arrange sufficient insurance cover in respect of claims arising due to injury, loss or damage howsoever caused.
iv) Like all electronic equipment the system could fail in rare and exceptional circumstances and the Company cannot guarantee that it will be operational at any specific time or for any specific period. The Company will explain what regular tests can be performed by you, to verify that detection equipment is operational between routine maintenance visits carried out by the Company.
v) The terms and conditions given in this contract do not affect your rights under the Sale of Goods Act or Unfair Contract Terms Act.
8. TERMINATION
i) Either the Customer or the Company can terminate the Contract by giving not less than two month’s written notice.
ii) The Company may terminate this contract should the Customer breach any of its conditions or if the Customer is in arrears with any amounts due for a period in excess of 30 days. This will not prejudice the Company’s right to reclaim the amounts outstanding. In such circumstances, and where monitoring applies, seven days’ notice of cessation of any remote monitoring will be given by the Company.
iii) In the event that the maintenance contract is terminated, the Company shall be provided with access to recover any equipment and/or firmware which did not belong to the Customer but was rented from the Company.
iv) The Company reserves the right to remove logos, nameplates, motifs or any other Company identity from the Equipment.
9. FORCE MAJEURE
Any failure by the Company to fulfil any of its obligations under the terms of this contract due to reasons beyond its control shall not be considered a breach of the contract.
10. APPLICABLE LAW
This contract is governed by the laws of England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland as the case may be and each party submits to the jurisdiction of the courts thereof.
Issue 9 – July 2024