Standard terms and conditions of contract for the purchase of services
Part C - Price and payment
C1. Price and payment
C1.1 The Council shall pay the price for the services to the Contractor.
C1.2 The Contractor shall submit a single VAT invoice to the Council no later than seven days after the end of each calendar month detailing the services provided during the calendar month and the amount payable.
C1.3 Where the Contractor submits an invoice to the Council in accordance with clause C1.2, the Council will consider and verify that invoice in a timely fashion.
C1.4 The Council shall pay the Contractor any sums due under such an invoice no later than a period of 30 days from the date on which the Council has determined that the invoice is valid and undisputed.
C1.5 Where the Council fails to comply with clause C1.3 and there is an undue delay in considering and verifying the invoice, the invoice shall be regarded as valid and undisputed for the purposes of paragraph C1.4 after a reasonable time has passed.
C1.6 The Council reserves the right to withhold payment of the relevant part of the price without payment of interest where the Contractor has either failed to provide the services at all or has provided the services inadequately and any invoice relating to such services will not be paid unless or until the services have been performed to the Council's satisfaction.
C1.7 Any overdue sums will bear interest from the due date until payment is made at 4% per annum over the Co-operative Bank P.L.C. base rate from time to time. The Contractor is not entitled to suspend provision of the services as a result of any overdue sums.
C1.8 The Council will be entitled but not obliged at any time or times without notice to the Contractor to set off any liability of the Council to the Contractor against any liability of the Contractor to the Council (in either case howsoever arising and whether any such liability is present or future, liquidated or unliquidated and irrespective of the currency) and may for such purpose convert or exchange any sums owing to the Contractor into any other currency or currencies in which the obligations of the Council are payable under this Contract. The Council's rights under this clause will be without prejudice to any other rights or remedies available to the Council under this Contract or otherwise.
C1.9 Further details of payment, if any, are set out in the pricing schedule and the special terms and conditions where applicable.
