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These terms apply to the entire contents of [URL] and to any correspondence between us and You.
Please read these terms carefully. By accessing this Website and using the online services You agree to be legally bound by these terms. If You do not accept these terms and conditions do not access or use the Website or the online services provided.
The online services are currently only available to businesses operating in the United Kingdom.
This Website is owned and operated by Bidaload Ltd (Registered Company No: ), Registered Office 1 Glebe Close, Worksop, Nottinghamshire S80 3QX.
The words in bold and capitalised are defined terms. The definition can be found in the glossary at the end of these terms.
1. Introduction
1.1 This Website provides an online broker service to facilitate the matching of businesses with Loads to be transported (Loader) with hauliers who are able to transport the Load in terms of date, time, route (Journey) and load capacity (Haulier).
1.2 You will be able to access some parts of this Website without registering Your details with us. To use the Services You are required to register as a member by completing the online “User Registration Form”. See Clause 2 for further registration terms.
1.3 We reserve the right to change these terms at any time. Amendments will take effect when posted onto the Website. The terms current at the start of a Transaction will apply until that Transaction is completed. Your continued use of the Services after any amendments to these terms shall be deemed to constitute Your binding acceptance of such amendments.
1.4 We reserve the right to modify or withdraw this Website (or any part) at any time without notice.
2. Participation in the Online Service
2.1 You should only register if You are a business.
2.2 Using the User Registration Form You will select whether You will use the Services as a Haulier or Loader and use the correct registration number appropriate to the service.
2.3 The Services are only available to businesses and where the Journey shall be within the United Kingdom.
2.4 The person registering the business represents and warrants that he/she has the authority to bind the legal business entity to these terms. Without prejudice to this warranty, We reserve the right to ask You (or the business entity directly) for written confirmation of such authority at any time.
2.5 We reserve the right, (in our sole discretion) to refuse any application to register any access to the Services and to temporarily or indefinitely suspend any registered members.
2.6 You agree to ensure that Your registration details are up to date and accurate [and to update any details using the ‘Edit’ function].
2.7 You represent and warrant to Us that all information supplied to Us on the User Registration Form is true and accurate.
2.8 All Bids shall be in pounds sterling (£).
3. [User Names / Registration Number and Passwords]
3.1 You are responsible for keeping all [usernames/registration numbers/passwords] secure and confidential and for ensuring that they are only used by the registered business.
3.2 You are responsible for the use of the Services when access to the Services is used through the use of Your [User Names / Registration Number and Passwords] whether authorised or unauthorised and You shall indemnify and hold Us harmless against any cost, claim, demand or liability arising from such use.
3.3 If You believe that Your [User Names / Registration Number and Passwords] has become known to an unauthorised person or business or You are aware of any other breach of security regarding the Services, then You must notify Us immediately.
3.4 We reserve the right to withdraw Your access to the Services at any time without notice.
4. General Rules governing use of the Services
4.1 When You are registered as a Haulier You may either;
a) input details of a Journey and allow Loaders to upwardly bid to win this Journey; or
b) reverse bid against other Hauliers to carry a load posted by a Loader.
4.2 When You are registered as a Loader You may either;
a) upwardly bid against other Loaders to win a Journey offered by a Haulier; or
b) input details of Your Load and allow Hauliers to reverse Bid to win this Journey.
4.3 A Haulier shall be entitled to enter details of/refer to specific terms and conditions of haulage (which must be available online for the Loader to view). Loaders hereby agree that such terms shall apply to their relationship with the successful Haulier (see Clause 7).
4.4 Hauliers may input a minimum price for a Journey.
4.5 As a Haulier You warrant that if You input a Journey or make a bid to carry a Load;
a) You shall be able to facilitate the pick-up of the Load from the Loader on the given date and approximate time;
b) You have appropriate valid road insurance and appropriate valid operator licences in place;
c) the driver of the vehicle will be able to comply with [name of haulage regulations];
d) the vehicle is roadworthy;
e) the details of the vehicle are true and accurate.
4.6 As a Haulier, if You make a bid to carry a Load You warrant that Your vehicle is of suitable capacity.
PROVISION FOR VEHICLE NOT BEING AVAILABLE
4.7 As a Loader You warrant that if You make a bid for a Journey or input a Load;
a) the Load will be available at the stated location on the relevant date and time;
b) adequate resources will be available to load the Load/take delivery of the Load without the assistance of the Haulier;
c) the Load is insured at full replacement value and You own it or have the right to transport it in this manner;
d) the details of the Load are true and accurate.
4.8 PROVISION FOR LOAD NOT BEING AVAILABLE
4.9 Any Bid placed by You is a legal offer to the other party. A binding contract will be in place when a Successful Bid is placed; the Loader becomes obligated to provide the Load and pay the Bid Price to the Haulier and the Haulier becomes obligated to provide the haulage services to the Loader.
4.10 [Retraction of bids?]
4.11 How long a bid/entry is open for/how long it will stay on the board after closing.
5. Successful Bids
5.1 For a Haulier a Successful Bid;
a) pursuant to Clause 4.1(a) shall be when You accept the Bid of a Loader; or
b) pursuant to Clause 4.1(b) shall be when a Loader accepts Your Bid.
5.2 For a Loader a Successful Bid;
a) pursuant to Clause 4.2(a) shall be when a Haulier accepts Your Bid; or
b) pursuant to Clause 4.2(b) shall be when You accept the Bid of a Haulier.
5.3 For each Successful Bid We shall be entitled to raise an invoice to both Haulier and Loader based on 5% of the Bid Price or £[ ] whichever is the greater amount. This is the Bid Fee.
5.4 [How do the parties find out they were successful and gain details of the other?].
6. Payment of the Bid Fee
6.1 The Bid Fee shall be payable within [ ] days of the date of the invoice (Due Date).
6.2 We reserve the right to charge interest on any sum outstanding from the Due Date until payment at the rate of 2% above the base rate of the [Bank].
6.3 The Bid Fee shall not be deferred, reduced or cancelled in any circumstances.
7. The Service and Contractual Relationships
7.1 In this Website We offer a Service to allow Loaders and Hauliers to communicate and to work together to arrange commercially viable logistical solutions. Although We host the Website and the Services may be described as an auction, We are not an auctioneer.
7.2 We do not review the listings and We are never a party to any contract between a Haulier and a Loader. As a result We have no control over the service that the other party will provide to You or for the payment of the Bid Price, although We do not use a rating system based on data provided from previous Transactions.
7.3 Whilst We are not a party to any contract between a Haulier and Loader We shall use reasonable endeavours to assist users of the Website with contacting one another.
7.4 By using the Services You are expressly authorising Us to provide the other party to a Successful Bid with Your contact information (including email address).
8. Our Liability to You
8.1 Bidaload Ltd, any other party (whether or not involved in creating, producing, maintaining or delivering this Website) and any of Our offices, employees, shareholders or agents of any of them, exclude all liability and responsibility for any amount or kind of loss or damage that may result in You or a third party (including, without limitation, any direct, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damages, or any loss of income, profits goodwill, data, contracts, use of money or loss or damages arising from or connected in any way to business interruption, and whether in tort (including, without limitation, negligence) contract or otherwise) in any way or in connection with;
a) this Website;
b) the use or inability to use this Website;
c) any Websites linked to this Website or the material on such Websites;
d) Your downloading any material from this Website or any Websites linked to this Website; or
e) viruses that may infect Your computer, equipment, software, data or other property on account of Your access to, use of or browsing this Website.
8.2 We are not responsible for the actions of either party to a Transaction after the Successful Bid has been placed. We do not warrant that the Loader will pay the Bid Price or make the Load available at all, or at the agreed date and time, nor do We warrant that the Haulier will be able to take the Load on the Journey.
8.3 Nothing in this legal notice shall exclude or limit Our liability for;
a) death or personal injury caused by Our negligence (as such term is defined by UCTA 1977);
b) fraud;
c) misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter; or
d) any liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
8.4 We shall not be liable for any failure to perform Our obligations under these terms caused by matters beyond Our reasonable control. Where We cancel an auction, this shall give users no grounds to have a claim against Us whatsoever.
8.5 Without limiting the preceding clauses, liability under these terms (whether arising in negligence or otherwise) will not under any circumstances exceed the greater of £[ ] or an amount equal to the Bid Fee.
9. Your Liability to Us
You agree to indemnify Us against all liabilities, claims and expenses that may arise or be threatened from any breach of these terms or the binding contract between You and the other party to a Successful Bid.
10. Assignment
We reserve the right to assign or subcontract any or all of Our rights and obligations under these terms. If We exercise this right, We shall name the assignee or subcontractor on the main screen [URL] and You will be entitled to terminate this agreement immediately. You may not, without Our written consent, assign or otherwise transfer or sub-contract Your obligations under these terms.
11. Severability
In the event that any provision of these terms is deemed by any competent authority to be unenforceable or invalid, the relevant provision shall be modified to allow it to be enforced in line with the intention of the original text to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. The validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these terms shall not be affected.
12. Intellectual Property
Your registration and use of Our Website confers no right whatsoever to the intellectual property contained on [URL]. Any unauthorised use or reproduction may be prosecuted.
13. Third Party Rights
These terms are made for the benefit of the parties to it and are not intended to benefit, or be enforceable by, any other person.
14. Entire Agreement
These terms and the conditions expressly incorporated into it constitute the entire and only agreement between Bidaload Ltd and the users of [URL] and/or the Services and each user confirms that it has not been induced to enter into these terms in reliance upon, nor has it been given any warranty (including, in particular, any warranty as to merchantability, fitness and purpose or uninterrupted functionality), representation, statement, assurance, covenant, agreement, undertaking, indemnity or commitment of any nature whatsoever other than as are expressly set out in these terms and, to the extent that it has been, it conditionally and irrevocably waives any claims, rights or remedies which it might otherwise have had in relation thereto.
15. Jurisdiction and Law
These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales and the Courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
16. International Use
The Services of this Website are not available to businesses who wish to use the Services for Journeys outside of the United Kingdom.
17. Privacy Policy
If You register to use the Services of this Website You should read our privacy policy [HYPERLINK]. Please note this policy governs this Website and not any Websites that may be linked to it.
GLOSSARY
Bid(s) any bid made on the Website
Bid Fee the fee payable to Us by Haulier and Loader upon a Successful Bid
Bid Price the price for the transportation that is agreed by Haulier and Loader using the Website. The Bid Price is excluding VAT and stated to be in pounds sterling
Haulier a commercial haulage business with appropriate insurance who will supply the vehicle and driver for the Journey
Journey the route of the Haulier within the United Kingdom
Load the cargo that a Loader wishes to be transported
Loader a registered user of the Website who has a Load for transportation. The Loader will be operating as a business
Services the use of the Website to make logistical arrangements
Successful Bid the closing point of the Bids
Transaction the time a Journey or Load is placed on the Website until conclusion of the matter by the placing of a Successful Bid
User Registration Form the application form for use of the Services
We/Us/Our Bidaload Limited
Website [www.[URL]]
You/Your you, the user of the Website whether registered or unregistered
Please read these terms carefully. By accessing this Website and using the online services You agree to be legally bound by these terms. If You do not accept these terms and conditions do not access or use the Website or the online services provided.
The online services are currently only available to businesses operating in the United Kingdom.
This Website is owned and operated by Bidaload Ltd (Registered Company No: ), Registered Office 1 Glebe Close, Worksop, Nottinghamshire S80 3QX.
The words in bold and capitalised are defined terms. The definition can be found in the glossary at the end of these terms.
1. Introduction
1.1 This Website provides an online broker service to facilitate the matching of businesses with Loads to be transported (Loader) with hauliers who are able to transport the Load in terms of date, time, route (Journey) and load capacity (Haulier).
1.2 You will be able to access some parts of this Website without registering Your details with us. To use the Services You are required to register as a member by completing the online “User Registration Form”. See Clause 2 for further registration terms.
1.3 We reserve the right to change these terms at any time. Amendments will take effect when posted onto the Website. The terms current at the start of a Transaction will apply until that Transaction is completed. Your continued use of the Services after any amendments to these terms shall be deemed to constitute Your binding acceptance of such amendments.
1.4 We reserve the right to modify or withdraw this Website (or any part) at any time without notice.
2. Participation in the Online Service
2.1 You should only register if You are a business.
2.2 Using the User Registration Form You will select whether You will use the Services as a Haulier or Loader and use the correct registration number appropriate to the service.
2.3 The Services are only available to businesses and where the Journey shall be within the United Kingdom.
2.4 The person registering the business represents and warrants that he/she has the authority to bind the legal business entity to these terms. Without prejudice to this warranty, We reserve the right to ask You (or the business entity directly) for written confirmation of such authority at any time.
2.5 We reserve the right, (in our sole discretion) to refuse any application to register any access to the Services and to temporarily or indefinitely suspend any registered members.
2.6 You agree to ensure that Your registration details are up to date and accurate [and to update any details using the ‘Edit’ function].
2.7 You represent and warrant to Us that all information supplied to Us on the User Registration Form is true and accurate.
2.8 All Bids shall be in pounds sterling (£).
3. [User Names / Registration Number and Passwords]
3.1 You are responsible for keeping all [usernames/registration numbers/passwords] secure and confidential and for ensuring that they are only used by the registered business.
3.2 You are responsible for the use of the Services when access to the Services is used through the use of Your [User Names / Registration Number and Passwords] whether authorised or unauthorised and You shall indemnify and hold Us harmless against any cost, claim, demand or liability arising from such use.
3.3 If You believe that Your [User Names / Registration Number and Passwords] has become known to an unauthorised person or business or You are aware of any other breach of security regarding the Services, then You must notify Us immediately.
3.4 We reserve the right to withdraw Your access to the Services at any time without notice.
4. General Rules governing use of the Services
4.1 When You are registered as a Haulier You may either;
a) input details of a Journey and allow Loaders to upwardly bid to win this Journey; or
b) reverse bid against other Hauliers to carry a load posted by a Loader.
4.2 When You are registered as a Loader You may either;
a) upwardly bid against other Loaders to win a Journey offered by a Haulier; or
b) input details of Your Load and allow Hauliers to reverse Bid to win this Journey.
4.3 A Haulier shall be entitled to enter details of/refer to specific terms and conditions of haulage (which must be available online for the Loader to view). Loaders hereby agree that such terms shall apply to their relationship with the successful Haulier (see Clause 7).
4.4 Hauliers may input a minimum price for a Journey.
4.5 As a Haulier You warrant that if You input a Journey or make a bid to carry a Load;
a) You shall be able to facilitate the pick-up of the Load from the Loader on the given date and approximate time;
b) You have appropriate valid road insurance and appropriate valid operator licences in place;
c) the driver of the vehicle will be able to comply with [name of haulage regulations];
d) the vehicle is roadworthy;
e) the details of the vehicle are true and accurate.
4.6 As a Haulier, if You make a bid to carry a Load You warrant that Your vehicle is of suitable capacity.
PROVISION FOR VEHICLE NOT BEING AVAILABLE
4.7 As a Loader You warrant that if You make a bid for a Journey or input a Load;
a) the Load will be available at the stated location on the relevant date and time;
b) adequate resources will be available to load the Load/take delivery of the Load without the assistance of the Haulier;
c) the Load is insured at full replacement value and You own it or have the right to transport it in this manner;
d) the details of the Load are true and accurate.
4.8 PROVISION FOR LOAD NOT BEING AVAILABLE
4.9 Any Bid placed by You is a legal offer to the other party. A binding contract will be in place when a Successful Bid is placed; the Loader becomes obligated to provide the Load and pay the Bid Price to the Haulier and the Haulier becomes obligated to provide the haulage services to the Loader.
4.10 [Retraction of bids?]
4.11 How long a bid/entry is open for/how long it will stay on the board after closing.
5. Successful Bids
5.1 For a Haulier a Successful Bid;
a) pursuant to Clause 4.1(a) shall be when You accept the Bid of a Loader; or
b) pursuant to Clause 4.1(b) shall be when a Loader accepts Your Bid.
5.2 For a Loader a Successful Bid;
a) pursuant to Clause 4.2(a) shall be when a Haulier accepts Your Bid; or
b) pursuant to Clause 4.2(b) shall be when You accept the Bid of a Haulier.
5.3 For each Successful Bid We shall be entitled to raise an invoice to both Haulier and Loader based on 5% of the Bid Price or £[ ] whichever is the greater amount. This is the Bid Fee.
5.4 [How do the parties find out they were successful and gain details of the other?].
6. Payment of the Bid Fee
6.1 The Bid Fee shall be payable within [ ] days of the date of the invoice (Due Date).
6.2 We reserve the right to charge interest on any sum outstanding from the Due Date until payment at the rate of 2% above the base rate of the [Bank].
6.3 The Bid Fee shall not be deferred, reduced or cancelled in any circumstances.
7. The Service and Contractual Relationships
7.1 In this Website We offer a Service to allow Loaders and Hauliers to communicate and to work together to arrange commercially viable logistical solutions. Although We host the Website and the Services may be described as an auction, We are not an auctioneer.
7.2 We do not review the listings and We are never a party to any contract between a Haulier and a Loader. As a result We have no control over the service that the other party will provide to You or for the payment of the Bid Price, although We do not use a rating system based on data provided from previous Transactions.
7.3 Whilst We are not a party to any contract between a Haulier and Loader We shall use reasonable endeavours to assist users of the Website with contacting one another.
7.4 By using the Services You are expressly authorising Us to provide the other party to a Successful Bid with Your contact information (including email address).
8. Our Liability to You
8.1 Bidaload Ltd, any other party (whether or not involved in creating, producing, maintaining or delivering this Website) and any of Our offices, employees, shareholders or agents of any of them, exclude all liability and responsibility for any amount or kind of loss or damage that may result in You or a third party (including, without limitation, any direct, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damages, or any loss of income, profits goodwill, data, contracts, use of money or loss or damages arising from or connected in any way to business interruption, and whether in tort (including, without limitation, negligence) contract or otherwise) in any way or in connection with;
a) this Website;
b) the use or inability to use this Website;
c) any Websites linked to this Website or the material on such Websites;
d) Your downloading any material from this Website or any Websites linked to this Website; or
e) viruses that may infect Your computer, equipment, software, data or other property on account of Your access to, use of or browsing this Website.
8.2 We are not responsible for the actions of either party to a Transaction after the Successful Bid has been placed. We do not warrant that the Loader will pay the Bid Price or make the Load available at all, or at the agreed date and time, nor do We warrant that the Haulier will be able to take the Load on the Journey.
8.3 Nothing in this legal notice shall exclude or limit Our liability for;
a) death or personal injury caused by Our negligence (as such term is defined by UCTA 1977);
b) fraud;
c) misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter; or
d) any liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
8.4 We shall not be liable for any failure to perform Our obligations under these terms caused by matters beyond Our reasonable control. Where We cancel an auction, this shall give users no grounds to have a claim against Us whatsoever.
8.5 Without limiting the preceding clauses, liability under these terms (whether arising in negligence or otherwise) will not under any circumstances exceed the greater of £[ ] or an amount equal to the Bid Fee.
9. Your Liability to Us
You agree to indemnify Us against all liabilities, claims and expenses that may arise or be threatened from any breach of these terms or the binding contract between You and the other party to a Successful Bid.
10. Assignment
We reserve the right to assign or subcontract any or all of Our rights and obligations under these terms. If We exercise this right, We shall name the assignee or subcontractor on the main screen [URL] and You will be entitled to terminate this agreement immediately. You may not, without Our written consent, assign or otherwise transfer or sub-contract Your obligations under these terms.
11. Severability
In the event that any provision of these terms is deemed by any competent authority to be unenforceable or invalid, the relevant provision shall be modified to allow it to be enforced in line with the intention of the original text to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. The validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these terms shall not be affected.
12. Intellectual Property
Your registration and use of Our Website confers no right whatsoever to the intellectual property contained on [URL]. Any unauthorised use or reproduction may be prosecuted.
13. Third Party Rights
These terms are made for the benefit of the parties to it and are not intended to benefit, or be enforceable by, any other person.
14. Entire Agreement
These terms and the conditions expressly incorporated into it constitute the entire and only agreement between Bidaload Ltd and the users of [URL] and/or the Services and each user confirms that it has not been induced to enter into these terms in reliance upon, nor has it been given any warranty (including, in particular, any warranty as to merchantability, fitness and purpose or uninterrupted functionality), representation, statement, assurance, covenant, agreement, undertaking, indemnity or commitment of any nature whatsoever other than as are expressly set out in these terms and, to the extent that it has been, it conditionally and irrevocably waives any claims, rights or remedies which it might otherwise have had in relation thereto.
15. Jurisdiction and Law
These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales and the Courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
16. International Use
The Services of this Website are not available to businesses who wish to use the Services for Journeys outside of the United Kingdom.
17. Privacy Policy
If You register to use the Services of this Website You should read our privacy policy [HYPERLINK]. Please note this policy governs this Website and not any Websites that may be linked to it.
GLOSSARY
Bid(s) any bid made on the Website
Bid Fee the fee payable to Us by Haulier and Loader upon a Successful Bid
Bid Price the price for the transportation that is agreed by Haulier and Loader using the Website. The Bid Price is excluding VAT and stated to be in pounds sterling
Haulier a commercial haulage business with appropriate insurance who will supply the vehicle and driver for the Journey
Journey the route of the Haulier within the United Kingdom
Load the cargo that a Loader wishes to be transported
Loader a registered user of the Website who has a Load for transportation. The Loader will be operating as a business
Services the use of the Website to make logistical arrangements
Successful Bid the closing point of the Bids
Transaction the time a Journey or Load is placed on the Website until conclusion of the matter by the placing of a Successful Bid
User Registration Form the application form for use of the Services
We/Us/Our Bidaload Limited
Website [www.[URL]]
You/Your you, the user of the Website whether registered or unregistered
